Framingham, MA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Framingham, Massachusetts, shaded from 110 ft on the north side to 600 ft on Nobscot Hill
Elevation
600 ft 180 m480 ft 145 m420 ft 125 m290 ft 90 m170 ft 55 m110 ft 35 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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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Framingham sits at about 180 ft (55 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
180 ft 55 m
most residents: 150–240 ft
Lowest
110 ft 35 m
on the north side
Highest
600 ft 180 m
on Nobscot Hill
Average
220 ft 65 m
all land inside city limits

Framingham spans about 490 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
180 ft55 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on Nobscot Hill
600 ft180 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
110 ft35 m
Town center
USGS map point for Framingham
170 ft50 m
Average of all land220 ft65 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.3 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Framingham, Massachusetts, shaded from 110 ft on the north side to 600 ft on Nobscot Hill
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Population
73,361 2024 est.
Land area
25.0 sq mi + 1.5 sq mi water
Density
2,929 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.2793° N, 71.4162° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Merrimack River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 2
01701 01702
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Hopkinton400 ft
  2. Southborough320 ft
  3. Cordaville310 ft
  4. Ashland260 ft
  5. Holliston240 ft
  6. Cochituate180 ft
  7. Sherborn180 ft
  8. Framingham180 ft
  9. Natick170 ft
  10. Wayland170 ft
  11. Wellesley160 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
  • Ballard Hill, Middlesex County360 ft
  • Bare Hill, Middlesex County280 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (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.