Salisbury, NH Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Salisbury, New Hampshire, shaded from 400 ft on the east side to 1,930 ft on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
1,930 ft 590 m1,550 ft 470 m1,360 ft 415 m970 ft 295 m590 ft 180 m400 ft 120 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
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

Salisbury sits at about 750 ft (230 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
750 ft 230 m
most residents: 600–890 ft
Lowest
400 ft 120 m
on the east side
Highest
1,930 ft 590 m
on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
800 ft 245 m
all land inside town boundaries

Salisbury spans about 1,530 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
750 ft230 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
1,930 ft590 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the east side
400 ft120 m
Town center
USGS map point for Salisbury
810 ft245 m
Average of all land800 ft245 m
Nearest peak
Mount Kearsarge, 1.0 mi west of the town boundaries
2,930 ft895 m

Elevation profile, west to east

8.4 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Salisbury, New Hampshire, shaded from 400 ft on the east side to 1,930 ft on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States
Population
1,504 2024 est.
Land area
39.6 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
38 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.3801° N, 71.7170° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Merrimack River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 3
03235 03268 03278
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Salisbury750 ft
  2. Hill740 ft
  3. Andover690 ft
  4. Warner590 ft
  5. Canterbury590 ft
  6. Northfield580 ft
  7. Webster530 ft
  8. Tilton520 ft
  9. Boscawen480 ft
  10. Tilton Northfield480 ft
  11. Franklin440 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Kearsarge2,930 ft
  • Summit2,730 ft
  • Melvin Hill2,300 ft
  • Ragged Mountain2,280 ft
  • Hersey Mountain2,000 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. All public domain.