Watertown, CT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Watertown, Connecticut, shaded from 280 ft on the east side to 1,010 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,010 ft 305 m830 ft 250 m740 ft 225 m560 ft 170 m370 ft 115 m280 ft 85 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

Watertown sits at about 630 ft (190 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
630 ft 190 m
most residents: 460–820 ft
Lowest
280 ft 85 m
on the east side
Highest
1,010 ft 305 m
on the northwest side
Average
690 ft 210 m
all land inside town boundaries

Watertown spans about 730 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
630 ft190 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the northwest side
1,010 ft305 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the east side
280 ft85 m
Town center
USGS map point for Watertown
580 ft175 m
Airport (OXC)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.5 mi south of the town boundaries
730 ft223 m
Average of all land690 ft210 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Watertown, Connecticut, shaded from 280 ft on the east side to 1,010 ft on the northwest side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States
Population
22,497 2024 est.
Land area
29.0 sq mi + 0.5 sq mi water
Density
775 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.6062° N, 73.1182° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Long Island Sound
Airport
Waterbury-Oxford (OXC) 730 ft
ZIP codes 2
06779 06795
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Pawling, NY650 ft
  2. Watertown630 ft
  3. Patterson, NY620 ft
  4. Brewster Hill, NY580 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.