Medford, ME Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Medford, Maine, shaded from 190 ft on the east side to 580 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
580 ft 175 m480 ft 145 m430 ft 130 m330 ft 100 m230 ft 70 m190 ft 55 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
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Town area
Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Medford sits at about 300 ft (95 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
300 ft 95 m
most residents: 260–520 ft
Lowest
190 ft 55 m
on the east side
Highest
580 ft 175 m
on the southeast side
Average
340 ft 105 m
all land inside town boundaries

Medford spans about 390 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
300 ft95 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southeast side
580 ft175 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the east side
190 ft55 m
Town center
USGS map point for Medford
330 ft100 m
Average of all land340 ft105 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.5 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Medford, Maine, shaded from 190 ft on the east side to 580 ft on the southeast side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States
Population
234 2024 est.
Land area
42.3 sq mi + 0.9 sq mi water
Density
5.5 per sq mi
Coordinates
45.2853° N, 68.8517° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Penobscot River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
04463
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Sebec500 ft
  2. Lake View470 ft
  3. Brownville390 ft
  4. Brownville Junction390 ft
  5. Seboeis320 ft
  6. Milo320 ft
  7. Maxfield320 ft
  8. Medford300 ft
  9. Lagrange250 ft
  10. Howland180 ft
  11. Edinburg160 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • White Cap Mountain3,646 ft
  • Baker Mountain3,520 ft
  • Saddleback Mountain, Piscataquis County2,980 ft
  • Jo-Mary Mountain2,910 ft
  • Barren Mountain2,646 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.