Peru, ME Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Peru, Maine, shaded from 380 ft on the southeast side to 2,240 ft on Mount Zircon
Elevation
2,240 ft 680 m1,770 ft 540 m1,540 ft 470 m1,080 ft 330 m610 ft 185 m380 ft 115 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

Peru sits at about 600 ft (185 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
600 ft 185 m
most residents: 420–860 ft
Lowest
380 ft 115 m
on the southeast side
Highest
2,240 ft 680 m
on Mount Zircon
Average
910 ft 275 m
all land inside town boundaries

Peru spans about 1,860 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
600 ft185 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Mount Zircon
2,240 ft680 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southeast side
380 ft115 m
Town center
USGS map point for Peru
410 ft125 m
Average of all land910 ft275 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.1 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Peru, Maine, shaded from 380 ft on the southeast side to 2,240 ft on Mount Zircon
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Oxford County, Maine, United States
Population
1,506 2024 est.
Land area
46.7 sq mi + 0.9 sq mi water
Density
32 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.5067° N, 70.4053° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Androscoggin River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
04290
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Sumner730 ft
  2. Carthage650 ft
  3. Rumford620 ft
  4. Peru600 ft
  5. Wilton600 ft
  6. Dixfield590 ft
  7. Mexico550 ft
  8. Hartford550 ft
  9. Jay520 ft
  10. Chisholm490 ft
  11. Canton440 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Walker Mountain2,670 ft
  • Saddleback Mountain, Franklin County2,570 ft
  • Spruce Mountain2,360 ft
  • Mount Abram1,993 ft
  • Wilbur Mountain1,880 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.