Scituate, RI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Scituate, Rhode Island, shaded from 140 ft on the southeast side to 728 ft on Chopmist Hill
Elevation
730 ft 220 m580 ft 175 m510 ft 155 m360 ft 110 m220 ft 65 m140 ft 45 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
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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

Scituate sits at about 400 ft (125 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
400 ft 125 m
most residents: 240–560 ft
Lowest
140 ft 45 m
on the southeast side
Highest
728 ft 222 m
on Chopmist Hill
Average
420 ft 130 m
all land inside town boundaries

Scituate spans about 590 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
400 ft125 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Chopmist Hill
728 ft222 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southeast side
140 ft45 m
Airport (PVD)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.2 mi southeast of the town boundaries
54 ft16 m
Average of all land420 ft130 m

Elevation profile, south to north

8.9 mi south to north through the middle of Scituate.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Scituate, Rhode Island, shaded from 140 ft on the southeast side to 728 ft on Chopmist Hill
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States
Population
10,741 2024 est.
Land area
48.1 sq mi + 6.6 sq mi water
Density
223 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.7892° N, 71.6140° 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 4
02815 02825 02831 02857
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Foster550 ft
  2. Foster Center500 ft
  3. Glocester480 ft
  4. Clayville470 ft
  5. Harmony430 ft
  6. Scituate400 ft
  7. Greenville290 ft
  8. Coventry260 ft
  9. Johnston190 ft
  10. West Warwick170 ft
  11. North Providence170 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Chopmist Hill728 ft
  • Nipmuc Hill590 ft
  • Field Hill560 ft
  • Mount Misery520 ft
  • Burnt Hill430 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.