Hingham, MA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hingham, Massachusetts, shaded from sea level level on Hingham Harbor to 240 ft on Prospect Hill
Elevation
240 ft 75 m180 ft 55 m150 ft 45 m90 ft 27 m30 ft 9 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
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

Hingham sits at about 57 ft (17 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
57 ft 17 m
most residents: 20–130 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Hingham Harbor
Highest
240 ft 75 m
on Prospect Hill
Average
76 ft 23 m
all land inside town boundaries

Hingham spans about 240 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
57 ft17 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Prospect Hill
240 ft75 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Hingham Harbor
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Hingham
14 ft4 m
Airport (BOS)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 8.2 mi northwest of the town boundaries
19 ft6 m
Average of all land76 ft23 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.9 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hingham, Massachusetts, shaded from sea level level on Hingham Harbor to 240 ft on Prospect Hill
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States
Population
24,414 2024 est.
Land area
22.2 sq mi + 2.8 sq mi water
Density
1,100 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.2418° N, 70.8898° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
General Edward Lawrence Logan International (BOS) 19 ft
ZIP codes 1
02043
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Holbrook160 ft
  2. Rockland120 ft
  3. Norwell110 ft
  4. Weymouth Town110 ft
  5. Braintree Town100 ft
  6. Hingham57 ft
  7. North Scituate56 ft
  8. Cohasset51 ft
  9. Scituate43 ft
  10. Quincy29 ft
  11. Hull10 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Farm Hills180 ft
  • Baker Hill, Plymouth County150 ft
  • Bradley Hill150 ft
  • Liberty Pole Hill140 ft
  • Great Hill, Plymouth County120 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).
  • 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, −84 ft at 42.1879° N, 70.9182° 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.