Prospect, ME Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Prospect, Maine, shaded from 0 ft on the north side to 600 ft on Mack Mountain
Elevation
600 ft 185 m450 ft 135 m370 ft 115 m220 ft 70 m75 ft 23 m0 ft 0 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

Prospect sits at about 250 ft (75 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
250 ft 75 m
most residents: 60–420 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
on the north side
Highest
600 ft 185 m
on Mack Mountain
Average
220 ft 65 m
all land inside town boundaries

Prospect spans about 600 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
250 ft75 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Mack Mountain
600 ft185 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the north side
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Prospect
97 ft29 m
Average of all land220 ft65 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.3 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Prospect, Maine, shaded from 0 ft on the north side to 600 ft on Mack Mountain
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Waldo County, Maine, United States
Population
709 2024 est.
Land area
18.1 sq mi + 2.1 sq mi water
Density
39 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.5531° N, 68.8648° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
04981
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Monroe400 ft
  2. Swanville310 ft
  3. Frankfort260 ft
  4. Prospect250 ft
  5. Searsport230 ft
  6. Bucksport210 ft
  7. Winterport180 ft
  8. Orland140 ft
  9. Penobscot130 ft
  10. Stockton Springs110 ft
  11. Verona Island110 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Barren Mountain2,646 ft
  • Griffin Mountain2,120 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).
  • 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, −2 ft at 44.5960° N, 68.8582° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.