Orient, ME Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Orient, Maine, shaded from 400 ft on the west side to 780 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
780 ft 240 m680 ft 210 m640 ft 195 m540 ft 165 m440 ft 135 m400 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
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

Orient sits at about 470 ft (140 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
470 ft 140 m
most residents: 440–500 ft
Lowest
400 ft 120 m
on the west side
Highest
780 ft 240 m
on the southwest side
Average
480 ft 145 m
all land inside town boundaries

Orient spans about 380 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
470 ft140 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southwest side
780 ft240 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the west side
400 ft120 m
Town center
USGS map point for Orient
450 ft135 m
Average of all land480 ft145 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Orient, Maine, shaded from 400 ft on the west side to 780 ft on the southwest side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States
Population
152 2024 est.
Land area
35.5 sq mi + 2.1 sq mi water
Density
4.3 per sq mi
Coordinates
45.8170° N, 67.8400° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Penobscot River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
04471
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Amity610 ft
  2. Linneus570 ft
  3. Hodgdon550 ft
  4. Glenwood540 ft
  5. Danforth480 ft
  6. Weston470 ft
  7. Orient470 ft
  8. New Limerick440 ft
  9. Haynesville410 ft
  10. Reed400 ft
  11. Houlton390 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Katahdin5,250 ft
  • Traveler Mountain3,542 ft
  • North Turner Mountain3,320 ft
  • Mount Chase2,440 ft
  • Mars Hill1,742 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.