Shelton, CT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Shelton, Connecticut, shaded from 0 ft on the south side to 630 ft on Israel Hill
Elevation
630 ft 190 m470 ft 145 m390 ft 120 m240 ft 70 m78 ft 24 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
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Elevation Data

Shelton sits at about 310 ft (95 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
310 ft 95 m
most residents: 110–490 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
on the south side
Highest
630 ft 190 m
on Israel Hill
Average
350 ft 105 m
all land inside city limits

Shelton spans about 630 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
310 ft95 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on Israel Hill
630 ft190 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the south side
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Shelton
34 ft10 m
Airport (HVN)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 9.5 mi east of the city limits
13 ft4 m
Average of all land350 ft105 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.4 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Shelton, Connecticut, shaded from 0 ft on the south side to 630 ft on Israel Hill
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
Population
42,805 2024 est.
Land area
30.6 sq mi + 1.3 sq mi water
Density
1,397 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.3165° N, 73.0932° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Long Island Sound
Airport
Tweed/New Haven (HVN) 13 ft
ZIP codes 1
06484
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Putnam Lake, NY560 ft
  2. Peach Lake, NY550 ft
  3. Lewisboro, NY550 ft
  4. Scotts Corners, NY490 ft
  5. North Salem, NY490 ft
  6. Shelton310 ft
  7. Port Jefferson, NY150 ft
  8. Miller Place, NY140 ft
  9. Belle Terre, NY140 ft
  10. Poquott, NY56 ft
  11. Old Field, NY49 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Everett2,608 ft
  • South Beacon Mountain1,600 ft
  • Israel Hill630 ft
  • Coram Hill400 ft
  • Isinglass Hill350 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, −3 ft at 41.2590° N, 73.0893° 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.