Hardwick, MA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hardwick, Massachusetts, shaded from 470 ft on the southwest side to 1,140 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,140 ft 350 m970 ft 295 m890 ft 270 m720 ft 220 m550 ft 170 m470 ft 145 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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Town area
Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Hardwick sits at about 700 ft (215 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
700 ft 215 m
most residents: 560–970 ft
Lowest
470 ft 145 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,140 ft 350 m
on the northeast side
Average
770 ft 235 m
all land inside town boundaries

Hardwick spans about 670 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
700 ft215 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the northeast side
1,140 ft350 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southwest side
470 ft145 m
Town center
USGS map point for Hardwick
880 ft270 m
Average of all land770 ft235 m

Elevation profile, south to north

7.1 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hardwick, Massachusetts, shaded from 470 ft on the southwest side to 1,140 ft on the northeast side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
Population
2,722 2024 est.
Land area
38.6 sq mi + 2.3 sq mi water
Density
71 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.3501° N, 72.1995° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Connecticut River → Long Island Sound
ZIP codes 4
01031 01037 01082 01094
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Petersham950 ft
  2. Oakham920 ft
  3. New Braintree880 ft
  4. North Brookfield870 ft
  5. Barre850 ft
  6. Brookfield730 ft
  7. Warren730 ft
  8. Hardwick700 ft
  9. West Brookfield670 ft
  10. West Warren550 ft
  11. Ware480 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Snow3,590 ft
  • Mount Greylock3,489 ft
  • Monadnock Mountain3,170 ft
  • North Pack Monadnock Mountain2,260 ft
  • Crotched Mountain2,063 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.