Madison, NH Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Madison, New Hampshire, shaded from 420 ft on the southeast side to 1,550 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,550 ft 475 m1,270 ft 385 m1,130 ft 345 m850 ft 260 m570 ft 170 m420 ft 130 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
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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

Madison sits at about 600 ft (180 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
600 ft 180 m
most residents: 490–930 ft
Lowest
420 ft 130 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,550 ft 475 m
on the east side
Average
730 ft 225 m
all land inside town boundaries

Madison spans about 1,130 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
600 ft180 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the east side
1,550 ft475 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southeast side
420 ft130 m
Town center
USGS map point for Madison
580 ft175 m
Average of all land730 ft225 m
Nearest peak
Mount Chocorua, 3.7 mi northwest of the town boundaries
3,470 ft1,055 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.7 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Madison, New Hampshire, shaded from 420 ft on the southeast side to 1,550 ft on the east side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States
Population
2,725 2024 est.
Land area
38.5 sq mi + 2.4 sq mi water
Density
71 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.8992° N, 71.1484° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Ossipee River → Saco River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 3
03818 03849 03875
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Albany860 ft
  2. Eaton850 ft
  3. Madison600 ft
  4. North Conway560 ft
  5. Tamworth560 ft
  6. Center Ossipee520 ft
  7. Conway490 ft
  8. Effingham480 ft
  9. Brownfield, ME460 ft
  10. Freedom450 ft
  11. Fryeburg, ME420 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Chocorua3,470 ft
  • North Moat Mountain3,190 ft
  • Mount Shaw2,990 ft
  • Green Mountain1,910 ft
  • Cragged Mountain1,810 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.