Bowdoin, ME Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bowdoin, Maine, shaded from 91 ft on the south side to 630 ft on Whitten Hill
Elevation
630 ft 195 m500 ft 150 m430 ft 130 m290 ft 90 m160 ft 50 m91 ft 28 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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Town area
Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Bowdoin sits at about 260 ft (80 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
260 ft 80 m
most residents: 170–400 ft
Lowest
91 ft 28 m
on the south side
Highest
630 ft 195 m
on Whitten Hill
Average
270 ft 80 m
all land inside town boundaries

Bowdoin spans about 539 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
260 ft80 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Whitten Hill
630 ft195 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the south side
91 ft28 m
Average of all land270 ft80 m

Elevation profile, south to north

8.5 mi south to north through the middle of Bowdoin.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bowdoin, Maine, shaded from 91 ft on the south side to 630 ft on Whitten Hill
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Sagadahoc County, Maine, United States
Population
3,209 2024 est.
Land area
43.5 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
74 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.0570° N, 69.9514° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
04287
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Wales310 ft
  2. Litchfield260 ft
  3. Sabattus260 ft
  4. Bowdoin260 ft
  5. Lisbon180 ft
  6. Durham180 ft
  7. Richmond160 ft
  8. Lisbon Falls150 ft
  9. Bowdoinham100 ft
  10. Topsham95 ft
  11. Brunswick75 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Saddleback Mountain, Franklin County2,570 ft
  • Spruce Mountain2,360 ft
  • Pleasant Mountain2,017 ft
  • Mount Abram1,993 ft
  • Wilbur Mountain1,880 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.