Franklin Town, MA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Franklin Town, Massachusetts, shaded from 130 ft on the north side to 480 ft on the south side
Elevation
480 ft 145 m390 ft 120 m350 ft 105 m260 ft 80 m170 ft 50 m130 ft 40 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

Franklin Town sits at about 290 ft (90 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
290 ft 90 m
most residents: 200–360 ft
Lowest
130 ft 40 m
on the north side
Highest
480 ft 145 m
on the south side
Average
280 ft 85 m
all land inside city limits

Franklin Town spans about 350 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
290 ft90 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the south side
480 ft145 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
130 ft40 m
Airport (1B6)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.2 mi west of the city limits
269 ft82 m
Average of all land280 ft85 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.9 mi south to north through the middle of Franklin Town.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Franklin Town, Massachusetts, shaded from 130 ft on the north side to 480 ft on the south side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Population
33,742 2024 est.
Land area
26.6 sq mi + 0.4 sq mi water
Density
1,267 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.0919° N, 71.4035° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Charles River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Hopedale Industrial Park (1B6) 269 ft
ZIP codes 1
02038
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Milford350 ft
  2. Hopedale310 ft
  3. Franklin Town290 ft
  4. Wrentham250 ft
  5. Bellingham240 ft
  6. Plainville240 ft
  7. Holliston240 ft
  8. Medway230 ft
  9. Norfolk200 ft
  10. Millis170 ft
  11. Millis-Clicquot170 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Monadnock Mountain3,170 ft
  • North Pack Monadnock Mountain2,260 ft
  • Bald Hill, Norfolk County480 ft
  • Forge Hill, Norfolk County410 ft
  • Bright Hill390 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.