Stamford, CT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Stamford, Connecticut, shaded from sea level level on Wescott Cove to 560 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
560 ft 170 m420 ft 125 m350 ft 105 m210 ft 65 m69 ft 21 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Stamford sits at about 65 ft (20 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
65 ft 20 m
most residents: 15–220 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Wescott Cove
Highest
560 ft 170 m
on the northwest side
Average
210 ft 65 m
all land inside city limits

Stamford spans about 560 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
65 ft20 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
560 ft170 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Wescott Cove
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Stamford
16 ft5 m
Airport (HPN)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.0 mi west of the city limits
439 ft134 m
Average of all land210 ft65 m

Elevation profile, south to north

13 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Stamford, Connecticut, shaded from sea level level on Wescott Cove to 560 ft on the northwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
Population
139,134 2024 est.
Land area
37.6 sq mi + 14.4 sq mi water
Density
3,698 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.0534° N, 73.5387° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Long Island Sound
Airport
Westchester County (HPN) 439 ft
ZIP codes 7
06831 06901 06902 06903 06905 06906 06907
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. North Castle, NY500 ft
  2. Scotts Corners, NY490 ft
  3. Armonk, NY470 ft
  4. Rye Brook, NY180 ft
  5. Harrison, NY170 ft
  6. Rye, NY81 ft
  7. Port Chester, NY79 ft
  8. Stamford65 ft
  9. Centre Island, NY55 ft
  10. City of Rye, NY37 ft
  11. Bayville, NY17 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Don Bosco2,290 ft
  • South Beacon Mountain1,600 ft
  • Webbs Hill350 ft
  • Palmer Hill220 ft
  • Rhode Island Rocks88 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, −9 ft at 41.0526° N, 73.5349° 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, 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. All public domain.