Columbia, CT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Columbia, Connecticut, shaded from 230 ft on the east side to 780 ft on Post Hill
Elevation
780 ft 235 m640 ft 195 m570 ft 175 m440 ft 135 m300 ft 90 m230 ft 70 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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

Columbia sits at about 530 ft (160 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
530 ft 160 m
most residents: 380–650 ft
Lowest
230 ft 70 m
on the east side
Highest
780 ft 235 m
on Post Hill
Average
510 ft 155 m
all land inside town boundaries

Columbia spans about 550 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
530 ft160 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Post Hill
780 ft235 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the east side
230 ft70 m
Town center
USGS map point for Columbia
520 ft160 m
Airport (IJD)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.7 mi northeast of the town boundaries
246 ft75 m
Average of all land510 ft155 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.4 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Columbia, Connecticut, shaded from 230 ft on the east side to 780 ft on Post Hill
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States
Population
5,359 2024 est.
Land area
21.4 sq mi + 0.6 sq mi water
Density
251 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.7020° N, 72.3012° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Long Island Sound
Airport
Windham (IJD) 246 ft
ZIP codes 1
06237
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Wales, MA1,010 ft
  2. Brimfield, MA780 ft
  3. Holland, MA750 ft
  4. Monson, MA680 ft
  5. Southbridge Town, MA540 ft
  6. Columbia530 ft
  7. Greene, RI500 ft
  8. Monson Center, MA430 ft
  9. Hampden, MA280 ft
  10. East Longmeadow, MA240 ft
  11. Longmeadow, MA160 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Everett2,608 ft
  • Post Hill, Tolland County780 ft
  • Utley Hill710 ft
  • Clarks Hill640 ft
  • Chestnut Hill, Tolland County530 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).
  • 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.