Jefferson, NH Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,910 ft 1,190 m3,180 ft 970 m2,810 ft 855 m2,080 ft 635 m1,350 ft 410 m980 ft 300 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 ft
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.
- Town area
- Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).
Elevation Data
Jefferson sits at about 1,160 ft (350 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
1,160 ft 350 m
most residents: 1,030–2,510 ft
Lowest
980 ft 300 m
on the northwest side
Highest
3,910 ft 1,190 m
on Mount Starr King
Average
1,540 ft 470 m
all land inside town boundaries
Jefferson spans about 2,930 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 1,160 ft350 m |
| Highest point Inside town boundaries, on Mount Starr King | 3,910 ft1,190 m |
| Lowest point Inside town boundaries, on the northwest side | 980 ft300 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Jefferson | 1,390 ft425 m |
| Airport (HIE) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.9 mi southwest of the town boundaries | 1,072 ft327 m |
| Average of all land | 1,540 ft470 m |
| Nearest peak Mount Washington, 5.9 mi southeast of the town boundaries (NGS survey) | 6,287 ft1,916 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
5.8 mi west to east through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Coos County, New Hampshire, United States
- Population
- 1,060 2024 est.
- Land area
- 50.0 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
- Density
- 21 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 44.4189° N, 71.4745° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- New England
- Drains to
- Connecticut River → Long Island Sound
- Airport
- Mount Washington Regional (HIE) 1,072 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 03583
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Randolph1,530 ft
- Carroll1,440 ft
- Jefferson1,160 ft
- Lunenburg, VT1,070 ft
- Whitefield1,050 ft
- Dalton1,020 ft
- Lancaster930 ft
- Gilman, VT900 ft
- Northumberland900 ft
- Groveton890 ft
- Guildhall, VT890 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in New Hampshire39th highest of 260
- Towns in Coos County10th highest of 22
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Mount Washington6,287 ft
- South Twin Mountain4,890 ft
- Mount Field4,320 ft
- Mount Cabot4,160 ft
- Cherry Mountain3,550 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.