Kensington, NH Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kensington, New Hampshire, shaded from 24 ft on the north side to 310 ft on Indian Ground Hill
Elevation
310 ft 95 m240 ft 75 m200 ft 60 m130 ft 40 m60 ft 18 m24 ft 7 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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Town area
Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Kensington sits at about 130 ft (40 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
130 ft 40 m
most residents: 50–190 ft
Lowest
24 ft 7 m
on the north side
Highest
310 ft 95 m
on Indian Ground Hill
Average
120 ft 35 m
all land inside town boundaries

Kensington spans about 286 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
130 ft40 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Indian Ground Hill
310 ft95 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the north side
24 ft7 m
Town center
USGS map point for Kensington
110 ft35 m
Airport (PSM)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 9.6 mi northeast of the town boundaries
100 ft30 m
Average of all land120 ft35 m

Elevation profile, south to north

4.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kensington, New Hampshire, shaded from 24 ft on the north side to 310 ft on Indian Ground Hill
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States
Population
2,095 2024 est.
Land area
12.0 sq mi
Density
175 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.9270° N, 70.9439° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Portsmouth International at Pease (PSM) 100 ft
ZIP codes 1
03833
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Newton150 ft
  2. Kingston130 ft
  3. Kensington130 ft
  4. South Hampton120 ft
  5. East Kingston120 ft
  6. Amesbury, MA90 ft
  7. North Hampton63 ft
  8. Exeter54 ft
  9. Hampton Falls48 ft
  10. Seabrook43 ft
  11. Hampton24 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Kearsarge2,930 ft
  • Belknap Mountain2,382 ft
  • North Pack Monadnock Mountain2,260 ft
  • Crotched Mountain2,063 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.