Hancock, MA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
2,650 ft 810 m2,210 ft 675 m1,990 ft 605 m1,550 ft 475 m1,110 ft 340 m890 ft 270 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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
- Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
- Click or tap anywhere
- The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
- Measure
- Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
- Town area
- Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).
Elevation Data
Hancock sits at about 1,610 ft (490 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
1,610 ft 490 m
most residents: 1,100–2,160 ft
Lowest
890 ft 270 m
on the southwest side
Highest
2,650 ft 810 m
on the north side
Average
1,600 ft 485 m
all land inside town boundaries
Hancock spans about 1,760 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 1,610 ft490 m |
| Highest point Inside town boundaries, on the north side | 2,650 ft810 m |
| Lowest point Inside town boundaries, on the southwest side | 890 ft270 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Hancock | 1,020 ft310 m |
| Airport (PSF) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.3 mi south of the town boundaries | 1,189 ft362 m |
| Average of all land | 1,600 ft485 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
2.7 mi west to east through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States
- Population
- 740 2024 est.
- Land area
- 35.7 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
- Density
- 21 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 42.5431° N, 73.3237° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- New England
- Drains to
- Kinderhook Creek → Hudson River → Atlantic Ocean
- Airport
- Pittsfield Municipal (PSF) 1,189 ft
- ZIP codes 3
- 01201 01237 01267
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Hancock1,610 ft
- New Ashford1,470 ft
- Berlin, NY1,270 ft
- Lanesborough1,170 ft
- Dalton1,160 ft
- Stephentown, NY1,080 ft
- Cheshire1,070 ft
- Canaan, NY1,050 ft
- Pittsfield1,040 ft
- New Lebanon, NY910 ft
- East Nassau, NY710 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Massachusetts9th highest of 435
- Towns in Berkshire County7th highest of 34
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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.