New Portland, ME Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of New Portland, Maine, shaded from 330 ft on the east side to 1,290 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,290 ft 395 m1,050 ft 320 m930 ft 285 m690 ft 210 m450 ft 135 m330 ft 100 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

New Portland sits at about 530 ft (160 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
530 ft 160 m
most residents: 420–830 ft
Lowest
330 ft 100 m
on the east side
Highest
1,290 ft 395 m
on the southeast side
Average
620 ft 190 m
all land inside town boundaries

New Portland spans about 960 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
530 ft160 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southeast side
1,290 ft395 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the east side
330 ft100 m
Town center
USGS map point for New Portland
520 ft160 m
Average of all land620 ft190 m
Nearest peak
Poplar Mountain, 8.4 mi north of the town boundaries
2,690 ft820 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.5 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of New Portland, Maine, shaded from 330 ft on the east side to 1,290 ft on the southeast side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Somerset County, Maine, United States
Population
763 2024 est.
Land area
43.9 sq mi + 0.4 sq mi water
Density
17 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.8842° N, 70.0967° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Kennebec River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
04961
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Highland1,350 ft
  2. Avon700 ft
  3. New Vineyard680 ft
  4. Strong670 ft
  5. Industry660 ft
  6. Kingfield610 ft
  7. New Portland530 ft
  8. Embden450 ft
  9. Anson330 ft
  10. North Anson330 ft
  11. Madison320 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Sugarloaf Mountain4,230 ft
  • Mount Blue3,202 ft
  • Stewart Mountain2,710 ft
  • Poplar Mountain2,690 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.