Dresden, ME Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Dresden, Maine, shaded from 0 ft on the southwest side to 440 ft on Blinn Hill
Elevation
440 ft 135 m330 ft 100 m280 ft 85 m170 ft 50 m56 ft 17 m0 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
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

Dresden sits at about 180 ft (55 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
180 ft 55 m
most residents: 25–220 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
on the southwest side
Highest
440 ft 135 m
on Blinn Hill
Average
160 ft 50 m
all land inside town boundaries

Dresden spans about 440 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
180 ft55 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Blinn Hill
440 ft135 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southwest side
0 ft0 m
Airport (IWI)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.0 mi south of the town boundaries
70 ft21 m
Average of all land160 ft50 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.9 mi west to east through the middle of Dresden.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Dresden, Maine, shaded from 0 ft on the southwest side to 440 ft on Blinn Hill
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States
Population
1,794 2024 est.
Land area
30.5 sq mi + 2.8 sq mi water
Density
59 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.0862° N, 69.7370° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Wiscasset (IWI) 70 ft
ZIP codes 1
04342
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Whitefield190 ft
  2. Dresden180 ft
  3. Gardiner160 ft
  4. Richmond160 ft
  5. Edgecomb150 ft
  6. Pittston150 ft
  7. Wiscasset130 ft
  8. Alna120 ft
  9. Bowdoinham100 ft
  10. Randolph83 ft
  11. Newcastle80 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.