Northborough, MA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Northborough, Massachusetts, shaded from 210 ft on the northeast side to 710 ft on Mount Pisgah
Elevation
710 ft 215 m590 ft 180 m530 ft 160 m400 ft 120 m280 ft 85 m210 ft 65 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

Northborough sits at about 310 ft (95 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
310 ft 95 m
most residents: 270–460 ft
Lowest
210 ft 65 m
on the northeast side
Highest
710 ft 215 m
on Mount Pisgah
Average
350 ft 105 m
all land inside town boundaries

Northborough spans about 500 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
310 ft95 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Mount Pisgah
710 ft215 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the northeast side
210 ft65 m
Town center
USGS map point for Northborough
300 ft90 m
Airport (ORH)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 10 mi west of the town boundaries
1,009 ft308 m
Average of all land350 ft105 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Northborough, Massachusetts, shaded from 210 ft on the northeast side to 710 ft on Mount Pisgah
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
Population
15,867 2024 est.
Land area
18.5 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
859 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.3195° N, 71.6412° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Merrimack River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Worcester Regional (ORH) 1,009 ft
ZIP codes 1
01532
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Boylston520 ft
  2. Shrewsbury500 ft
  3. Bolton400 ft
  4. Marlborough390 ft
  5. Berlin360 ft
  6. Clinton360 ft
  7. Westborough320 ft
  8. Southborough320 ft
  9. Cordaville310 ft
  10. Northborough310 ft
  11. Hudson250 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Monadnock Mountain3,170 ft
  • North Pack Monadnock Mountain2,260 ft
  • Crotched Mountain2,063 ft
  • Bartlett Hill660 ft
  • Ball Hill, Worcester County650 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.