Chester, ME Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chester, Maine, shaded from 170 ft on the southwest side to 430 ft on the north side
Elevation
430 ft 135 m370 ft 110 m340 ft 100 m270 ft 80 m200 ft 60 m170 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
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

Chester sits at about 240 ft (75 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
240 ft 75 m
most residents: 180–270 ft
Lowest
170 ft 50 m
on the southwest side
Highest
430 ft 135 m
on the north side
Average
250 ft 75 m
all land inside town boundaries

Chester spans about 260 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
240 ft75 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the north side
430 ft135 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southwest side
170 ft50 m
Town center
USGS map point for Chester
220 ft65 m
Average of all land250 ft75 m

Elevation profile, south to north

5.7 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chester, Maine, shaded from 170 ft on the southwest side to 430 ft on the north side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States
Population
552 2024 est.
Land area
45.8 sq mi
Density
12 per sq mi
Coordinates
45.4087° N, 68.4997° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Penobscot River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
04457
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Lee430 ft
  2. Woodville360 ft
  3. Medway330 ft
  4. Winn330 ft
  5. Seboeis320 ft
  6. Burlington310 ft
  7. Lincoln290 ft
  8. Chester240 ft
  9. Mattawamkeag220 ft
  10. Enfield200 ft
  11. Howland180 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Katahdin5,250 ft
  • White Cap Mountain3,646 ft
  • Saddleback Mountain, Piscataquis County2,980 ft
  • Jo-Mary Mountain2,910 ft
  • Shaw 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.