Buxton, ME Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Buxton, Maine, shaded from 52 ft on the south side to 380 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
380 ft 115 m300 ft 90 m260 ft 80 m180 ft 55 m93 ft 28 m52 ft 16 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

Buxton sits at about 230 ft (70 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
230 ft 70 m
most residents: 170–300 ft
Lowest
52 ft 16 m
on the south side
Highest
380 ft 115 m
on the northwest side
Average
220 ft 65 m
all land inside town boundaries

Buxton spans about 328 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
230 ft70 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the northwest side
380 ft115 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the south side
52 ft16 m
Town center
USGS map point for Buxton
180 ft55 m
Airport (PWM)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.5 mi east of the town boundaries
76 ft23 m
Average of all land220 ft65 m

Elevation profile, south to north

7.7 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Buxton, Maine, shaded from 52 ft on the south side to 380 ft on the northwest side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in York County, Maine, United States
Population
8,591 2024 est.
Land area
40.5 sq mi + 0.7 sq mi water
Density
212 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.6379° N, 70.5189° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Portland International Jetport (PWM) 76 ft
ZIP codes 1
04093
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Standish310 ft
  2. Hollis260 ft
  3. Buxton230 ft
  4. Dayton210 ft
  5. Gorham200 ft
  6. South Windham140 ft
  7. Little Falls130 ft
  8. Westbrook85 ft
  9. Saco84 ft
  10. Oak Hill56 ft
  11. Dunstan40 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Pleasant Mountain2,017 ft
  • Green Mountain1,910 ft
  • Copple Crown Mountain1,870 ft
  • Cragged Mountain1,810 ft
  • Bill Merrill Mountain1,611 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.