Nahant, MA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Nahant, Massachusetts, shaded from sea level level on Massachusetts Bay to 87 ft near the middle
Elevation
87 ft 26 m65 ft 20 m54 ft 17 m32 ft 10 m11 ft 3 m0 ft 0 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

Nahant sits at about 32 ft (10 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
32 ft 10 m
most residents: 2–77 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Massachusetts Bay
Highest
87 ft 26 m
near the middle
Average
29 ft 9 m
all land inside town boundaries

Nahant spans about 87 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
32 ft10 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, near the middle
87 ft26 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Massachusetts Bay
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Nahant
82 ft25 m
Airport (BOS)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.9 mi southwest of the town boundaries
19 ft6 m
Average of all land29 ft9 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.2 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Nahant, Massachusetts, shaded from sea level level on Massachusetts Bay to 87 ft near the middle
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Population
3,338 2024 est.
Land area
1.1 sq mi + 14.6 sq mi water
Density
3,102 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.4265° N, 70.9189° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
General Edward Lawrence Logan International (BOS) 19 ft
ZIP codes 1
01908
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Peabody83 ft
  2. Saugus68 ft
  3. Everett53 ft
  4. Swampscott50 ft
  5. Marblehead42 ft
  6. Lynn42 ft
  7. Nahant32 ft
  8. Chelsea28 ft
  9. Salem27 ft
  10. Revere25 ft
  11. Winthrop Town19 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • North Pack Monadnock Mountain2,260 ft
  • Crotched Mountain2,063 ft
  • Pine Hill, Essex County180 ft
  • High Rock, Essex County176 ft
  • Baileys Hill77 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, −6 ft at 42.4254° N, 70.9062° 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 and Watershed Boundary Dataset; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.