Boston, VA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Boston, Virginia, shaded from sea level level on the McLean Gut to 45 ft on the south side
Elevation
45 ft 14 m34 ft 10 m28 ft 9 m17 ft 5 m6 ft 2 m0 ft 0 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.
Click or tap anywhere
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

Boston sits at about 35 ft (11 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
35 ft 11 m
most residents: 12–39 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the McLean Gut
Highest
45 ft 14 m
on the south side
Average
27 ft 8 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Boston spans about 45 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
35 ft11 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
45 ft14 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the McLean Gut
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Boston
20 ft6 m
Airport (MFV)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.9 mi northeast of the CDP boundary
48 ft15 m
Average of all land27 ft8 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.8 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Boston, Virginia, shaded from sea level level on the McLean Gut to 45 ft on the south side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Accomack County, Virginia, United States
Population
454 2020 Census
Land area
2.6 sq mi
Density
177 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.6093° N, 75.8427° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Accomack County (MFV) 48 ft
ZIP codes 1
23420
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Keller38 ft
  2. Boston35 ft
  3. Painter35 ft
  4. Mappsburg35 ft
  5. Savage Town34 ft
  6. Pungoteague34 ft
  7. Exmore33 ft
  8. Town of Belle Haven32 ft
  9. Cats Bridge24 ft
  10. Bobtown7 ft
  11. Harborton6 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Italian Hill20 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.
  • Boston 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. All public domain.