Calais, ME Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Calais, Maine, shaded from 1 ft on the southeast side to 510 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
510 ft 155 m380 ft 115 m320 ft 100 m190 ft 60 m65 ft 20 m1 ft 0 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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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Calais sits at about 92 ft (28 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
92 ft 28 m
most residents: 35–210 ft
Lowest
1 ft 0 m
on the southeast side
Highest
510 ft 155 m
on the southeast side
Average
180 ft 55 m
all land inside city limits

Calais spans about 509 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
92 ft28 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
510 ft155 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
1 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Calais
45 ft14 m
Average of all land180 ft55 m

Elevation profile, south to north

5.3 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Calais, Maine, shaded from 1 ft on the southeast side to 510 ft on the southeast side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in Washington County, Maine, United States
Population
3,105 2024 est.
Land area
34.3 sq mi + 5.8 sq mi water
Density
90 per sq mi
Coordinates
45.1890° N, 67.2786° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Drains to
Saint Croix River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
04619
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Alexander290 ft
  2. Crawford280 ft
  3. Princeton220 ft
  4. Charlotte210 ft
  5. Meddybemps180 ft
  6. Baileyville180 ft
  7. Woodland, Washington County170 ft
  8. Robbinston160 ft
  9. Baring100 ft
  10. Calais92 ft
  11. Pembroke60 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Lead Mountain1,479 ft
  • Howard Lake Mountain450 ft
  • Magurrewock Mountain390 ft
  • Devils Head, Washington County350 ft
  • Elliott Mountain300 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • 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, −1 ft at 45.1274° N, 67.1329° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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 and Watershed Boundary Dataset; 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.