Shirley, MA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Shirley, Massachusetts, shaded from 200 ft on the northeast side to 510 ft on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
510 ft 155 m430 ft 130 m390 ft 120 m320 ft 95 m240 ft 75 m200 ft 60 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
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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Shirley sits at about 280 ft (85 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
280 ft 85 m
most residents: 270–380 ft
Lowest
200 ft 60 m
on the northeast side
Highest
510 ft 155 m
on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
310 ft 95 m
all land inside town boundaries

Shirley spans about 310 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
280 ft85 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
510 ft155 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the northeast side
200 ft60 m
Town center
USGS map point for Shirley
280 ft85 m
Airport (FIT)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.2 mi west of the town boundaries
345 ft105 m
Average of all land310 ft95 m

Elevation profile, south to north

7.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Shirley, Massachusetts, shaded from 200 ft on the northeast side to 510 ft on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Population
7,042 2024 est.
Land area
15.8 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
445 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.5437° N, 71.6495° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Merrimack River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Fitchburg Municipal (FIT) 345 ft
ZIP codes 2
01434 01464
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Lunenburg440 ft
  2. Leominster430 ft
  3. Harvard360 ft
  4. Lancaster290 ft
  5. South Lancaster290 ft
  6. Devens290 ft
  7. Shirley280 ft
  8. Boxborough280 ft
  9. Groton270 ft
  10. Ayer270 ft
  11. Littleton260 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Monadnock Mountain3,170 ft
  • Mount Kearsarge2,930 ft
  • Summit2,730 ft
  • North Pack Monadnock Mountain2,260 ft
  • Crotched Mountain2,063 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.