Lowell, MA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lowell, Massachusetts, shaded from 43 ft on the northeast side to 300 ft on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
300 ft 95 m240 ft 75 m210 ft 65 m140 ft 45 m76 ft 23 m43 ft 13 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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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Lowell sits at about 120 ft (35 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
120 ft 35 m
most residents: 84–160 ft
Lowest
43 ft 13 m
on the northeast side
Highest
300 ft 95 m
on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
130 ft 40 m
all land inside city limits

Lowell spans about 257 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
120 ft35 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
300 ft95 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the northeast side
43 ft13 m
Town center
USGS map point for Lowell
110 ft35 m
Average of all land130 ft40 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lowell, Massachusetts, shaded from 43 ft on the northeast side to 300 ft on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Population
120,418 2024 est.
Land area
13.6 sq mi + 0.9 sq mi water
Density
8,848 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.6334° N, 71.3162° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Merrimack River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 4
01850 01851 01852 01854
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Westford220 ft
  2. Carlisle210 ft
  3. Dunstable210 ft
  4. Tyngsborough180 ft
  5. Pelham, NH180 ft
  6. Chelmsford150 ft
  7. Dracut150 ft
  8. Billerica140 ft
  9. Pinehurst120 ft
  10. Lowell120 ft
  11. Tewksbury120 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Monadnock Mountain3,170 ft
  • Mount Kearsarge2,930 ft
  • Summit2,730 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 city limits, 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 city limits (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.