Norwich, CT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Norwich, Connecticut, shaded from 0 ft near the middle to 500 ft on the north side
Elevation
500 ft 155 m380 ft 115 m310 ft 95 m190 ft 55 m63 ft 19 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

Norwich sits at about 130 ft (40 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
130 ft 40 m
most residents: 67–260 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
near the middle
Highest
500 ft 155 m
on the north side
Average
200 ft 60 m
all land inside city limits

Norwich spans about 500 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
130 ft40 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
500 ft155 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, near the middle
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Norwich
24 ft7 m
Average of all land200 ft60 m

Elevation profile, south to north

7.9 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Norwich, Connecticut, shaded from 0 ft near the middle to 500 ft on the north side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in New London County, Connecticut, United States
Population
39,993 2024 est.
Land area
28.1 sq mi + 1.3 sq mi water
Density
1,425 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.5243° N, 72.0759° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Long Island Sound
ZIP codes 3
06360 06380 06389
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Greene, RI500 ft
  2. Norwich130 ft
  3. Hopkinton, RI130 ft
  4. Wyoming, RI130 ft
  5. Hope Valley, RI120 ft
  6. Westerly, RI65 ft
  7. Ashaway, RI65 ft
  8. Bradford, RI60 ft
  9. Fishers Island, NY20 ft
  10. Watch Hill, RI14 ft
  11. Misquamicut, RI11 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Laurel Hill, New London County340 ft
  • Crown Hill270 ft
  • Jail Hill220 ft
  • Long Rock210 ft
  • Fox Hill, New London County210 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, −2 ft at 41.4943° N, 72.0840° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.