West Haven, CT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of West Haven, Connecticut, shaded from sea level level on New Haven Harbor to 300 ft on Allington Hill
Elevation
300 ft 90 m220 ft 70 m190 ft 55 m110 ft 35 m37 ft 11 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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

West Haven sits at about 58 ft (18 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
58 ft 18 m
most residents: 12–140 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on New Haven Harbor
Highest
300 ft 90 m
on Allington Hill
Average
79 ft 24 m
all land inside city limits

West Haven spans about 300 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
58 ft18 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on Allington Hill
300 ft90 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets New Haven Harbor
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for West Haven
17 ft5 m
Airport (HVN)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.8 mi east of the city limits
13 ft4 m
Average of all land79 ft24 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.6 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of West Haven, Connecticut, shaded from sea level level on New Haven Harbor to 300 ft on Allington Hill
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
Population
55,379 2024 est.
Land area
10.8 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
5,152 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.2707° N, 72.9470° 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
06516
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Port Jefferson, NY150 ft
  2. Sound Beach, NY150 ft
  3. Mount Sinai, NY150 ft
  4. Rocky Point, NY140 ft
  5. Miller Place, NY140 ft
  6. Belle Terre, NY140 ft
  7. East Shoreham, NY130 ft
  8. Shoreham, NY120 ft
  9. Wading River, NY100 ft
  10. West Haven58 ft
  11. Poquott, NY56 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Everett2,608 ft
  • South Beacon Mountain1,600 ft
  • Allington Hill300 ft
  • Shingle Hill177 ft
  • Jones Hill140 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, −4 ft at 41.2713° N, 72.9207° 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.