Monson, ME Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Monson, Maine, shaded from 390 ft on the southeast side to 1,610 ft on Doughty Hill
Elevation
1,610 ft 490 m1,310 ft 400 m1,150 ft 350 m850 ft 260 m540 ft 165 m390 ft 120 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

Monson sits at about 810 ft (245 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
810 ft 245 m
most residents: 640–1,430 ft
Lowest
390 ft 120 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,610 ft 490 m
on Doughty Hill
Average
840 ft 255 m
all land inside town boundaries

Monson spans about 1,220 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
810 ft245 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Doughty Hill
1,610 ft490 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southeast side
390 ft120 m
Town center
USGS map point for Monson
860 ft260 m
Average of all land840 ft255 m
Nearest peak
Barren Mountain, 5.9 mi northeast of the town boundaries (NGS survey)
2,646 ft807 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.4 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Monson, Maine, shaded from 390 ft on the southeast side to 1,610 ft on Doughty Hill
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States
Population
637 2024 est.
Land area
46.8 sq mi + 2.3 sq mi water
Density
14 per sq mi
Coordinates
45.2870° N, 69.5012° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Penobscot River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 2
04406 04464
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Shirley1,220 ft
  2. Greenville1,110 ft
  3. Kingsbury980 ft
  4. Monson810 ft
  5. Parkman610 ft
  6. Willimantic590 ft
  7. Abbot510 ft
  8. Sangerville490 ft
  9. Guilford450 ft
  10. Dover-Foxcroft400 ft
  11. Bowerbank350 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Baker Mountain3,520 ft
  • Big Moose Mountain3,197 ft
  • Moxie Mountain2,920 ft
  • Barren Mountain2,646 ft
  • Bald Mountain2,630 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.