Worcester County, MA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
2,020 ft 615 m1,550 ft 475 m1,320 ft 400 m850 ft 260 m380 ft 115 m150 ft 45 m
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USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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.
- County area
- Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Worcester County averages about 720 ft (220 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 150 ft on the southeast side to 2,020 ft on Wachusett Mountain.
Average elevation
720 ft 220 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,020 ft 616 m
on Wachusett Mountain
Lowest
150 ft 45 m
on the southeast side
Worcester County spans about 1,870 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Average of all land | 720 ft220 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on Wachusett Mountain (NGS survey height) | 2,020 ft616 m |
| Lowest point Inside the county, on the southeast side | 150 ft45 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
33 mi west to east through Worcester.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in Massachusetts, United States
- Population
- 881,248 2024 est.
- Land area
- 1,510.7 sq mi + 68.5 sq mi water
- Density
- 583 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- New England
- Drains to
- Long Island Sound 54%, Atlantic Ocean 46%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average
- Cheshire County, NH1,040 ft
- Franklin County880 ft
- Hampshire County750 ft
- Worcester County720 ft
- Hillsborough County, NH660 ft
- Hampden County650 ft
- Tolland County, CT580 ft
- Windham County, CT470 ft
- Providence County, RI370 ft
- Middlesex County230 ft
- Norfolk County190 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in Massachusetts4th highest of 13
- Counties in the United States2,001st highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Wachusett Mountain2,020 ft
- Mount Watatic1,835 ft
- Nutting Hill, Worcester County1,620 ft
- Little Watatic Mountain1,580 ft
- Little Wachusett1,560 ft
All 69 towns in Worcester County by typical elevation
- Ashburnham1,110 ft
- Phillipston1,110 ft
- Paxton1,100 ft
- Gardner1,080 ft
- Rutland1,070 ft
- Westminster1,030 ft
- Winchendon1,010 ft
- Royalston1,000 ft
- Templeton1,000 ft
- Hubbardston990 ft
- South Ashburnham980 ft
- Petersham950 ft
- Princeton940 ft
- Oakham920 ft
- Baldwinville920 ft
- Leicester890 ft
- New Braintree880 ft
- North Brookfield870 ft
- Spencer860 ft
- Barre850 ft
- Holden780 ft
- Charlton750 ft
- Brookfield730 ft
- Warren730 ft
- Hardwick700 ft
- Sturbridge690 ft
- West Brookfield670 ft
- Fiskdale670 ft
- East Brookfield650 ft
- Athol630 ft
- Auburn580 ft
- West Boylston580 ft
- Sutton560 ft
- Fitchburg560 ft
- Worcester550 ft
- West Warren550 ft
- Sterling540 ft
- Southbridge Town540 ft
- Dudley530 ft
- Douglas530 ft
- Boylston520 ft
- Oxford520 ft
- Shrewsbury500 ft
- Webster490 ft
- Lunenburg440 ft
- Millbury440 ft
- East Douglas430 ft
- Leominster430 ft
- Bolton400 ft
- Grafton400 ft
- Mendon360 ft
- Northbridge360 ft
- Berlin360 ft
- Clinton360 ft
- Harvard360 ft
- Whitinsville360 ft
- Upton350 ft
- Milford350 ft
- Uxbridge330 ft
- Westborough320 ft
- Southborough320 ft
- Cordaville310 ft
- Millville310 ft
- Northborough310 ft
- Hopedale310 ft
- Lancaster290 ft
- South Lancaster290 ft
- Devens290 ft
- Blackstone240 ft
How we measure
- Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
- Highest and lowest: the highest land cell; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
- Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
- Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
- 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.