Canton, MA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Canton, Massachusetts, shaded from 39 ft on the north side to 630 ft on Great Blue Hill
Elevation
630 ft 190 m480 ft 145 m410 ft 125 m260 ft 80 m110 ft 35 m39 ft 12 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

Canton 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: 85–190 ft
Lowest
39 ft 12 m
on the north side
Highest
630 ft 190 m
on Great Blue Hill
Average
140 ft 45 m
all land inside town boundaries

Canton spans about 591 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 Great Blue Hill
630 ft190 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the north side
39 ft12 m
Town center
USGS map point for Canton
120 ft35 m
Airport (OWD)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.5 mi northwest of the town boundaries
49 ft15 m
Average of all land140 ft45 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.1 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Canton, Massachusetts, shaded from 39 ft on the north side to 630 ft on Great Blue Hill
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Population
25,163 2024 est.
Land area
18.7 sq mi + 0.8 sq mi water
Density
1,342 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.1584° N, 71.1448° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Norwood Memorial (OWD) 49 ft
ZIP codes 1
02021
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Sharon260 ft
  2. Stoughton220 ft
  3. Avon210 ft
  4. Westwood190 ft
  5. Walpole190 ft
  6. Randolph Town190 ft
  7. Holbrook160 ft
  8. Canton150 ft
  9. Norwood110 ft
  10. Dedham110 ft
  11. Milton65 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • North Pack Monadnock Mountain2,260 ft
  • Little Blue Hill630 ft
  • Cherry Hill, Norfolk County250 ft
  • Neary Mountain230 ft
  • Hixon Hill230 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. All public domain.