Hersey, ME Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hersey, Maine, shaded from 460 ft on the east side to 1,510 ft on Bear Mountain
Elevation
1,510 ft 460 m1,250 ft 380 m1,120 ft 340 m860 ft 260 m590 ft 180 m460 ft 140 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

Hersey sits at about 660 ft (200 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
660 ft 200 m
most residents: 570–970 ft
Lowest
460 ft 140 m
on the east side
Highest
1,510 ft 460 m
on Bear Mountain
Average
680 ft 210 m
all land inside town boundaries

Hersey spans about 1,050 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
660 ft200 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Bear Mountain
1,510 ft460 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the east side
460 ft140 m
Town center
USGS map point for Hersey
780 ft240 m
Average of all land680 ft210 m

Elevation profile, south to north

5.9 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hersey, Maine, shaded from 460 ft on the east side to 1,510 ft on Bear Mountain
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States
Population
78 2024 est.
Land area
39.7 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
2.0 per sq mi
Coordinates
46.0734° N, 68.4342° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Penobscot River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 2
04747 04780
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Mount Chase910 ft
  2. Moro850 ft
  3. Merrill800 ft
  4. Dyer Brook700 ft
  5. Hersey660 ft
  6. Patten620 ft
  7. Oakfield580 ft
  8. Sherman580 ft
  9. Stacyville510 ft
  10. Crystal500 ft
  11. Island Falls480 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Katahdin5,250 ft
  • Traveler Mountain3,542 ft
  • North Turner Mountain3,320 ft
  • North Pogy Mountain2,840 ft
  • Mount Chase2,440 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.