Chester, MA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chester, Massachusetts, shaded from 420 ft on the southeast side to 1,793 ft on Round Top Hill
Elevation
1,790 ft 545 m1,450 ft 440 m1,280 ft 390 m930 ft 285 m590 ft 180 m420 ft 130 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

Chester sits at about 790 ft (240 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
790 ft 240 m
most residents: 590–1,460 ft
Lowest
420 ft 130 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,793 ft 547 m
on Round Top Hill
Average
1,080 ft 330 m
all land inside town boundaries

Chester spans about 1,370 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
790 ft240 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Round Top Hill
1,793 ft547 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southeast side
420 ft130 m
Town center
USGS map point for Chester
590 ft180 m
Average of all land1,080 ft330 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.1 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chester, Massachusetts, shaded from 420 ft on the southeast side to 1,793 ft on Round Top Hill
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States
Population
1,221 2024 est.
Land area
36.6 sq mi + 0.6 sq mi water
Density
33 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.2793° N, 72.9787° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Connecticut River → Long Island Sound
ZIP codes 2
01011 01050
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Washington1,620 ft
  2. Becket1,560 ft
  3. Otis1,490 ft
  4. Middlefield1,440 ft
  5. Worthington1,390 ft
  6. Blandford1,320 ft
  7. Chesterfield1,240 ft
  8. Montgomery980 ft
  9. Chester790 ft
  10. Huntington720 ft
  11. Russell700 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Greylock3,489 ft
  • Berlin Mountain2,800 ft
  • Beoadic Mountain2,610 ft
  • Mount Everett2,608 ft
  • Mount Anthony2,340 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.