Burlington, MA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Burlington, Massachusetts, shaded from 89 ft on the southeast side to 300 ft on Greenleaf Mountain
Elevation
300 ft 90 m250 ft 75 m220 ft 65 m170 ft 50 m120 ft 35 m89 ft 27 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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Burlington sits at about 150 ft (45 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
150 ft 45 m
most residents: 120–210 ft
Lowest
89 ft 27 m
on the southeast side
Highest
300 ft 90 m
on Greenleaf Mountain
Average
160 ft 50 m
all land inside town boundaries

Burlington spans about 211 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
150 ft45 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Greenleaf Mountain
300 ft90 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southeast side
89 ft27 m
Town center
USGS map point for Burlington
220 ft65 m
Airport (BOS)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 12 mi southeast of the town boundaries
19 ft6 m
Average of all land160 ft50 m

Elevation profile, south to north

4.3 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Burlington, Massachusetts, shaded from 89 ft on the southeast side to 300 ft on Greenleaf Mountain
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Population
26,977 2024 est.
Land area
11.8 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
2,296 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.5048° N, 71.1956° 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 2
01803 02420
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Lexington220 ft
  2. Hanscom AFB150 ft
  3. Stoneham150 ft
  4. Burlington150 ft
  5. Billerica140 ft
  6. Bedford140 ft
  7. Pinehurst120 ft
  8. Reading110 ft
  9. Woburn110 ft
  10. Wilmington96 ft
  11. Winchester72 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
  • Babylon Hill (historical)280 ft
  • Bannon Hill280 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.