Elevation of Manchester
254ft
above sea level · 77 m
Manchester is a city in New Hampshire with 116,818 people, the most populous in the state. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, it’s the 106th lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Place facts
- Coordinates
- 43.00° N · 71.45° W
- In degrees, minutes and seconds: 42° 59′ 44″ N · 71° 27′ 17″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 19T · 299,896 E · 4,763,255 N
- Zone 19 · NAD83, the official US datum
- Time zone
- Eastern Time
- UTC−5 · UTC−4 in summer (daylight saving time)
- Population (2025)
- 116,818 people
- 33.0 sq mi of land · 3,536 people/sq mi
- Elevation model
- USGS 3DEP, 1 m grid
- Lidar from March 2020: the ground height at the city’s reference point.
Population
Manchester had 116,818 residents on July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau estimates, 1.0% more than in April 2020, when it had 115,660. Its 33.0 sq mi of land work out to 3,536 people/sq mi; the state average is 158 people/sq mi.
It’s the most populous of the 100 places the Census counts in New Hampshire (cities, towns and CDPs), and holds 8.3% of the state’s population.
It lies entirely within Hillsborough County. Its reference point in the USGS gazetteer is 0.9 mi from the geographic center the Census gives for the city.
Compared with US cities of 100,000 to 250,000
Manchester sits at 254 ft (77 m) above sea level. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, the highest is Lakewood (5,520 ft) and the lowest is Fort Lauderdale (3 ft). The average is 862 ft: Manchester is 608 ft below it.
The state capital, Concord, is 15 mi away in a straight line and 20 ft higher than Manchester.
The nearest city with more than 250,000 people is Boston (Massachusetts), 48 mi away in a straight line and 206 ft lower.
The highest point in New Hampshire is Mount Washington, at 6,288 ft according to the USGS: 6,034 ft above Manchester, 88 mi away in a straight line.
- 144 Manchester 254 ft
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Manchester.
What is the elevation of Manchester?
Manchester is 254 feet (77 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 Manchester?
Latitude 42.99564 and longitude -71.45479, in decimal degrees (42° 59′ 44″ N · 71° 27′ 17″ W). In UTM, zone 19: 299,896 E and 4,763,255 N, on NAD83.
How does Manchester rank among the highest US cities of its size?
It’s the 106th lowest of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people. The highest is Lakewood (5,520 ft) and the lowest is Fort Lauderdale (3 ft).
What county is Manchester in?
Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.
Which is higher, Manchester or Concord?
Concord. Manchester sits at 254 ft and Concord at 274 ft: a difference of 20 ft, 15 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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