Washington, CT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Washington, Connecticut, shaded from 360 ft on the southwest side to 1,280 ft on Mount Tom
Elevation
1,280 ft 390 m1,050 ft 320 m940 ft 285 m710 ft 215 m480 ft 145 m360 ft 110 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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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

Washington sits at about 820 ft (250 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
820 ft 250 m
most residents: 590–990 ft
Lowest
360 ft 110 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,280 ft 390 m
on Mount Tom
Average
800 ft 245 m
all land inside town boundaries

Washington spans about 920 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
820 ft250 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Mount Tom
1,280 ft390 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southwest side
360 ft110 m
Town center
USGS map point for Washington
740 ft225 m
Average of all land800 ft245 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.1 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Washington, Connecticut, shaded from 360 ft on the southwest side to 1,280 ft on Mount Tom
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States
Population
3,721 2024 est.
Land area
38.1 sq mi + 0.6 sq mi water
Density
98 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.6315° N, 73.3107° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Long Island Sound
ZIP codes 3
06777 06793 06794
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Shorehaven, NY830 ft
  2. Washington820 ft
  3. Pawling, NY650 ft
  4. Patterson, NY620 ft
  5. Amenia, NY570 ft
  6. Putnam Lake, NY560 ft
  7. Village of Pawling, NY490 ft
  8. Wassaic, NY470 ft
  9. Wingdale, NY460 ft
  10. Dover, NY460 ft
  11. Dover Plains, NY380 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • High Peak3,650 ft
  • Mount Everett2,608 ft
  • Mount Tobias2,520 ft
  • Ticetonyk Mountain2,503 ft
  • South Beacon Mountain1,600 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.