Worcester, MA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Worcester, Massachusetts, shaded from 350 ft on the east side to 1,050 ft on Eddy Hill
Elevation
1,050 ft 320 m880 ft 270 m790 ft 240 m620 ft 190 m440 ft 135 m350 ft 110 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
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Worcester sits at about 550 ft (165 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
550 ft 165 m
most residents: 480–690 ft
Lowest
350 ft 110 m
on the east side
Highest
1,050 ft 320 m
on Eddy Hill
Average
590 ft 180 m
all land inside city limits

Worcester spans about 700 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
550 ft165 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on Eddy Hill
1,050 ft320 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
350 ft110 m
Town center
USGS map point for Worcester
480 ft150 m
Airport (ORH)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
1,009 ft308 m
Average of all land590 ft180 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.2 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Worcester, Massachusetts, shaded from 350 ft on the east side to 1,050 ft on Eddy Hill
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
City in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
Population
211,286 2024 est.
Land area
37.4 sq mi + 1.1 sq mi water
Density
5,655 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.2626° N, 71.8023° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Blackstone River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Worcester Regional (ORH) 1,009 ft
ZIP codes 9
01602 01603 01604 01605 01606 01607 01608 01609 01610
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Paxton1,100 ft
  2. Leicester890 ft
  3. Holden780 ft
  4. Auburn580 ft
  5. West Boylston580 ft
  6. Sutton560 ft
  7. Worcester550 ft
  8. Shrewsbury500 ft
  9. Millbury440 ft
  10. Grafton400 ft
  11. Northborough310 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
  • Dorothy Hill, Worcester County950 ft
  • Belmont Hill, Worcester County740 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (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.