Johnston, RI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Johnston, Rhode Island, shaded from 46 ft on the east side to 560 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
560 ft 170 m430 ft 130 m370 ft 110 m240 ft 75 m110 ft 35 m46 ft 14 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
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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

Johnston sits at about 190 ft (60 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
190 ft 60 m
most residents: 100–360 ft
Lowest
46 ft 14 m
on the east side
Highest
560 ft 170 m
on the southwest side
Average
290 ft 90 m
all land inside town boundaries

Johnston spans about 514 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
190 ft60 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southwest side
560 ft170 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the east side
46 ft14 m
Airport (PVD)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.6 mi southeast of the town boundaries
54 ft16 m
Average of all land290 ft90 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.4 mi west to east through the middle of Johnston.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Johnston, Rhode Island, shaded from 46 ft on the east side to 560 ft on the southwest side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States
Population
30,363 2024 est.
Land area
23.5 sq mi + 0.9 sq mi water
Density
1,293 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.8282° N, 71.4979° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Rhode Island Tf Green International (PVD) 54 ft
ZIP codes 1
02919
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Harmony430 ft
  2. Scituate400 ft
  3. Greenville290 ft
  4. Johnston190 ft
  5. Lincoln180 ft
  6. North Providence170 ft
  7. Central Falls96 ft
  8. Pawtucket90 ft
  9. Providence80 ft
  10. Cranston79 ft
  11. East Providence61 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Pine Hill, Providence County543 ft
  • Peck Hill520 ft
  • Cat Rocks420 ft
  • Bare Rock330 ft
  • Neutaconkanut Hill290 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.