Elevation of Concord
274ft
above sea level · 84 m
Concord is the capital of New Hampshire. Of the 50 state capitals, it’s the 18th lowest. The state’s largest city is Manchester.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Place facts
- Coordinates
- 43.21° N · 71.54° W
- In degrees, minutes and seconds: 43° 12′ 29″ N · 71° 32′ 15″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 19T · 293,862 E · 4,787,055 N
- Zone 19 · NAD83, the official US datum
- Time zone
- Eastern Time
- UTC−5 · UTC−4 in summer (daylight saving time)
- Population (2025)
- 44,597 people
- 63.9 sq mi of land · 697 people/sq mi
- Elevation model
- USGS 3DEP, 1 m grid
- Lidar from March 2020: the ground height at the city’s reference point.
Population
Concord had 44,597 residents on July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau estimates, 1.4% more than in April 2020, when it had 44,000. Its 63.9 sq mi of land work out to 697 people/sq mi; the state average is 158 people/sq mi.
It’s the 3rd most populous of the 100 places the Census counts in New Hampshire (cities, towns and CDPs), after Manchester (116,818), and holds 3.2% of the state’s population.
It lies entirely within Merrimack County. Its reference point in the USGS gazetteer is 2.1 mi from the geographic center the Census gives for the city.
Compared with other state capitals
Concord sits at 274 ft (84 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: Concord is 824 ft below it.
The highest point in New Hampshire is Mount Washington, at 6,288 ft according to the USGS: 6,014 ft above Concord, 74 mi away in a straight line.
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Concord.
What is the elevation of Concord?
Concord is 274 feet (84 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 Concord?
Latitude 43.20814 and longitude -71.53757, in decimal degrees (43° 12′ 29″ N · 71° 32′ 15″ W). In UTM, zone 19: 293,862 E and 4,787,055 N, on NAD83.
How does Concord rank among the highest state capitals?
It’s the 18th lowest of the 50 state capitals. The highest is Santa Fe (6,997 ft) and the lowest is Providence (9 ft).
What county is Concord in?
Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
Which is higher, Concord or Boston?
Concord. Concord sits at 274 ft and Boston at 48 ft: a difference of 226 ft, 64 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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