Moose River, ME Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
1,980 ft 605 m1,780 ft 540 m1,670 ft 510 m1,470 ft 450 m1,260 ft 385 m1,160 ft 355 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- Click or tap anywhere
- 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
Moose River sits at about 1,320 ft (405 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
1,320 ft 405 m
most residents: 1,180–1,470 ft
Lowest
1,160 ft 355 m
near the middle
Highest
1,980 ft 605 m
on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
1,490 ft 455 m
all land inside town boundaries
Moose River spans about 820 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 1,320 ft405 m |
| Highest point Inside town boundaries, on the north edge, below higher ground just outside | 1,980 ft605 m |
| Lowest point Inside town boundaries, near the middle | 1,160 ft355 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Moose River | 1,220 ft375 m |
| Airport (59B) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.8 mi southeast of the town boundaries | 1,178 ft359 m |
| Average of all land | 1,490 ft455 m |
| Nearest peak Boundary Bald Mountain, 1.5 mi north of the town boundaries (NGS survey) | 3,639 ft1,109 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
6.5 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Somerset County, Maine, United States
- Population
- 186 2024 est.
- Land area
- 40.1 sq mi + 0.5 sq mi water
- Density
- 4.6 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 45.6528° N, 70.2662° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- New England
- Drains to
- Kennebec River → Atlantic Ocean
- Airport
- Newton Field (59B) 1,178 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 04945
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Dennistown1,390 ft
- Moose River1,320 ft
- Caratunk1,310 ft
- The Forks1,240 ft
- Coplin1,220 ft
- Shirley1,220 ft
- Jackman1,210 ft
- Eustis1,170 ft
- Greenville1,110 ft
- West Forks1,090 ft
- Beaver Cove1,070 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Maine12th highest of 506
- Towns in Somerset County3rd highest of 34
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Coburn Mountain3,725 ft
- Kibby Mountain3,640 ft
- Boundary Bald Mountain3,639 ft
- Number Six Mountain3,310 ft
- Sandy Bay Mountain3,110 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.