Wellfleet, MA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wellfleet, Massachusetts, shaded from sea level level on the Atlantic Ocean to 130 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
130 ft 40 m97 ft 30 m81 ft 25 m49 ft 15 m16 ft 5 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
⤓ Download this map
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
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

Wellfleet sits at about 37 ft (11 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
37 ft 11 m
most residents: 5–72 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Atlantic Ocean
Highest
130 ft 40 m
on the northeast side
Average
39 ft 12 m
all land inside town boundaries

Wellfleet spans about 130 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
37 ft11 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the northeast side
130 ft40 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Atlantic Ocean
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Wellfleet
28 ft8 m
Airport (PVC)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 11 mi northwest of the town boundaries
8 ft2 m
Average of all land39 ft12 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.7 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wellfleet, Massachusetts, shaded from sea level level on the Atlantic Ocean to 130 ft on the northeast side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States
Population
3,645 2024 est.
Land area
19.8 sq mi + 15.6 sq mi water
Density
184 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.9376° N, 70.0328° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Provincetown Municipal (PVC) 8 ft
ZIP codes 2
02663 02667
⤓ Download this map

WebP, 1200 × 900. Free to use: credit “ElevationOf.com” with a link to this page.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Brewster82 ft
  2. East Harwich60 ft
  3. Truro56 ft
  4. East Dennis55 ft
  5. Harwich Center44 ft
  6. Orleans38 ft
  7. North Eastham37 ft
  8. Wellfleet37 ft
  9. Eastham36 ft
  10. Dennis32 ft
  11. Provincetown16 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Gross Hill120 ft
  • Tom Hill, Barnstable County93 ft
  • Little Beach Hill77 ft
  • Great Beach Hill77 ft
  • Cannon Hill, Barnstable County66 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. All public domain.