Bourne, MA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bourne, Massachusetts, shaded from sea level level on Phinneys Harbor to 305 ft on Pine Hill
Elevation
310 ft 95 m230 ft 70 m190 ft 60 m110 ft 35 m38 ft 12 m0 ft 0 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
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Town area
Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Bourne sits at about 46 ft (14 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
46 ft 14 m
most residents: 11–100 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Phinneys Harbor
Highest
305 ft 93 m
on Pine Hill
Average
100 ft 30 m
all land inside town boundaries

Bourne 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
46 ft14 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Pine Hill
305 ft93 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Phinneys Harbor
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Bourne
26 ft8 m
Average of all land100 ft30 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.1 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bourne, Massachusetts, shaded from sea level level on Phinneys Harbor to 305 ft on Pine Hill
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States
Population
20,508 2024 est.
Land area
40.7 sq mi + 12.2 sq mi water
Density
504 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.7412° N, 70.5989° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 7
02532 02534 02542 02553 02559 02561 02562
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Forestdale140 ft
  2. Sandwich110 ft
  3. Sagamore74 ft
  4. White Island Shores64 ft
  5. Monument Beach46 ft
  6. Bourne46 ft
  7. Pocasset30 ft
  8. Wareham25 ft
  9. Onset18 ft
  10. Wareham Center13 ft
  11. Buzzards Bay13 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Avery Hill, Barnstable County270 ft
  • Flatrock Hill, Barnstable County270 ft
  • Deer Horn Hill260 ft
  • Discovery Hill, Barnstable County210 ft
  • Moss Hill, Barnstable County100 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).
  • 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 41.7963° N, 70.5226° 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.