Monson, MA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Monson, Massachusetts, shaded from 300 ft on the northwest side to 1,220 ft on Peaked Mountain
Elevation
1,220 ft 370 m990 ft 300 m880 ft 265 m650 ft 195 m420 ft 125 m300 ft 90 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

Monson sits at about 680 ft (205 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
680 ft 205 m
most residents: 380–860 ft
Lowest
300 ft 90 m
on the northwest side
Highest
1,220 ft 372 m
on Peaked Mountain
Average
690 ft 210 m
all land inside town boundaries

Monson spans about 920 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
680 ft205 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Peaked Mountain
1,220 ft372 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the northwest side
300 ft90 m
Town center
USGS map point for Monson
430 ft130 m
Average of all land690 ft210 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.6 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Monson, Massachusetts, shaded from 300 ft on the northwest side to 1,220 ft on Peaked Mountain
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States
Population
8,164 2024 est.
Land area
44.2 sq mi + 0.6 sq mi water
Density
185 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.1043° N, 72.3190° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Connecticut River → Long Island Sound
ZIP codes 2
01057 01069
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Wales1,010 ft
  2. Brimfield780 ft
  3. Holland750 ft
  4. Warren730 ft
  5. Monson680 ft
  6. West Warren550 ft
  7. Monson Center430 ft
  8. Palmer Town390 ft
  9. Hampden280 ft
  10. Wilbraham260 ft
  11. Ludlow240 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Greylock3,489 ft
  • Monadnock Mountain3,170 ft
  • Beoadic Mountain2,610 ft
  • Mount Everett2,608 ft
  • North Pack Monadnock Mountain2,260 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.