Putnam, CT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Putnam, Connecticut, shaded from 200 ft on the south side to 660 ft on Elmwood Hill
Elevation
660 ft 200 m550 ft 165 m490 ft 150 m380 ft 115 m260 ft 80 m210 ft 65 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
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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

Putnam sits at about 320 ft (100 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
320 ft 100 m
most residents: 270–460 ft
Lowest
200 ft 60 m
on the south side
Highest
660 ft 200 m
on Elmwood Hill
Average
400 ft 120 m
all land inside town boundaries

Putnam spans about 460 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
320 ft100 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Elmwood Hill
660 ft200 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the south side
200 ft60 m
Town center
USGS map point for Putnam
280 ft85 m
Average of all land400 ft120 m

Elevation profile, west to east

7.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Putnam, Connecticut, shaded from 200 ft on the south side to 660 ft on Elmwood Hill
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States
Population
9,407 2024 est.
Land area
20.3 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
463 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.9151° N, 71.9090° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Long Island Sound
ZIP codes 1
06260
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Foster, RI550 ft
  2. Southbridge Town, MA540 ft
  3. Dudley, MA530 ft
  4. Douglas, MA530 ft
  5. Webster, MA490 ft
  6. Glocester, RI480 ft
  7. Chepachet, RI470 ft
  8. Pascoag, RI440 ft
  9. Burrillville, RI420 ft
  10. Harrisville, RI350 ft
  11. Putnam320 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Elmwood Hill, Windham County660 ft
  • Hospital Hill514 ft
  • Davis Hill, Windham County480 ft
  • Bates Hill450 ft
  • Bowen Hill390 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.