Gorham, NH Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Gorham, New Hampshire, shaded from 750 ft near the middle to 3,040 ft at the foot of the Presidential Range
Elevation
3,040 ft 925 m2,470 ft 755 m2,180 ft 665 m1,610 ft 490 m1,040 ft 315 m750 ft 230 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

Gorham sits at about 820 ft (250 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
820 ft 250 m
most residents: 780–1,230 ft
Lowest
750 ft 230 m
near the middle
Highest
3,040 ft 925 m
at the foot of the Presidential Range
Average
1,380 ft 420 m
all land inside town boundaries

Gorham spans about 2,290 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
820 ft250 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, at the foot of the Presidential Range
3,040 ft925 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, near the middle
750 ft230 m
Town center
USGS map point for Gorham
790 ft240 m
Average of all land1,380 ft420 m
Nearest peak
Carter Dome, 5.0 mi south of the town boundaries
4,830 ft1,475 m

Elevation profile, south to north

7.5 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Gorham, New Hampshire, shaded from 750 ft near the middle to 3,040 ft at the foot of the Presidential Range
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Town in Coos County, New Hampshire, United States
Population
2,673 2024 est.
Land area
31.8 sq mi + 0.5 sq mi water
Density
84 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.3878° N, 71.1731° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Androscoggin River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
03581
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Jackson1,820 ft
  2. Randolph1,530 ft
  3. Dummer1,260 ft
  4. Milan1,230 ft
  5. Jefferson1,160 ft
  6. Berlin1,130 ft
  7. Gilead, ME880 ft
  8. Gorham820 ft
  9. Shelburne760 ft
  10. Chatham730 ft
  11. Stow, ME500 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Washington6,287 ft
  • Carter Dome4,830 ft
  • Mount Cabot4,160 ft
  • South Baldface3,570 ft
  • West Royce Mountain3,190 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.