South Lancaster, MA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of South Lancaster, Massachusetts, shaded from 230 ft on the east side to 410 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
410 ft 125 m370 ft 110 m340 ft 105 m300 ft 90 m250 ft 75 m230 ft 70 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

South Lancaster sits at about 290 ft (90 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
290 ft 90 m
most residents: 260–380 ft
Lowest
230 ft 70 m
on the east side
Highest
410 ft 125 m
on the southwest side
Average
310 ft 95 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

South Lancaster spans about 180 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
290 ft90 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
410 ft125 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
230 ft70 m
Town center
USGS map point for South Lancaster
280 ft85 m
Airport (3B3)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.2 mi west of the CDP boundary
459 ft140 m
Average of all land310 ft95 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of South Lancaster, Massachusetts, shaded from 230 ft on the east side to 410 ft on the southwest side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
Population
1,838 2020 Census
Land area
1.3 sq mi
Density
1,386 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.4445° N, 71.6870° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Nashua River → Merrimack River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Sterling (3B3) 459 ft
ZIP codes 2
01523 01561
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Sterling540 ft
  2. Boylston520 ft
  3. Leominster430 ft
  4. Bolton400 ft
  5. Berlin360 ft
  6. Clinton360 ft
  7. Harvard360 ft
  8. Lancaster290 ft
  9. South Lancaster290 ft
  10. Shirley280 ft
  11. Hudson250 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
  • Hawthorn Hill560 ft
  • George Hill, Worcester County510 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • South Lancaster is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.