Oxford, MA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Oxford, Massachusetts, shaded from 450 ft on the south side to 890 ft on Goat Hill
Elevation
890 ft 270 m780 ft 240 m720 ft 220 m610 ft 185 m500 ft 155 m450 ft 135 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

Oxford sits at about 520 ft (160 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
520 ft 160 m
most residents: 480–720 ft
Lowest
450 ft 135 m
on the south side
Highest
890 ft 270 m
on Goat Hill
Average
620 ft 190 m
all land inside town boundaries

Oxford spans about 440 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
520 ft160 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Goat Hill
890 ft270 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the south side
450 ft135 m
Town center
USGS map point for Oxford
510 ft155 m
Airport (ORH)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.2 mi north of the town boundaries
1,009 ft308 m
Average of all land620 ft190 m

Elevation profile, south to north

5.7 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Oxford, Massachusetts, shaded from 450 ft on the south side to 890 ft on Goat Hill
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
Population
13,503 2024 est.
Land area
26.5 sq mi + 0.9 sq mi water
Density
509 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.1168° N, 71.8648° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Long Island Sound
Airport
Worcester Regional (ORH) 1,009 ft
ZIP codes 3
01537 01540 01590
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Leicester890 ft
  2. Charlton750 ft
  3. Auburn580 ft
  4. Sutton560 ft
  5. Southbridge Town540 ft
  6. Dudley530 ft
  7. Douglas530 ft
  8. Oxford520 ft
  9. Webster490 ft
  10. Millbury440 ft
  11. East Douglas430 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
  • Buffalo Hill760 ft
  • Camp Hill, Worcester County600 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.