Gloucester, MA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Gloucester, Massachusetts, shaded from sea level level on Goose Cove to 271 ft on Mount Ann
Elevation
270 ft 85 m200 ft 60 m170 ft 50 m100 ft 30 m34 ft 10 m0 ft 0 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

Gloucester sits at about 55 ft (17 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
55 ft 17 m
most residents: 13–130 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Goose Cove
Highest
271 ft 83 m
on Mount Ann
Average
80 ft 24 m
all land inside city limits

Gloucester spans about 270 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
55 ft17 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on Mount Ann
271 ft83 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Goose Cove
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Gloucester
62 ft19 m
Average of all land80 ft24 m

Elevation profile, west to east

8.7 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Gloucester, Massachusetts, shaded from sea level level on Goose Cove to 271 ft on Mount Ann
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Population
30,491 2024 est.
Land area
26.2 sq mi + 15.3 sq mi water
Density
1,164 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.6159° N, 70.6620° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
01930
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Rockport71 ft
  2. Rowley69 ft
  3. Wenham64 ft
  4. Gloucester55 ft
  5. Manchester-by-the-Sea50 ft
  6. Hamilton49 ft
  7. Beverly48 ft
  8. Essex44 ft
  9. Ipswich43 ft
  10. Marblehead42 ft
  11. Salem27 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • North Pack Monadnock Mountain2,260 ft
  • Copple Crown Mountain1,870 ft
  • Bond Hill, Essex County210 ft
  • Beacon Hill, Essex County120 ft
  • Ferry Hill, Essex County93 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).
  • 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, −6 ft at 42.5865° N, 70.6485° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • 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. All public domain.