Elevation of Hartford
50ft
above sea level · 15 m
Hartford is the capital of Connecticut. Of the 50 state capitals, it’s the 9th lowest. The state’s largest city is Bridgeport.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Place facts
- Coordinates
- 41.76° N · 72.69° W
- In degrees, minutes and seconds: 41° 45′ 49″ N · 72° 41′ 6″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 18T · 692,429 E · 4,626,132 N
- Zone 18 · NAD83, the official US datum
- Time zone
- Eastern Time
- UTC−5 · UTC−4 in summer (daylight saving time)
- Population (2025)
- 121,981 people
- 17.4 sq mi of land · 7,006 people/sq mi
- Elevation model
- USGS 3DEP, 1 m grid
- Lidar from March 2016: the ground height at the city’s reference point.
Population
Hartford had 121,981 residents on July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau estimates, about the same as in April 2020 (121,657). Its 17.4 sq mi of land work out to 7,006 people/sq mi; the state average is 762 people/sq mi.
It’s the 4th most populous of the 215 places the Census counts in Connecticut (cities, towns and CDPs), after Bridgeport (152,273), and holds 3.3% of the state’s population.
It lies entirely within Capitol Planning Region. Its reference point in the USGS gazetteer is 0.2 mi from the geographic center the Census gives for the city.
Compared with other state capitals
Hartford sits at 50 ft (15 m) above sea level. Of the 50 state capitals, the highest is Santa Fe (6,997 ft) and the lowest is Providence (9 ft). The average is 1,098 ft: Hartford is 1,048 ft below it.
The highest point in Connecticut is the south slope of Mount Frissell, at 2,380 ft according to the USGS: 2,330 ft above Hartford.
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Hartford.
What is the elevation of Hartford?
Hartford is 50 feet (15 m) above sea level. That’s the ground height from the USGS 3DEP elevation model at the city’s reference point in the official gazetteer (GNIS). The city doesn’t have a single elevation: it rises and falls from one neighborhood to another.
What are the coordinates of Hartford?
Latitude 41.76371 and longitude -72.68509, in decimal degrees (41° 45′ 49″ N · 72° 41′ 6″ W). In UTM, zone 18: 692,429 E and 4,626,132 N, on NAD83.
How does Hartford rank among the highest state capitals?
It’s the 9th lowest of the 50 state capitals. The highest is Santa Fe (6,997 ft) and the lowest is Providence (9 ft).
What county is Hartford in?
Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut.
Which is higher, Hartford or Providence?
Hartford. Hartford sits at 50 ft and Providence at 9 ft: a difference of 41 ft, 66 mi apart in a straight line.
How is elevation measured?
Elevation is the height above mean sea level. In the US the official reference is the NAVD88 vertical datum. Summits are surveyed on the ground, with leveling and precise GPS. The USGS 3DEP is an elevation model of the whole country, largely from 1-meter lidar: it gives the ground height at every point. That’s why it can differ by a few feet from the official figure of a sharp summit.
Sources
- USGS 3DEP (EPQS service) The elevation: the ground height at the reference point. Public domain.
- USGS GNIS (official gazetteer) The city’s reference point (“Populated Place”). Public domain.
- U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimates Population, land area (2025 Gazetteer) and counties. Public domain.
- TIGERweb (U.S. Census Bureau) Which county and city the point falls in. Public domain.
- timezone-boundary-builder The point’s time zone (ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors).
- Terrain Tiles, OpenStreetMap and OpenFreeMap The relief shading and the base map (ODbL).
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