Mercer, ME Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mercer, Maine, shaded from 180 ft on the northeast side to 910 ft on the south side
Elevation
910 ft 280 m730 ft 220 m640 ft 195 m450 ft 140 m270 ft 80 m180 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
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

Mercer sits at about 320 ft (95 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
320 ft 95 m
most residents: 270–600 ft
Lowest
180 ft 55 m
on the northeast side
Highest
910 ft 280 m
on the south side
Average
360 ft 110 m
all land inside town boundaries

Mercer spans about 730 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
320 ft95 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the south side
910 ft280 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the northeast side
180 ft55 m
Town center
USGS map point for Mercer
290 ft90 m
Airport (OWK)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.2 mi northeast of the town boundaries
270 ft82 m
Average of all land360 ft110 m

Elevation profile, south to north

5.8 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mercer, Maine, shaded from 180 ft on the northeast side to 910 ft on the south side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Somerset County, Maine, United States
Population
712 2024 est.
Land area
26.7 sq mi + 0.6 sq mi water
Density
27 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.6781° N, 69.9364° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Kennebec River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Central Maine/Norridgewock (OWK) 270 ft
ZIP codes 1
04957
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Industry660 ft
  2. Vienna540 ft
  3. Rome510 ft
  4. New Sharon460 ft
  5. Farmington430 ft
  6. Anson330 ft
  7. Starks320 ft
  8. Mercer320 ft
  9. Madison320 ft
  10. Norridgewock280 ft
  11. Smithfield270 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Jackson Mountain3,550 ft
  • Mount Blue3,202 ft
  • Poplar Mountain2,690 ft
  • Saddleback Mountain, Franklin County2,570 ft
  • Griffin Mountain2,120 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.