Carlisle, MA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Carlisle, Massachusetts, shaded from 110 ft on the east side to 350 ft on Hemlock Hill
Elevation
350 ft 105 m290 ft 90 m260 ft 80 m200 ft 60 m140 ft 45 m110 ft 35 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

Carlisle sits at about 210 ft (65 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
210 ft 65 m
most residents: 140–260 ft
Lowest
110 ft 35 m
on the east side
Highest
350 ft 105 m
on Hemlock Hill
Average
190 ft 60 m
all land inside town boundaries

Carlisle spans about 240 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
210 ft65 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Hemlock Hill
350 ft105 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the east side
110 ft35 m
Town center
USGS map point for Carlisle
200 ft60 m
Airport (BED)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.7 mi southeast of the town boundaries
132 ft40 m
Average of all land190 ft60 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Carlisle, Massachusetts, shaded from 110 ft on the east side to 350 ft on Hemlock Hill
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Population
5,317 2024 est.
Land area
15.3 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
348 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.5293° N, 71.3495° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Merrimack River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Laurence G Hanscom Field (BED) 132 ft
ZIP codes 1
01741
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Littleton Common280 ft
  2. Westford220 ft
  3. Acton220 ft
  4. Carlisle210 ft
  5. Hanscom AFB150 ft
  6. Chelmsford150 ft
  7. Concord150 ft
  8. West Concord140 ft
  9. Billerica140 ft
  10. Bedford140 ft
  11. Pinehurst120 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Monadnock Mountain3,170 ft
  • Mount Kearsarge2,930 ft
  • North Pack Monadnock Mountain2,260 ft
  • Crotched Mountain2,063 ft
  • Bellows Hill, Middlesex County290 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.