Gorham, ME Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Gorham, Maine, shaded from 33 ft on the south side to 360 ft on the west side
Elevation
360 ft 110 m280 ft 85 m240 ft 75 m160 ft 50 m74 ft 23 m33 ft 10 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
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

Gorham sits at about 200 ft (60 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
200 ft 60 m
most residents: 120–290 ft
Lowest
33 ft 10 m
on the south side
Highest
360 ft 110 m
on the west side
Average
190 ft 55 m
all land inside town boundaries

Gorham spans about 327 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
200 ft60 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the west side
360 ft110 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the south side
33 ft10 m
Town center
USGS map point for Gorham
250 ft75 m
Airport (PWM)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.2 mi east of the town boundaries
76 ft23 m
Average of all land190 ft55 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Gorham, Maine, shaded from 33 ft on the south side to 360 ft on the west side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States
Population
18,545 2024 est.
Land area
50.6 sq mi + 0.7 sq mi water
Density
367 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.6795° N, 70.4442° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Portland International Jetport (PWM) 76 ft
ZIP codes 1
04038
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Standish310 ft
  2. Hollis260 ft
  3. Windham250 ft
  4. Buxton230 ft
  5. Gorham200 ft
  6. South Windham140 ft
  7. Little Falls130 ft
  8. Westbrook85 ft
  9. Oak Hill56 ft
  10. Scarborough50 ft
  11. Dunstan40 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Pleasant Mountain2,017 ft
  • Green Mountain1,910 ft
  • Copple Crown Mountain1,870 ft
  • Cragged Mountain1,810 ft
  • Bill Merrill Mountain1,611 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.