Orono, ME Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Orono, Maine, shaded from 34 ft near the middle to 333 ft on Kelley Hill
Elevation
330 ft 100 m260 ft 80 m220 ft 65 m150 ft 45 m72 ft 22 m34 ft 11 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 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

Orono sits at about 120 ft (35 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
120 ft 35 m
most residents: 96–180 ft
Lowest
34 ft 11 m
near the middle
Highest
333 ft 101 m
on Kelley Hill
Average
150 ft 45 m
all land inside town boundaries

Orono spans about 296 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
120 ft35 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Kelley Hill
333 ft101 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, near the middle
34 ft11 m
Town center
USGS map point for Orono
130 ft40 m
Airport (BGR)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.8 mi southwest of the town boundaries
192 ft59 m
Average of all land150 ft45 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Orono, Maine, shaded from 34 ft near the middle to 333 ft on Kelley Hill
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States
Population
12,199 2024 est.
Land area
18.2 sq mi + 1.4 sq mi water
Density
671 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.8831° N, 68.6720° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Penobscot River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Bangor International (BGR) 192 ft
ZIP codes 2
04469 04473
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Holden210 ft
  2. Clifton200 ft
  3. Eddington190 ft
  4. Glenburn150 ft
  5. Bangor130 ft
  6. Old Town130 ft
  7. Milford120 ft
  8. Orono120 ft
  9. Veazie110 ft
  10. Bradley100 ft
  11. Brewer96 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Saddleback Mountain, Piscataquis County2,980 ft
  • Barren Mountain2,646 ft
  • Cadillac Mountain1,518 ft
  • Lead Mountain1,479 ft
  • Mount Megunticook1,370 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.