Presque Isle, ME Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Presque Isle, Maine, shaded from 390 ft on the north side to 1,210 ft on Quaggy Joe
Elevation
1,210 ft 370 m1,010 ft 305 m910 ft 275 m700 ft 215 m500 ft 150 m390 ft 120 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
⤓ Download this map
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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Presque Isle sits at about 510 ft (155 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
510 ft 155 m
most residents: 450–730 ft
Lowest
390 ft 120 m
on the north side
Highest
1,210 ft 370 m
on Quaggy Joe
Average
590 ft 180 m
all land inside city limits

Presque Isle spans about 820 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
510 ft155 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on Quaggy Joe
1,210 ft370 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
390 ft120 m
Town center
USGS map point for Presque Isle
450 ft140 m
Airport (PQI)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
534 ft163 m
Average of all land590 ft180 m

Elevation profile, south to north

13 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Presque Isle, Maine, shaded from 390 ft on the north side to 1,210 ft on Quaggy Joe
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
City in Aroostook County, Maine, United States
Population
8,728 2024 est.
Land area
75.8 sq mi + 1.8 sq mi water
Density
115 per sq mi
Coordinates
46.6812° N, 68.0159° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Aroostook River → Saint John River
Airport
Presque Isle International (PQI) 534 ft
ZIP codes 1
04769
⤓ Download this map

WebP, 1200 × 900. Free to use: credit “ElevationOf.com” with a link to this page.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Castle Hill710 ft
  2. Wade680 ft
  3. Easton660 ft
  4. Westfield640 ft
  5. Chapman600 ft
  6. Mapleton580 ft
  7. Caribou540 ft
  8. Washburn520 ft
  9. Presque Isle510 ft
  10. Mars Hill470 ft
  11. Fort Fairfield470 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Traveler Mountain3,542 ft
  • North Turner Mountain3,320 ft
  • North Pogy Mountain2,840 ft
  • Mount Chase2,440 ft
  • Mars Hill1,742 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (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.