Chelsea, ME Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chelsea, Maine, shaded from 1 ft on the west side to 390 ft on the east side
Elevation
390 ft 120 m300 ft 90 m250 ft 75 m150 ft 45 m50 ft 15 m1 ft 0 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

Chelsea sits at about 220 ft (65 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
220 ft 65 m
most residents: 160–320 ft
Lowest
1 ft 0 m
on the west side
Highest
390 ft 120 m
on the east side
Average
210 ft 65 m
all land inside town boundaries

Chelsea spans about 389 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
220 ft65 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the east side
390 ft120 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the west side
1 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Chelsea
180 ft55 m
Airport (AUG)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.0 mi northwest of the town boundaries
352 ft107 m
Average of all land210 ft65 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.4 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chelsea, Maine, shaded from 1 ft on the west side to 390 ft on the east side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Kennebec County, Maine, United States
Population
2,829 2024 est.
Land area
19.5 sq mi + 0.4 sq mi water
Density
145 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.2503° N, 69.7173° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Augusta State (AUG) 352 ft
ZIP codes 1
04330
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Manchester330 ft
  2. Windsor240 ft
  3. Chelsea220 ft
  4. Hallowell220 ft
  5. West Gardiner200 ft
  6. Whitefield190 ft
  7. Augusta190 ft
  8. Farmingdale170 ft
  9. Gardiner160 ft
  10. Pittston150 ft
  11. Randolph83 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Blue3,202 ft
  • Saddleback Mountain, Franklin County2,570 ft
  • Spruce Mountain2,360 ft
  • Griffin Mountain2,120 ft
  • Mount Megunticook1,370 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.