Maine Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
5,250 ft 1,600 m3,940 ft 1,200 m3,280 ft 1,000 m1,970 ft 600 m660 ft 200 m0 ft 0 m
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USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- State area
- Fades everything outside the official state boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Maine averages about 770 ft (235 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on the Pennamaquan River to 5,250 ft on Mount Katahdin.
Average elevation
770 ft 235 m
all land in Maine
Highest
5,250 ft 1,600 m
on Mount Katahdin
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Pennamaquan River
Maine spans about 5,250 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Average of all land | 770 ft235 m |
| Highest point In Maine, on Mount Katahdin (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height) | 5,250 ft1,600 m |
| Lowest point Where the land meets the Pennamaquan River | 0 ft0 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
194 mi south to north through Portland.
Topographic Map
- Location
- State in the New England division of the Northeast region, United States
- Population
- 1,405,012 2024 est.
- Land area
- 30,845.1 sq mi + 4,534.7 sq mi water
- Density
- 46 per sq mi
- Counties
- 16
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- New England 99%
- Drains to
- Atlantic Ocean 85%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring states sharing a border, by average
- New Hampshire1,150 ft
- Maine770 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- States in the United States34th highest of 52
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Mount Katahdin5,250 ft
- Sugarloaf Mountain4,230 ft
- Crocker Mountain4,220 ft
- Old Speck Mountain4,186 ft
- North Brother4,130 ft
All 16 counties by average elevation
- Franklin County1,550 ft
- Oxford County1,190 ft
- Somerset County1,180 ft
- Piscataquis County1,090 ft
- Aroostook County860 ft
- Penobscot County430 ft
- Waldo County350 ft
- Androscoggin County340 ft
- York County300 ft
- Kennebec County290 ft
- Cumberland County270 ft
- Hancock County270 ft
- Washington County270 ft
- Knox County200 ft
- Lincoln County150 ft
- Sagadahoc County130 ft
All 6 tribal lands by average elevation
- Passamaquoddy Trust Land1,010 ft
- Penobscot Reservation750 ft
- Aroostook Band of Micmac Trust Land610 ft
- Houlton Maliseet Reservation380 ft
- Indian Township Reservation240 ft
- Pleasant Point Reservation40 ft
How we measure
- Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census state boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 6 arc-second (≈610 ft, 185 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
- Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
- Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, −200 ft at 44.0896° N, 69.1560° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
- Nearby Places: neighboring states and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the state with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
- Counties: each one's average on its own grid (1 arc-second, coarser for the largest), the same figure its own page shows.
- 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 (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.
- Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.