Rockland, ME Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rockland, Maine, shaded from 1 ft near the middle to 660 ft on Dodge Mountain
Elevation
660 ft 200 m500 ft 150 m410 ft 125 m250 ft 75 m84 ft 26 m1 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Rockland sits at about 56 ft (17 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
56 ft 17 m
most residents: 31–150 ft
Lowest
1 ft 0 m
near the middle
Highest
660 ft 200 m
on Dodge Mountain
Average
190 ft 55 m
all land inside city limits

Rockland spans about 659 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
56 ft17 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on Dodge Mountain
660 ft200 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, near the middle
1 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Rockland
29 ft9 m
Airport (RKD)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.1 mi south of the city limits
55 ft17 m
Average of all land190 ft55 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.1 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rockland, Maine, shaded from 1 ft near the middle to 660 ft on Dodge Mountain
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in Knox County, Maine, United States
Population
7,060 2024 est.
Land area
12.8 sq mi + 2.2 sq mi water
Density
549 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.1037° N, 69.1089° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Knox County Regional (RKD) 55 ft
ZIP codes 1
04841
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Hope410 ft
  2. Rockport210 ft
  3. Union210 ft
  4. Camden140 ft
  5. Warren120 ft
  6. Thomaston110 ft
  7. Cushing100 ft
  8. Owls Head76 ft
  9. Rockland56 ft
  10. South Thomaston44 ft
  11. St. George38 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Cadillac Mountain1,518 ft
  • Mount Megunticook1,370 ft
  • Dodge Mountain660 ft
  • Benner Hill, Knox County610 ft
  • Ingraham Hill210 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).
  • 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, −7 ft at 44.1051° N, 69.1018° 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.