Palermo, ME Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Palermo, Maine, shaded from 220 ft on the south side to 940 ft on the north side
Elevation
940 ft 285 m760 ft 230 m670 ft 205 m490 ft 150 m310 ft 95 m220 ft 65 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

Palermo sits at about 440 ft (135 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
440 ft 135 m
most residents: 310–660 ft
Lowest
220 ft 65 m
on the south side
Highest
940 ft 285 m
on the north side
Average
450 ft 140 m
all land inside town boundaries

Palermo spans about 720 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
440 ft135 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the north side
940 ft285 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the south side
220 ft65 m
Average of all land450 ft140 m

Elevation profile, south to north

9.0 mi south to north through the middle of Palermo.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Palermo, Maine, shaded from 220 ft on the south side to 940 ft on the north side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Waldo County, Maine, United States
Population
1,631 2024 est.
Land area
40.6 sq mi + 3.0 sq mi water
Density
40 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.3961° N, 69.4306° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
04354
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Montville540 ft
  2. Freedom530 ft
  3. Liberty520 ft
  4. Palermo440 ft
  5. Washington310 ft
  6. Albion300 ft
  7. China300 ft
  8. Searsmont270 ft
  9. Somerville260 ft
  10. Appleton260 ft
  11. Windsor240 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Blue3,202 ft
  • Saddleback Mountain, Franklin County2,570 ft
  • Spruce Mountain2,360 ft
  • Griffin Mountain2,120 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.