Ashaway, RI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ashaway, Rhode Island, shaded from 21 ft on the southwest side to 220 ft on Diamond Hill
Elevation
220 ft 65 m170 ft 50 m140 ft 45 m95 ft 29 m46 ft 14 m21 ft 7 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Ashaway sits at about 65 ft (20 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
65 ft 20 m
most residents: 42–140 ft
Lowest
21 ft 7 m
on the southwest side
Highest
220 ft 65 m
on Diamond Hill
Average
86 ft 26 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Ashaway spans about 199 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
65 ft20 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on Diamond Hill
220 ft65 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
21 ft7 m
Town center
USGS map point for Ashaway
65 ft20 m
Airport (WST)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.1 mi south of the CDP boundary
81 ft25 m
Average of all land86 ft26 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.2 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ashaway, Rhode Island, shaded from 21 ft on the southwest side to 220 ft on Diamond Hill
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States
Population
1,501 2020 Census
Land area
2.4 sq mi
Density
632 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.4234° N, 71.7856° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Long Island Sound
Airport
Westerly State (WST) 81 ft
ZIP codes 1
02804
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Hopkinton130 ft
  2. Wyoming130 ft
  3. Hope Valley120 ft
  4. Charlestown93 ft
  5. Carolina87 ft
  6. Westerly65 ft
  7. Ashaway65 ft
  8. Bradford60 ft
  9. Weekapaug13 ft
  10. Quonochontaug12 ft
  11. Misquamicut11 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Moriah250 ft
  • Maxon Hill230 ft
  • Diamond Hill, Washington County220 ft
  • Chase Hill192 ft
  • Bumpin Hill160 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Ashaway is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.