North Adams, MA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of North Adams, Massachusetts, shaded from 600 ft on the west side to 2,960 ft on Mount Williams
Elevation
2,960 ft 900 m2,370 ft 725 m2,080 ft 635 m1,490 ft 455 m900 ft 275 m600 ft 185 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
Click or tap anywhere
The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

North Adams sits at about 790 ft (240 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
790 ft 240 m
most residents: 650–1,120 ft
Lowest
600 ft 185 m
on the west side
Highest
2,960 ft 900 m
on Mount Williams
Average
1,260 ft 385 m
all land inside city limits

North Adams spans about 2,360 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
790 ft240 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on Mount Williams
2,960 ft900 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
600 ft185 m
Town center
USGS map point for North Adams
720 ft220 m
Airport (AQW)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
654 ft199 m
Average of all land1,260 ft385 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.9 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of North Adams, Massachusetts, shaded from 600 ft on the west side to 2,960 ft on Mount Williams
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
City in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States
Population
12,492 2024 est.
Land area
20.3 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
614 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.7009° N, 73.1087° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Hoosic River → Hudson River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Harriman-And-West (AQW) 654 ft
ZIP codes 1
01247
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Florida1,950 ft
  2. Monroe1,940 ft
  3. Readsboro, VT1,850 ft
  4. Stamford, VT1,520 ft
  5. New Ashford1,470 ft
  6. Clarksburg1,080 ft
  7. Pownal, VT990 ft
  8. Pownal Center, VT980 ft
  9. Adams860 ft
  10. North Adams790 ft
  11. Williamstown690 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Glastenbury Mountain3,750 ft
  • Mount Greylock3,489 ft
  • Berlin Mountain2,800 ft
  • Beoadic Mountain2,610 ft
  • Mount Anthony2,340 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.