New Britain, CT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of New Britain, Connecticut, shaded from 49 ft on the east side to 460 ft on the west side
Elevation
460 ft 140 m360 ft 110 m300 ft 95 m200 ft 60 m100 ft 30 m49 ft 15 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

New Britain sits at about 200 ft (60 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
200 ft 60 m
most residents: 110–340 ft
Lowest
49 ft 15 m
on the east side
Highest
460 ft 140 m
on the west side
Average
230 ft 70 m
all land inside city limits

New Britain spans about 411 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
200 ft60 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
460 ft140 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
49 ft15 m
Town center
USGS map point for New Britain
170 ft50 m
Airport (4B8)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.4 mi northwest of the city limits
202 ft62 m
Average of all land230 ft70 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.7 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of New Britain, Connecticut, shaded from 49 ft on the east side to 460 ft on the west side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
Population
75,871 2024 est.
Land area
13.4 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
5,664 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.6612° N, 72.7795° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Connecticut River → Long Island Sound
Airport
Robertson Field (4B8) 202 ft
ZIP codes 3
06051 06052 06053
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Tolland, MA1,370 ft
  2. Granville, MA1,030 ft
  3. Hampden, MA280 ft
  4. Southwick, MA260 ft
  5. East Longmeadow, MA240 ft
  6. Westfield, MA210 ft
  7. Springfield, MA200 ft
  8. New Britain200 ft
  9. Longmeadow, MA160 ft
  10. West Springfield Town, MA160 ft
  11. Agawam Town, MA140 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Everett2,608 ft
  • South Beacon Mountain1,600 ft
  • Bradley Mountain670 ft
  • Pinnacle Rock600 ft
  • Osgood Hill410 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.