Washington, NH Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Washington, New Hampshire, shaded from 870 ft on the east side to 2,480 ft on Lovewell Mountain
Elevation
2,480 ft 755 m2,070 ft 630 m1,870 ft 570 m1,470 ft 450 m1,070 ft 325 m870 ft 265 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.
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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

Washington sits at about 1,490 ft (455 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,490 ft 455 m
most residents: 1,290–1,850 ft
Lowest
870 ft 265 m
on the east side
Highest
2,480 ft 755 m
on Lovewell Mountain
Average
1,550 ft 475 m
all land inside town boundaries

Washington spans about 1,610 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
1,490 ft455 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Lovewell Mountain
2,480 ft755 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the east side
870 ft265 m
Town center
USGS map point for Washington
1,490 ft455 m
Average of all land1,550 ft475 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.4 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Washington, New Hampshire, shaded from 870 ft on the east side to 2,480 ft on Lovewell Mountain
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States
Population
1,213 2024 est.
Land area
45.7 sq mi + 2.0 sq mi water
Density
27 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.1759° N, 72.0968° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Contoocook River → Merrimack River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 2
03244 03280
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Washington1,490 ft
  2. Stoddard1,410 ft
  3. Lempster1,360 ft
  4. Marlow1,360 ft
  5. Acworth1,360 ft
  6. Goshen1,290 ft
  7. Windsor1,240 ft
  8. Unity1,230 ft
  9. Newbury1,230 ft
  10. Bradford820 ft
  11. Hillsborough670 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Kearsarge2,930 ft
  • Summit2,730 ft
  • Grantham Mountain2,660 ft
  • Melvin Hill2,300 ft
  • Crotched Mountain2,063 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.