Penobscot County, ME Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
2,460 ft 750 m1,840 ft 560 m1,540 ft 470 m920 ft 280 m310 ft 95 m0 ft 0 m
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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.
- County area
- Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Penobscot County averages about 430 ft (130 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 0 ft on the south side to 2,460 ft on East Turner Mountain.
Average elevation
430 ft 130 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,460 ft 750 m
on East Turner Mountain
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
on the south side
Penobscot County spans about 2,460 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Average of all land | 430 ft130 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on East Turner Mountain (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height) | 2,460 ft750 m |
| Lowest point Inside the county, on the south side | 0 ft0 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
119 mi south to north through Bangor.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in Maine, United States
- Population
- 156,840 2024 est.
- Land area
- 3,397.0 sq mi + 160.0 sq mi water
- Density
- 46 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- New England
- Drains to
- Atlantic Ocean 96%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average
- Somerset County1,180 ft
- Piscataquis County1,090 ft
- Aroostook County860 ft
- Penobscot County430 ft
- Waldo County350 ft
- Hancock County270 ft
- Washington County270 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in Maine6th highest of 16
- Counties in the United States2,423rd highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- East Turner Mountain2,460 ft
- Mount Chase2,440 ft
- Deasey Mountain1,940 ft
- Long Mountain, Penobscot County1,920 ft
- Sugarloaf Mountain, Penobscot County1,860 ft
All 58 towns in Penobscot County by typical elevation
- Mount Chase910 ft
- Carroll660 ft
- Patten620 ft
- Stacyville510 ft
- Dexter460 ft
- Dixmont460 ft
- Lee430 ft
- Springfield420 ft
- Lakeville410 ft
- Garland400 ft
- Millinocket390 ft
- Webster390 ft
- Charleston380 ft
- East Millinocket380 ft
- Woodville360 ft
- Newburgh360 ft
- Medway330 ft
- Winn330 ft
- Seboeis320 ft
- Etna320 ft
- Exeter320 ft
- Maxfield320 ft
- Burlington310 ft
- Lincoln290 ft
- Corinna290 ft
- Plymouth280 ft
- Stetson270 ft
- Bradford270 ft
- Lagrange250 ft
- Chester240 ft
- Levant240 ft
- Corinth230 ft
- Newport230 ft
- Mattawamkeag220 ft
- Carmel210 ft
- Holden210 ft
- Clifton200 ft
- Lowell200 ft
- Enfield200 ft
- Eddington190 ft
- Kenduskeag180 ft
- Howland180 ft
- Hudson180 ft
- Hermon170 ft
- Orrington160 ft
- Edinburg160 ft
- Hampden150 ft
- Glenburn150 ft
- Passadumkeag140 ft
- Greenbush140 ft
- Alton140 ft
- Bangor130 ft
- Old Town130 ft
- Milford120 ft
- Orono120 ft
- Veazie110 ft
- Bradley100 ft
- Brewer96 ft
How we measure
- Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 3 arc-second (≈300 ft, 93 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
- Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
- Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, −13 ft at 44.7824° N, 68.8307° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
- Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
- Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
- 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.