Gilead, ME Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
2,100 ft 640 m1,730 ft 530 m1,550 ft 475 m1,190 ft 365 m830 ft 250 m650 ft 195 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- Click or tap anywhere
- 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
Gilead sits at about 880 ft (270 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
880 ft 270 m
most residents: 680–1,450 ft
Lowest
650 ft 195 m
on the east side
Highest
2,100 ft 640 m
at the foot of the Mahoosuc Range
Average
990 ft 305 m
all land inside town boundaries
Gilead spans about 1,450 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 880 ft270 m |
| Highest point Inside town boundaries, at the foot of the Mahoosuc Range | 2,100 ft640 m |
| Lowest point Inside town boundaries, on the east side | 650 ft195 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Gilead | 720 ft220 m |
| Airport (0B1) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.7 mi east of the town boundaries | 674 ft205 m |
| Average of all land | 990 ft305 m |
| Nearest peak West Royce Mountain, 4.7 mi south of the town boundaries | 3,190 ft975 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
3.0 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Oxford County, Maine, United States
- Population
- 199 2024 est.
- Land area
- 18.9 sq mi + 0.8 sq mi water
- Density
- 11 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 44.3942° N, 70.9729° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- New England
- Drains to
- Androscoggin River → Atlantic Ocean
- Airport
- Bethel Regional (0B1) 674 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 04217
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Newry1,680 ft
- Randolph, NH1,530 ft
- Berlin, NH1,130 ft
- Hanover940 ft
- Gilead880 ft
- Stoneham840 ft
- Gorham, NH820 ft
- Bethel770 ft
- Shelburne, NH760 ft
- Chatham, NH730 ft
- Stow500 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Maine32nd highest of 506
- Towns in Oxford County7th highest of 37
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Old Speck Mountain4,186 ft
- South Baldface3,570 ft
- West Royce Mountain3,190 ft
- Puzzle Mountain3,150 ft
- Mount Abram1,993 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.