Boston, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Boston, New York, shaded from 790 ft on the northwest side to 1,670 ft on East Hill
Elevation
1,670 ft 510 m1,450 ft 440 m1,340 ft 410 m1,120 ft 340 m900 ft 275 m790 ft 240 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

Boston sits at about 960 ft (295 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
960 ft 295 m
most residents: 840–1,450 ft
Lowest
790 ft 240 m
on the northwest side
Highest
1,670 ft 509 m
on East Hill
Average
1,240 ft 375 m
all land inside town boundaries

Boston spans about 880 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
960 ft295 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on East Hill
1,670 ft509 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the northwest side
790 ft240 m
Town center
USGS map point for Boston
950 ft290 m
Average of all land1,240 ft375 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.9 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Boston, New York, shaded from 790 ft on the northwest side to 1,670 ft on East Hill
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Erie County, New York, United States
Population
7,948 2024 est.
Land area
35.8 sq mi
Density
222 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.6289° N, 78.7375° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Niagara River
ZIP codes 5
14025 14033 14057 14075 14127
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Colden1,440 ft
  2. Concord1,370 ft
  3. Springville1,350 ft
  4. Holland1,310 ft
  5. Boston960 ft
  6. Village of Orchard Park860 ft
  7. North Boston860 ft
  8. Orchard Park840 ft
  9. Eden840 ft
  10. Village of Hamburg810 ft
  11. Hamburg720 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • South Hill, Erie County1,770 ft
  • Townsend Hill1,750 ft
  • East Hill, Erie County1,670 ft
  • Blanchard Hill, Erie County1,580 ft
  • Rice Hill, Erie County1,530 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.