Columbia, NH Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Columbia, New Hampshire, shaded from 920 ft on the southwest side to 3,720 ft on Bunnell Mountain
Elevation
3,720 ft 1,135 m3,020 ft 920 m2,670 ft 815 m1,970 ft 600 m1,270 ft 385 m920 ft 280 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

Columbia sits at about 1,540 ft (470 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,540 ft 470 m
most residents: 1,020–2,380 ft
Lowest
920 ft 280 m
on the southwest side
Highest
3,720 ft 1,135 m
on Bunnell Mountain
Average
1,860 ft 565 m
all land inside town boundaries

Columbia spans about 2,800 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
1,540 ft470 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Bunnell Mountain
3,720 ft1,135 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southwest side
920 ft280 m
Town center
USGS map point for Columbia
1,020 ft310 m
Average of all land1,860 ft565 m

Elevation profile, west to east

10 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Columbia, New Hampshire, shaded from 920 ft on the southwest side to 3,720 ft on Bunnell Mountain
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Town in Coos County, New Hampshire, United States
Population
667 2024 est.
Land area
60.8 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
11 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.8520° N, 71.5518° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Connecticut River → Long Island Sound
ZIP codes 2
03576 03590
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Lemington, VT2,630 ft
  2. Clarksville1,650 ft
  3. Columbia1,540 ft
  4. Stewartstown1,340 ft
  5. Bloomfield, VT1,320 ft
  6. Canaan, VT1,290 ft
  7. West Stewartstown1,120 ft
  8. Beecher Falls, VT1,090 ft
  9. Colebrook1,070 ft
  10. Stratford970 ft
  11. Brunswick, VT970 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Bunnell Mountain3,720 ft
  • Muise Mountain3,610 ft
  • Savage Mountain3,520 ft
  • Mount Kelsey3,460 ft
  • Rice Mountain3,360 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. All public domain.