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Connecticut Physical Map

Connecticut’s small footprint contains five distinct physical regions, from the Berkshire foothills to the coastal plain.

Rendered from SRTM 30m elevation data + Natural Earth rivers/lakes + US Census state boundary. Four versions below, all free.

Highest Point

Mt. Frissell

2,372 ft

Lowest Point

Long Island Sound

0 ft

Connecticut physical map showing the Litchfield Hills, the Connecticut River Valley, and the Long Island Sound coast, with major peaks and cities labeled. Topographic relief from NASA SRTM elevation data.

Choose your version

Two maps, two versions of each.

The same Connecticut terrain as a classroom map and as wall art. All four are free PDFs.

Connecticut physical map, labeled: the Litchfield Hills, the Connecticut River Valley, and the Long Island Sound coast, with the capital, cities and highest point marked
Labeled
Connecticut blank physical map: the same terrain with no labels, for labeling practice
Blank
Physical map

Connecticut physical map for the classroom

Elevation in color with shaded relief, plus the surrounding states and water for context. The labeled version marks the capital, major cities and the highest point. The blank version leaves them off so students can label the map themselves.

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Connecticut relief wall art on a dark background
Dark
Connecticut relief wall art on a light background
Light
Wall art

Connecticut relief wall art

Connecticut on its own, with strong shaded relief and no labels. The dark version has the most contrast. The light version uses far less ink on a home printer.

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The physical geography of Connecticut

Connecticut has uplands on both sides of a central valley. The Western Upland rises to the Litchfield Hills and the Taconic Mountains in the northwest corner, where the state’s highest point is on the slope of Mt. Frissell. The Central Valley, followed by the Connecticut River as far as Middletown, is low and fertile with a few sharp traprock ridges. The Eastern Upland is hilly and wooded. A narrow coastal lowland runs along Long Island Sound.

Major rivers

  • Connecticut
  • Housatonic
  • Thames
  • Farmington

Find it on the map

  • The broad central valley running north to south
  • The highest ground in the northwest corner
  • River mouths notching the Long Island Sound coast
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Built from real data, not stock images.

Every Connecticut physical map on this page was rendered from NASA SRTM 30-meter elevation data, with hydrography from Natural Earth and the shoreline-clipped state outline from the US Census Bureau. Each map is colored over that state’s own elevation range, and the relief shading is exaggerated so gentle terrain still shows.

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Connecticut political map

The blank outline version of Connecticut (state borders, no terrain). Useful for political-geography exercises.

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