North Providence, RI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of North Providence, Rhode Island, shaded from 56 ft on the northeast side to 350 ft on the north side
Elevation
350 ft 110 m280 ft 85 m240 ft 75 m170 ft 50 m93 ft 28 m56 ft 17 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
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Town area
Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

North Providence sits at about 170 ft (50 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
170 ft 50 m
most residents: 92–240 ft
Lowest
56 ft 17 m
on the northeast side
Highest
350 ft 110 m
on the north side
Average
170 ft 50 m
all land inside town boundaries

North Providence spans about 294 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
170 ft50 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the north side
350 ft110 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the northeast side
56 ft17 m
Town center
USGS map point for North Providence
190 ft55 m
Airport (PVD)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 8.2 mi south of the town boundaries
54 ft16 m
Average of all land170 ft50 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of North Providence, Rhode Island, shaded from 56 ft on the northeast side to 350 ft on the north side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States
Population
34,791 2024 est.
Land area
5.6 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
6,173 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.8501° N, 71.4662° 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 2
02904 02911
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Greenville290 ft
  2. Smithfield290 ft
  3. Johnston190 ft
  4. Lincoln180 ft
  5. North Providence170 ft
  6. Valley Falls130 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

  • Bare Rock330 ft
  • Stump Hill320 ft
  • Fruit Hill311 ft
  • Cobble Hill, Providence County270 ft
  • Windmill Hill, Providence County190 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.