Plymouth, MA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Plymouth, Massachusetts, shaded from sea level level on Plymouth Bay to 392 ft on Pine Hills
Elevation
390 ft 120 m290 ft 90 m250 ft 75 m150 ft 45 m49 ft 15 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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

Plymouth sits at about 97 ft (30 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
97 ft 30 m
most residents: 38–170 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Plymouth Bay
Highest
392 ft 119 m
on Pine Hills
Average
110 ft 35 m
all land inside town boundaries

Plymouth spans about 390 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
97 ft30 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Pine Hills
392 ft119 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Plymouth Bay
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Plymouth
47 ft14 m
Airport (PYM)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
148 ft45 m
Average of all land110 ft35 m

Elevation profile, south to north

13 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Plymouth, Massachusetts, shaded from sea level level on Plymouth Bay to 392 ft on Pine Hills
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States
Population
66,663 2024 est.
Land area
96.4 sq mi + 37.5 sq mi water
Density
691 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.9584° N, 70.6673° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Plymouth Municipal (PYM) 148 ft
ZIP codes 2
02360 02366
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. The Pinehills140 ft
  2. Carver110 ft
  3. Plymouth97 ft
  4. Plympton77 ft
  5. Kingston71 ft
  6. Duxbury61 ft
  7. North Plymouth58 ft
  8. South Duxbury57 ft
  9. Marshfield40 ft
  10. Green Harbor8 ft
  11. Cedar Crest5 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Bay Hill200 ft
  • Federal Hill, Plymouth County160 ft
  • Burying Hill120 ft
  • Coles Hill120 ft
  • Eagle Hill, Plymouth County88 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, −7 ft at 41.9821° N, 70.6871° 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, 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. All public domain.