Winchester, MA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Winchester, Massachusetts, shaded from 9 ft on the south side to 350 ft on the west side
Elevation
350 ft 110 m270 ft 80 m220 ft 70 m140 ft 40 m52 ft 16 m9 ft 3 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
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Town area
Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Winchester sits at about 72 ft (22 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
72 ft 22 m
most residents: 29–210 ft
Lowest
9 ft 3 m
on the south side
Highest
350 ft 110 m
on the west side
Average
130 ft 40 m
all land inside town boundaries

Winchester spans about 341 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
72 ft22 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the west side
350 ft110 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the south side
9 ft3 m
Town center
USGS map point for Winchester
22 ft7 m
Airport (BOS)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.9 mi southeast of the town boundaries
19 ft6 m
Average of all land130 ft40 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.2 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Winchester, Massachusetts, shaded from 9 ft on the south side to 350 ft on the west side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Population
23,953 2024 est.
Land area
6.0 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
3,971 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.4523° N, 71.1370° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
General Edward Lawrence Logan International (BOS) 19 ft
ZIP codes 1
01890
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Lexington220 ft
  2. Stoneham150 ft
  3. Burlington150 ft
  4. Woburn110 ft
  5. Arlington100 ft
  6. Melrose78 ft
  7. Belmont72 ft
  8. Winchester72 ft
  9. Malden39 ft
  10. Somerville38 ft
  11. Medford22 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
  • Andrews Hill, Middlesex County350 ft
  • Grinding Rock Hill280 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.