Milton, MA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Milton, Massachusetts, shaded from 2 ft on the northeast side to 630 ft on Great Blue Hill
Elevation
630 ft 190 m470 ft 145 m390 ft 120 m240 ft 70 m80 ft 25 m2 ft 1 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
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

Milton sits at about 65 ft (20 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
65 ft 20 m
most residents: 35–130 ft
Lowest
2 ft 1 m
on the northeast side
Highest
630 ft 190 m
on Great Blue Hill
Average
120 ft 40 m
all land inside town boundaries

Milton spans about 628 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
65 ft20 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Great Blue Hill
630 ft190 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the northeast side
2 ft1 m
Town center
USGS map point for Milton
120 ft40 m
Airport (BOS)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.2 mi north of the town boundaries
19 ft6 m
Average of all land120 ft40 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.3 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Milton, Massachusetts, shaded from 2 ft on the northeast side to 630 ft on Great Blue Hill
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Population
28,811 2024 est.
Land area
13.0 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
2,214 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.2495° N, 71.0662° 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
02186
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Randolph Town190 ft
  2. Holbrook160 ft
  3. Canton150 ft
  4. Norwood110 ft
  5. Dedham110 ft
  6. Weymouth Town110 ft
  7. Braintree Town100 ft
  8. Milton65 ft
  9. Brookline57 ft
  10. Boston43 ft
  11. Quincy29 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • North Pack Monadnock Mountain2,260 ft
  • Great Blue Hill630 ft
  • Hancock Hill, Norfolk County500 ft
  • Hemenway Hill500 ft
  • Academy Hill, Norfolk County180 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.