Manchester, NH Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Manchester, New Hampshire, shaded from 100 ft on the south side to 580 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
580 ft 175 m460 ft 140 m400 ft 120 m280 ft 85 m160 ft 50 m100 ft 30 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Manchester sits at about 260 ft (80 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
260 ft 80 m
most residents: 190–390 ft
Lowest
100 ft 30 m
on the south side
Highest
580 ft 175 m
on the northeast side
Average
280 ft 85 m
all land inside city limits

Manchester 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.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
260 ft80 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northeast side
580 ft175 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the south side
100 ft30 m
Town center
USGS map point for Manchester
250 ft80 m
Airport (MHT)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
266 ft81 m
Average of all land280 ft85 m

Elevation profile, south to north

7.9 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Manchester, New Hampshire, shaded from 100 ft on the south side to 580 ft on the northeast side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
City in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States
Population
116,386 2024 est.
Land area
33.0 sq mi + 1.9 sq mi water
Density
3,523 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.9956° N, 71.4548° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Merrimack River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Manchester Boston Regional (MHT) 266 ft
ZIP codes 5
03101 03102 03103 03104 03109
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Klondike Corner630 ft
  2. South Hooksett380 ft
  3. Hooksett380 ft
  4. Goffstown350 ft
  5. Auburn340 ft
  6. Suncook330 ft
  7. Bedford290 ft
  8. Pinardville280 ft
  9. Manchester260 ft
  10. Merrimack220 ft
  11. East Merrimack170 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Monadnock Mountain3,170 ft
  • Mount Kearsarge2,930 ft
  • Belknap Mountain2,382 ft
  • North Pack Monadnock Mountain2,260 ft
  • Crotched Mountain2,063 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.