Location

The county is located in central New York approximately between 43 and 44 degrees north latitude and 75 degrees west longitude. In its largest dimensions, it measures 85 miles north to south and 23 miles east to west. This totals approximately 1,442 square miles. It is sixth in size of New York's sixty two counties. Topographically, the County consists of three zones ...

:: The Mohawk River Valley which bisects the County's southern quarter ::
:: The Near Uplands, about one thousand feet above the Valley floor ::
:: the Adirondack Highlands, another one thousand feet in elevation ::