Brookline, MA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Brookline, Massachusetts, shaded from 1 ft on the northeast side to 350 ft on Single Tree Hill
Elevation
350 ft 105 m260 ft 80 m220 ft 65 m130 ft 40 m45 ft 14 m1 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
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

Brookline sits at about 57 ft (17 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
57 ft 17 m
most residents: 22–190 ft
Lowest
1 ft 0 m
on the northeast side
Highest
350 ft 105 m
on Single Tree Hill
Average
140 ft 45 m
all land inside town boundaries

Brookline spans about 349 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
57 ft17 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Single Tree Hill
350 ft105 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the northeast side
1 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Brookline
24 ft7 m
Airport (BOS)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.2 mi east of the town boundaries
19 ft6 m
Average of all land140 ft45 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.1 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Brookline, Massachusetts, shaded from 1 ft on the northeast side to 350 ft on Single Tree Hill
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Population
63,925 2024 est.
Land area
6.8 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
9,458 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.3318° N, 71.1212° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
General Edward Lawrence Logan International (BOS) 19 ft
ZIP codes 3
02445 02446 02467
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Newton120 ft
  2. Arlington100 ft
  3. Belmont72 ft
  4. Brookline57 ft
  5. Everett53 ft
  6. Watertown51 ft
  7. Boston43 ft
  8. Somerville38 ft
  9. Chelsea28 ft
  10. Medford22 ft
  11. Cambridge14 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Monadnock Mountain3,170 ft
  • North Pack Monadnock Mountain2,260 ft
  • Crotched Mountain2,063 ft
  • Corey Hill260 ft
  • Aspinwall Hill240 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.