Athens, ME Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Athens, Maine, shaded from 240 ft on the east side to 1,020 ft on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
1,020 ft 310 m830 ft 250 m730 ft 220 m530 ft 165 m340 ft 105 m240 ft 75 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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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.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Athens sits at about 540 ft (165 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
540 ft 165 m
most residents: 370–720 ft
Lowest
240 ft 75 m
on the east side
Highest
1,020 ft 310 m
on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
570 ft 175 m
all land inside town boundaries

Athens spans about 780 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
540 ft165 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
1,020 ft310 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the east side
240 ft75 m
Town center
USGS map point for Athens
350 ft105 m
Average of all land570 ft175 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.4 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Athens, Maine, shaded from 240 ft on the east side to 1,020 ft on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Somerset County, Maine, United States
Population
961 2024 est.
Land area
43.6 sq mi
Density
22 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.9231° N, 69.6728° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Kennebec River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 2
04912 04942
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Brighton890 ft
  2. Wellington720 ft
  3. Athens540 ft
  4. Harmony460 ft
  5. Embden450 ft
  6. Cambridge450 ft
  7. Solon440 ft
  8. Cornville390 ft
  9. North Anson330 ft
  10. Hartland280 ft
  11. Skowhegan230 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Moxie Mountain2,920 ft
  • Stewart Mountain2,710 ft
  • Poplar Mountain2,690 ft
  • Bald Mountain2,630 ft
  • Griffin Mountain2,120 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town boundaries, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census town boundaries (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) 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).
  • 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 (FAA airport elevation, 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 (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.