Franklin County, MA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Franklin County, Massachusetts, shaded from 110 ft near the middle to 2,830 ft on Crum Hill
Elevation
2,830 ft 865 m2,150 ft 655 m1,810 ft 550 m1,130 ft 345 m450 ft 140 m110 ft 35 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Franklin County averages about 880 ft (265 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 110 ft near the middle to 2,830 ft on Crum Hill.

Average elevation
880 ft 265 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,830 ft 865 m
on Crum Hill
Lowest
110 ft 35 m
near the middle

Franklin County spans about 2,720 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land880 ft265 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Crum Hill (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
2,830 ft865 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, near the middle
110 ft35 m

Elevation profile, west to east

36 mi west to east through Greenfield.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Franklin County, Massachusetts, shaded from 110 ft near the middle to 2,830 ft on Crum Hill
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
County in Massachusetts, United States
Population
70,871 2024 est.
Land area
699.2 sq mi + 25.3 sq mi water
Density
101 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Long Island Sound
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Bennington County, VT1,720 ft
  2. Berkshire County1,410 ft
  3. Windham County, VT1,370 ft
  4. Cheshire County, NH1,040 ft
  5. Franklin County880 ft
  6. Hampshire County750 ft
  7. Worcester County720 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Crum Hill2,830 ft
  • Spruce Mountain2,710 ft
  • Adams Mountain2,090 ft
  • Parker Hill, Franklin County2,040 ft
  • Legate Hill, Franklin County1,940 ft
All 30 towns in Franklin County by typical elevation
  1. Monroe1,940 ft
  2. Hawley1,620 ft
  3. Heath1,570 ft
  4. Rowe1,550 ft
  5. Ashfield1,340 ft
  6. Wendell1,010 ft
  7. Shutesbury1,000 ft
  8. Leyden990 ft
  9. Colrain980 ft
  10. Warwick940 ft
  11. Charlemont930 ft
  12. Buckland910 ft
  13. New Salem830 ft
  14. Conway780 ft
  15. Orange560 ft
  16. Shelburne520 ft
  17. Leverett490 ft
  18. Bernardston490 ft
  19. Erving480 ft
  20. Shelburne Falls460 ft
  21. Gill380 ft
  22. Northfield350 ft
  23. Millers Falls290 ft
  24. Montague270 ft
  25. Turners Falls260 ft
  26. Greenfield250 ft
  27. Deerfield250 ft
  28. South Deerfield210 ft
  29. Whately180 ft
  30. Sunderland160 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 80 ft at 42.5632° N, 72.5829° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.