Barnstead, NH Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Barnstead, New Hampshire, shaded from 480 ft near the middle to 1,190 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,190 ft 360 m1,010 ft 310 m920 ft 280 m750 ft 225 m570 ft 175 m480 ft 145 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Barnstead sits at about 670 ft (205 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
670 ft 205 m
most residents: 540–780 ft
Lowest
480 ft 145 m
near the middle
Highest
1,190 ft 360 m
on the northeast side
Average
690 ft 210 m
all land inside town boundaries

Barnstead spans about 710 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
670 ft205 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the northeast side
1,190 ft360 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, near the middle
480 ft145 m
Town center
USGS map point for Barnstead
510 ft155 m
Average of all land690 ft210 m
Nearest peak
Belknap Mountain, 8.1 mi north of the town boundaries (NGS survey)
2,382 ft726 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.2 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Barnstead, New Hampshire, shaded from 480 ft near the middle to 1,190 ft on the northeast side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States
Population
5,036 2024 est.
Land area
43.1 sq mi + 1.9 sq mi water
Density
117 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.3340° N, 71.2928° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Merrimack River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 2
03218 03225
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Gilmanton830 ft
  2. New Durham750 ft
  3. Alton690 ft
  4. Barnstead670 ft
  5. Belmont670 ft
  6. Northwood640 ft
  7. Pittsfield580 ft
  8. Strafford550 ft
  9. Epsom530 ft
  10. Chichester520 ft
  11. Loudon480 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Shaw2,990 ft
  • Belknap Mountain2,382 ft
  • Red Hill2,030 ft
  • Hersey Mountain2,000 ft
  • Copple Crown Mountain1,870 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.