Wallingford, CT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wallingford, Connecticut, shaded from 14 ft on the southwest side to 840 ft on Beseck Mountain
Elevation
840 ft 255 m630 ft 190 m530 ft 160 m320 ft 100 m120 ft 35 m14 ft 4 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

Wallingford sits at about 170 ft (55 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
170 ft 55 m
most residents: 69–310 ft
Lowest
14 ft 4 m
on the southwest side
Highest
840 ft 255 m
on Beseck Mountain
Average
240 ft 70 m
all land inside town boundaries

Wallingford spans about 826 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
170 ft55 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Beseck Mountain
840 ft255 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southwest side
14 ft4 m
Town center
USGS map point for Wallingford
72 ft22 m
Airport (HVN)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 9.6 mi south of the town boundaries
13 ft4 m
Average of all land240 ft70 m

Elevation profile, west to east

7.3 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wallingford, Connecticut, shaded from 14 ft on the southwest side to 840 ft on Beseck Mountain
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
Population
44,389 2024 est.
Land area
39.2 sq mi + 0.8 sq mi water
Density
1,133 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.4570° N, 72.8232° 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
06492
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Wallingford170 ft
  2. Rocky Point, NY140 ft
  3. Shoreham, NY120 ft
  4. Baiting Hollow, NY120 ft
  5. Wading River, NY100 ft
  6. East Marion, NY31 ft
  7. Peconic, NY20 ft
  8. Southold, NY18 ft
  9. Greenport West, NY12 ft
  10. Village of Greenport, NY10 ft
  11. Orient, NY10 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Everett2,608 ft
  • South Beacon Mountain1,600 ft
  • Beseck Mountain840 ft
  • Fowler Mountain750 ft
  • Cook Hill, New Haven County380 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.