Charleston, ME Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Charleston, Maine, shaded from 160 ft on the southeast side to 930 ft on the west side
Elevation
930 ft 285 m740 ft 225 m640 ft 195 m450 ft 135 m260 ft 80 m160 ft 50 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
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

Charleston sits at about 380 ft (115 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
380 ft 115 m
most residents: 230–810 ft
Lowest
160 ft 50 m
on the southeast side
Highest
930 ft 285 m
on the west side
Average
390 ft 120 m
all land inside town boundaries

Charleston spans about 770 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
380 ft115 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the west side
930 ft285 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southeast side
160 ft50 m
Town center
USGS map point for Charleston
480 ft150 m
Average of all land390 ft120 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.4 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Charleston, Maine, shaded from 160 ft on the southeast side to 930 ft on the west side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States
Population
1,621 2024 est.
Land area
40.6 sq mi
Density
40 per sq mi
Coordinates
45.0851° N, 69.0406° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Penobscot River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
04422
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Dexter460 ft
  2. Dover-Foxcroft400 ft
  3. Garland400 ft
  4. Charleston380 ft
  5. Milo320 ft
  6. Exeter320 ft
  7. Bradford270 ft
  8. Lagrange250 ft
  9. Corinth230 ft
  10. Kenduskeag180 ft
  11. Hudson180 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • White Cap Mountain3,646 ft
  • Saddleback Mountain, Piscataquis County2,980 ft
  • Jo-Mary Mountain2,910 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.