Wales, MA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wales, Massachusetts, shaded from 680 ft on the northeast side to 1,260 ft on Mount Pisgah
Elevation
1,260 ft 385 m1,110 ft 340 m1,040 ft 315 m900 ft 275 m750 ft 230 m680 ft 205 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
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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

Wales sits at about 1,010 ft (310 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,010 ft 310 m
most residents: 900–1,100 ft
Lowest
680 ft 205 m
on the northeast side
Highest
1,260 ft 385 m
on Mount Pisgah
Average
980 ft 300 m
all land inside town boundaries

Wales spans about 580 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
1,010 ft310 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Mount Pisgah
1,260 ft385 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the northeast side
680 ft205 m
Town center
USGS map point for Wales
930 ft285 m
Average of all land980 ft300 m

Elevation profile, south to north

4.2 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wales, Massachusetts, shaded from 680 ft on the northeast side to 1,260 ft on Mount Pisgah
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States
Population
1,828 2024 est.
Land area
15.8 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
116 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.0695° N, 72.2223° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Quinebaug River → Long Island Sound
ZIP codes 2
01057 01081
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Wales1,010 ft
  2. Brimfield780 ft
  3. Holland750 ft
  4. Sturbridge690 ft
  5. Monson680 ft
  6. Fiskdale670 ft
  7. West Warren550 ft
  8. Southbridge Town540 ft
  9. Monson Center430 ft
  10. Palmer Town390 ft
  11. Hampden280 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Greylock3,489 ft
  • Monadnock Mountain3,170 ft
  • Beoadic Mountain2,610 ft
  • Mount Everett2,608 ft
  • North Pack Monadnock Mountain2,260 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.