Reading, MA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Reading, Massachusetts, shaded from 66 ft on the west side to 230 ft on Dobbins Hill
Elevation
230 ft 70 m190 ft 60 m170 ft 50 m130 ft 40 m86 ft 26 m66 ft 20 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.
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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

Reading sits at about 110 ft (35 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
110 ft 35 m
most residents: 86–160 ft
Lowest
66 ft 20 m
on the west side
Highest
230 ft 70 m
on Dobbins Hill
Average
100 ft 30 m
all land inside town boundaries

Reading spans about 164 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
110 ft35 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Dobbins Hill
230 ft70 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the west side
66 ft20 m
Town center
USGS map point for Reading
91 ft28 m
Airport (BOS)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 11 mi south of the town boundaries
19 ft6 m
Average of all land100 ft30 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.7 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Reading, Massachusetts, shaded from 66 ft on the west side to 230 ft on Dobbins Hill
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Population
26,041 2024 est.
Land area
10.0 sq mi
Density
2,610 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.5257° N, 71.0953° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
General Edward Lawrence Logan International (BOS) 19 ft
ZIP codes 1
01867
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Stoneham150 ft
  2. Burlington150 ft
  3. Lynnfield120 ft
  4. Reading110 ft
  5. Woburn110 ft
  6. Wakefield99 ft
  7. North Reading98 ft
  8. Wilmington96 ft
  9. Melrose78 ft
  10. Winchester72 ft
  11. Saugus68 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
  • Dobbins Hill230 ft
  • Bear Hill, Middlesex County228 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.