Branford, CT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Branford, Connecticut, shaded from sea level level on Long Island Sound to 320 ft on the north side
Elevation
320 ft 95 m240 ft 75 m200 ft 60 m120 ft 35 m40 ft 12 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Branford sits at about 42 ft (13 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
42 ft 13 m
most residents: 6–130 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Long Island Sound
Highest
320 ft 95 m
on the north side
Average
62 ft 19 m
all land inside town boundaries

Branford spans about 320 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
42 ft13 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the north side
320 ft95 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Long Island Sound
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Branford
50 ft15 m
Airport (HVN)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.3 mi west of the town boundaries
13 ft4 m
Average of all land62 ft19 m

Elevation profile, south to north

5.6 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Branford, Connecticut, shaded from sea level level on Long Island Sound to 320 ft on the north side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
Population
28,448 2024 est.
Land area
21.8 sq mi + 6.2 sq mi water
Density
1,303 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.2795° N, 72.8151° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Long Island Sound
Airport
Tweed/New Haven (HVN) 13 ft
ZIP codes 1
06405
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Sound Beach, NY150 ft
  2. Rocky Point, NY140 ft
  3. Miller Place, NY140 ft
  4. East Shoreham, NY130 ft
  5. Shoreham, NY120 ft
  6. Baiting Hollow, NY120 ft
  7. Wading River, NY100 ft
  8. Northville, NY50 ft
  9. Branford42 ft
  10. Mattituck, NY24 ft
  11. Peconic, NY20 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • South Beacon Mountain1,600 ft
  • Cherry Hill, New Haven County170 ft
  • Branford Hill140 ft
  • Beacon Hill, New Haven County140 ft
  • Baldwin Hill, New Haven County110 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town boundaries, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census town boundaries (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, −4 ft at 41.2638° N, 72.7660° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.