Stonington, CT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Stonington, Connecticut, shaded from sea level level on the Atlantic Ocean to 320 ft on the north side
Elevation
320 ft 100 m240 ft 75 m200 ft 60 m120 ft 35 m40 ft 12 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
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

Stonington sits at about 38 ft (12 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
38 ft 12 m
most residents: 9–150 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Atlantic Ocean
Highest
320 ft 100 m
on the north side
Average
90 ft 27 m
all land inside town boundaries

Stonington spans about 320 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
38 ft12 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the north side
320 ft100 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Atlantic Ocean
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Stonington
21 ft6 m
Airport (WST)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.4 mi east of the town boundaries
81 ft25 m
Average of all land90 ft27 m

Elevation profile, south to north

8.1 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Stonington, Connecticut, shaded from sea level level on the Atlantic Ocean to 320 ft on the north side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in New London County, Connecticut, United States
Population
18,782 2024 est.
Land area
38.6 sq mi + 11.4 sq mi water
Density
486 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.3359° N, 71.9059° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Long Island Sound
Airport
Westerly State (WST) 81 ft
ZIP codes 3
06355 06378 06379
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Hopkinton, RI130 ft
  2. Charlestown, RI93 ft
  3. Westerly, RI65 ft
  4. Ashaway, RI65 ft
  5. Bradford, RI60 ft
  6. Stonington38 ft
  7. Fishers Island, NY20 ft
  8. Watch Hill, RI14 ft
  9. Weekapaug, RI13 ft
  10. Quonochontaug, RI12 ft
  11. Misquamicut, RI11 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Merritt Hill250 ft
  • Quoketaug Hill230 ft
  • Hinkley Hill215 ft
  • Staunton Hill94 ft
  • Pine Hill, New London County28 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).
  • 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 41.3351° N, 71.9562° 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.