Bristol, CT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bristol, Connecticut, shaded from 190 ft on the east side to 1,037 ft on South Mountain
Elevation
1,040 ft 315 m830 ft 250 m720 ft 220 m510 ft 155 m300 ft 90 m190 ft 60 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Bristol sits at about 340 ft (105 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
340 ft 105 m
most residents: 250–660 ft
Lowest
190 ft 60 m
on the east side
Highest
1,037 ft 316 m
on South Mountain
Average
480 ft 145 m
all land inside city limits

Bristol spans about 850 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
340 ft105 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on South Mountain
1,037 ft316 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
190 ft60 m
Town center
USGS map point for Bristol
310 ft95 m
Airport (4B8)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.4 mi east of the city limits
202 ft62 m
Average of all land480 ft145 m

Elevation profile, south to north

5.1 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bristol, Connecticut, shaded from 190 ft on the east side to 1,037 ft on South Mountain
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
Population
62,195 2024 est.
Land area
26.4 sq mi + 0.4 sq mi water
Density
2,356 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.6718° N, 72.9493° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Farmington River → Connecticut River → Long Island Sound
Airport
Robertson Field (4B8) 202 ft
ZIP codes 1
06010
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Sandisfield, MA1,470 ft
  2. Tolland, MA1,370 ft
  3. Granville, MA1,030 ft
  4. Wassaic, NY470 ft
  5. Wingdale, NY460 ft
  6. Dover, NY460 ft
  7. Dover Plains, NY380 ft
  8. Bristol340 ft
  9. Southwick, MA260 ft
  10. Longmeadow, MA160 ft
  11. Agawam Town, MA140 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Beoadic Mountain2,610 ft
  • Mount Everett2,608 ft
  • South Beacon Mountain1,600 ft
  • Castle Rock, Hartford County1,037 ft
  • Chippen Hill900 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.