Wayland, MA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wayland, Massachusetts, shaded from 110 ft on the north side to 410 ft on Reeves Hill
Elevation
410 ft 125 m340 ft 105 m300 ft 90 m220 ft 70 m150 ft 45 m110 ft 35 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

Wayland sits at about 170 ft (50 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
170 ft 50 m
most residents: 130–270 ft
Lowest
110 ft 35 m
on the north side
Highest
410 ft 125 m
on Reeves Hill
Average
170 ft 50 m
all land inside town boundaries

Wayland spans about 300 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
170 ft50 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Reeves Hill
410 ft125 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the north side
110 ft35 m
Town center
USGS map point for Wayland
120 ft35 m
Airport (BED)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.3 mi northeast of the town boundaries
132 ft40 m
Average of all land170 ft50 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.5 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wayland, Massachusetts, shaded from 110 ft on the north side to 410 ft on Reeves Hill
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Population
14,054 2024 est.
Land area
15.0 sq mi + 0.8 sq mi water
Density
934 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.3626° N, 71.3614° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Merrimack River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Laurence G Hanscom Field (BED) 132 ft
ZIP codes 1
01778
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Maynard210 ft
  2. Lincoln200 ft
  3. Weston190 ft
  4. Sudbury180 ft
  5. Cochituate180 ft
  6. Framingham180 ft
  7. Natick170 ft
  8. Wayland170 ft
  9. Wellesley160 ft
  10. Concord150 ft
  11. Waltham86 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
  • Overthrough Hill310 ft
  • Nob Hill, Middlesex County170 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.