Shrewsbury, MA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, shaded from 310 ft on the southeast side to 750 ft on Rawson Hill
Elevation
750 ft 230 m640 ft 195 m590 ft 180 m480 ft 145 m370 ft 110 m310 ft 95 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

Shrewsbury sits at about 500 ft (155 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
500 ft 155 m
most residents: 380–630 ft
Lowest
310 ft 95 m
on the southeast side
Highest
750 ft 230 m
on Rawson Hill
Average
490 ft 150 m
all land inside town boundaries

Shrewsbury 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
500 ft155 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Rawson Hill
750 ft230 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southeast side
310 ft95 m
Town center
USGS map point for Shrewsbury
640 ft195 m
Airport (ORH)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.2 mi west of the town boundaries
1,009 ft308 m
Average of all land490 ft150 m

Elevation profile, south to north

5.7 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, shaded from 310 ft on the southeast side to 750 ft on Rawson Hill
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
Population
39,620 2024 est.
Land area
20.7 sq mi + 1.0 sq mi water
Density
1,910 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.2959° N, 71.7128° 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
01545
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Holden780 ft
  2. West Boylston580 ft
  3. Worcester550 ft
  4. Boylston520 ft
  5. Shrewsbury500 ft
  6. Millbury440 ft
  7. Grafton400 ft
  8. Berlin360 ft
  9. Clinton360 ft
  10. Westborough320 ft
  11. Northborough310 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
  • Golden Hill, Worcester County650 ft
  • Green 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.