One of the most valuable things to learn about an area is its elevation ... signs, roads, and highways. That's why ...

The temperatures above 1000 feet remain below freezing. As the chance of low-elevation snow increases for Wednesday morning, those in the hills above 500 feet will likely see a couple of inches of ...

Twelve years ago, the town found a way to show off its altitude – by purchasing signs to demarcate the town and featuring that elevation number on the bottom. Grounded with two wooden staffs ...

On this fabled portion of I-90 lurks something of a mystery: The sign above, located in Becket, Massachusetts, states that in a westbound direction on I-90, the “next highest elevation” doesn ...

It’s not shrinkage — it’s “height modernization.” Topographic surveying by members of the National Geodetic Survey.Credit...Family of Vice Admiral H. Arnold Karo/Coast & Geodetic Survey ...