Fort Fairfield, ME Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fort Fairfield, Maine, shaded from 350 ft on the northeast side to 860 ft on Melville Hill
Elevation
860 ft 260 m730 ft 225 m670 ft 205 m540 ft 165 m410 ft 125 m350 ft 105 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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
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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

Fort Fairfield sits at about 470 ft (140 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
470 ft 140 m
most residents: 360–650 ft
Lowest
350 ft 105 m
on the northeast side
Highest
860 ft 260 m
on Melville Hill
Average
570 ft 175 m
all land inside town boundaries

Fort Fairfield spans about 510 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
470 ft140 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Melville Hill
860 ft260 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the northeast side
350 ft105 m
Town center
USGS map point for Fort Fairfield
380 ft115 m
Airport (PQI)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.8 mi southwest of the town boundaries
534 ft163 m
Average of all land570 ft175 m

Elevation profile, south to north

13 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fort Fairfield, Maine, shaded from 350 ft on the northeast side to 860 ft on Melville Hill
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States
Population
3,293 2024 est.
Land area
77.0 sq mi + 1.4 sq mi water
Density
43 per sq mi
Coordinates
46.7723° N, 67.8339° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Saint John River
Airport
Presque Isle International (PQI) 534 ft
ZIP codes 1
04742
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Caswell760 ft
  2. Wade680 ft
  3. Easton660 ft
  4. Westfield640 ft
  5. Limestone640 ft
  6. Woodland610 ft
  7. Mapleton580 ft
  8. Caribou540 ft
  9. Washburn520 ft
  10. Presque Isle510 ft
  11. Fort Fairfield470 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Traveler Mountain3,542 ft
  • Mount Chase2,440 ft
  • Mars Hill1,742 ft
  • Harvey Hill640 ft
  • Giggey Hill510 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.