Laconia, NH Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
960 ft 295 m840 ft 255 m780 ft 240 m660 ft 200 m540 ft 165 m480 ft 145 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.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Laconia sits at about 540 ft (165 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
540 ft 165 m
most residents: 500–650 ft
Lowest
480 ft 145 m
on the northwest side
Highest
960 ft 295 m
on the north side
Average
610 ft 185 m
all land inside city limits
Laconia spans about 480 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 | 540 ft165 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the north side | 960 ft295 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the northwest side | 480 ft145 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Laconia | 500 ft150 m |
| Airport (LCI) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.9 mi northeast of the city limits | 545 ft166 m |
| Average of all land | 610 ft185 m |
| Nearest peak Belknap Mountain, 3.7 mi east of the city limits (NGS survey) | 2,382 ft726 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
8.2 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States
- Population
- 17,310 2024 est.
- Land area
- 19.8 sq mi + 6.2 sq mi water
- Density
- 873 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 43.5279° N, 71.4704° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- New England
- Drains to
- Merrimack River → Atlantic Ocean
- Airport
- Laconia Municipal (LCI) 545 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 03246
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Gilmanton830 ft
- Gilford750 ft
- New Hampton710 ft
- Sanbornton690 ft
- Belmont670 ft
- Meredith640 ft
- Northfield580 ft
- Laconia540 ft
- Tilton520 ft
- Tilton Northfield480 ft
- Franklin440 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in New Hampshire163rd highest of 260
- Towns in Belknap County10th highest of 12
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Mount Shaw2,990 ft
- Belknap Mountain2,382 ft
- Plymouth Mountain2,200 ft
- Red Hill2,030 ft
- Hersey Mountain2,000 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (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.