Cambridge, ME Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cambridge, Maine, shaded from 300 ft on the south side to 820 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
820 ft 250 m690 ft 210 m630 ft 190 m500 ft 150 m370 ft 110 m300 ft 90 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 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

Cambridge sits at about 450 ft (135 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
450 ft 135 m
most residents: 320–640 ft
Lowest
300 ft 90 m
on the south side
Highest
820 ft 250 m
on the northeast side
Average
440 ft 135 m
all land inside town boundaries

Cambridge spans about 520 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
450 ft135 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the northeast side
820 ft250 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the south side
300 ft90 m
Town center
USGS map point for Cambridge
350 ft110 m
Average of all land440 ft135 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.9 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cambridge, Maine, shaded from 300 ft on the south side to 820 ft on the northeast side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Somerset County, Maine, United States
Population
456 2024 est.
Land area
19.3 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
24 per sq mi
Coordinates
45.0242° N, 69.4739° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Kennebec River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 2
04923 04930
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Kingsbury980 ft
  2. Brighton890 ft
  3. Wellington720 ft
  4. Parkman610 ft
  5. Ripley540 ft
  6. Dexter460 ft
  7. Harmony460 ft
  8. Guilford450 ft
  9. Cambridge450 ft
  10. St. Albans380 ft
  11. Hartland280 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Moxie Mountain2,920 ft
  • Stewart Mountain2,710 ft
  • Poplar Mountain2,690 ft
  • Barren Mountain2,646 ft
  • Bald Mountain2,630 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.