Hanson, MA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hanson, Massachusetts, shaded from 22 ft on the northeast side to 160 ft on the south side
Elevation
160 ft 50 m120 ft 40 m110 ft 35 m73 ft 22 m39 ft 12 m22 ft 7 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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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Town area
Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Hanson sits at about 77 ft (23 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
77 ft 23 m
most residents: 57–100 ft
Lowest
22 ft 7 m
on the northeast side
Highest
160 ft 50 m
on the south side
Average
77 ft 24 m
all land inside town boundaries

Hanson spans about 138 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
77 ft23 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the south side
160 ft50 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the northeast side
22 ft7 m
Town center
USGS map point for Hanson
100 ft30 m
Average of all land77 ft24 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hanson, Massachusetts, shaded from 22 ft on the northeast side to 160 ft on the south side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States
Population
10,719 2024 est.
Land area
15.0 sq mi + 0.7 sq mi water
Density
714 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.0751° N, 70.8800° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 2
02341 02350
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Abington140 ft
  2. Brockton130 ft
  3. Rockland120 ft
  4. Norwell110 ft
  5. Whitman100 ft
  6. Hanover86 ft
  7. Pembroke79 ft
  8. Hanson77 ft
  9. East Bridgewater68 ft
  10. Halifax59 ft
  11. North Pembroke54 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Beech Hill, Plymouth County190 ft
  • Rye Hill160 ft
  • Bonney Hill160 ft
  • Roundtop130 ft
  • Perry Hill, Plymouth County110 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.