Ayer, MA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ayer, Massachusetts, shaded from 200 ft on the north side to 480 ft on Snake Hill
Elevation
480 ft 145 m410 ft 125 m370 ft 115 m300 ft 95 m230 ft 70 m200 ft 60 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
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

Ayer sits at about 270 ft (80 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
270 ft 80 m
most residents: 220–340 ft
Lowest
200 ft 60 m
on the north side
Highest
480 ft 145 m
on Snake Hill
Average
260 ft 80 m
all land inside town boundaries

Ayer spans about 280 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
270 ft80 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Snake Hill
480 ft145 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the north side
200 ft60 m
Town center
USGS map point for Ayer
240 ft75 m
Airport (6B6)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.8 mi southeast of the town boundaries
280 ft85 m
Average of all land260 ft80 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ayer, Massachusetts, shaded from 200 ft on the north side to 480 ft on Snake Hill
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Population
9,010 2024 est.
Land area
8.9 sq mi + 0.6 sq mi water
Density
1,007 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.5612° N, 71.5898° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Merrimack River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Minute Man Air Field (6B6) 280 ft
ZIP codes 2
01432 01434
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Lunenburg440 ft
  2. Harvard360 ft
  3. Devens290 ft
  4. Shirley280 ft
  5. Littleton Common280 ft
  6. Boxborough280 ft
  7. Groton270 ft
  8. Ayer270 ft
  9. Littleton260 ft
  10. Pepperell250 ft
  11. East Pepperell210 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Monadnock Mountain3,170 ft
  • Mount Kearsarge2,930 ft
  • Summit2,730 ft
  • North Pack Monadnock Mountain2,260 ft
  • Crotched Mountain2,063 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.