New London, CT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of New London, Connecticut, shaded from sea level level on Shaw Cove to 250 ft on the north side
Elevation
250 ft 75 m190 ft 55 m150 ft 45 m93 ft 28 m31 ft 9 m0 ft 0 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
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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

New London sits at about 70 ft (21 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
70 ft 21 m
most residents: 29–180 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Shaw Cove
Highest
250 ft 75 m
on the north side
Average
79 ft 24 m
all land inside city limits

New London spans about 250 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
70 ft21 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
250 ft75 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Shaw Cove
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for New London
56 ft17 m
Airport (WST)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 14 mi east of the city limits
81 ft25 m
Average of all land79 ft24 m

Elevation profile, south to north

5.9 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of New London, Connecticut, shaded from sea level level on Shaw Cove to 250 ft on the north side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in New London County, Connecticut, United States
Population
28,081 2024 est.
Land area
5.6 sq mi + 5.0 sq mi water
Density
5,008 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.3557° N, 72.0995° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Drains to
Long Island Sound
Airport
Westerly State (WST) 81 ft
ZIP codes 1
06320
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Hopkinton, RI130 ft
  2. New London70 ft
  3. Westerly, RI65 ft
  4. Ashaway, RI65 ft
  5. Bradford, RI60 ft
  6. East Marion, NY31 ft
  7. Fishers Island, NY20 ft
  8. Watch Hill, RI14 ft
  9. Weekapaug, RI13 ft
  10. Misquamicut, RI11 ft
  11. Orient, NY10 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Jacobs Rock250 ft
  • Soldier Hill250 ft
  • Prospect Hill, New London County210 ft
  • Meeting House Hill, New London County150 ft
  • Mallory Hill125 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).
  • 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 41.3374° N, 72.0918° 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 and Watershed Boundary Dataset; 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.