Sanford, ME Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sanford, Maine, shaded from 150 ft on the east side to 690 ft on Mount Hope
Elevation
690 ft 210 m560 ft 170 m490 ft 150 m350 ft 110 m220 ft 65 m150 ft 45 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

Sanford sits at about 300 ft (90 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
300 ft 90 m
most residents: 230–420 ft
Lowest
150 ft 45 m
on the east side
Highest
690 ft 210 m
on Mount Hope
Average
330 ft 100 m
all land inside city limits

Sanford spans about 540 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
300 ft90 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on Mount Hope
690 ft210 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
150 ft45 m
Town center
USGS map point for Sanford
310 ft95 m
Airport (SFM)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
244 ft74 m
Average of all land330 ft100 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.9 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sanford, Maine, shaded from 150 ft on the east side to 690 ft on Mount Hope
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in York County, Maine, United States
Population
22,497 2024 est.
Land area
47.8 sq mi + 1.0 sq mi water
Density
471 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.4392° N, 70.7742° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Mousam River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Sanford Seacoast Regional (SFM) 244 ft
ZIP codes 2
04073 04083
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Acton610 ft
  2. Shapleigh570 ft
  3. Milton, NH550 ft
  4. Milton Mills, NH480 ft
  5. Lebanon360 ft
  6. Waterboro350 ft
  7. Sanford300 ft
  8. Alfred260 ft
  9. Lyman260 ft
  10. North Berwick180 ft
  11. West Kennebunk120 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Shaw2,990 ft
  • Belknap Mountain2,382 ft
  • Green Mountain1,910 ft
  • Copple Crown Mountain1,870 ft
  • Bill Merrill Mountain1,611 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.