Harwich Center, MA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Harwich Center, Massachusetts, shaded from 7 ft on the southeast side to 78 ft on the north side
Elevation
78 ft 24 m60 ft 18 m52 ft 16 m34 ft 10 m16 ft 5 m7 ft 2 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Harwich Center sits at about 44 ft (13 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
44 ft 13 m
most residents: 12–60 ft
Lowest
7 ft 2 m
on the southeast side
Highest
78 ft 24 m
on the north side
Average
44 ft 13 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Harwich Center spans about 71 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
44 ft13 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
78 ft24 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
7 ft2 m
Airport (HYA)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 10 mi west of the CDP boundary
54 ft16 m
Average of all land44 ft13 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.6 mi south to north through the middle of Harwich Center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Harwich Center, Massachusetts, shaded from 7 ft on the southeast side to 78 ft on the north side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States
Population
1,995 2020 Census
Land area
2.2 sq mi
Density
887 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.6918° N, 70.0723° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Cape Cod Gateway (HYA) 54 ft
ZIP codes 1
02645
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Brewster82 ft
  2. East Harwich60 ft
  3. East Dennis55 ft
  4. South Dennis48 ft
  5. Harwich Center44 ft
  6. Harwich42 ft
  7. West Chatham40 ft
  8. Northwest Harwich30 ft
  9. Harwich Port14 ft
  10. Dennis Port14 ft
  11. West Dennis13 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Hokum Rock160 ft
  • Great Hill, Barnstable County130 ft
  • Grassy Nook130 ft
  • Cannon Hill, Barnstable County70 ft
  • Tawasentha Hill68 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Harwich Center is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.