Skowhegan, ME Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Skowhegan, Maine, shaded from 110 ft on the east side to 870 ft on Loomis Hill
Elevation
870 ft 265 m680 ft 205 m590 ft 180 m390 ft 120 m200 ft 60 m110 ft 35 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

Skowhegan sits at about 230 ft (70 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
230 ft 70 m
most residents: 170–380 ft
Lowest
110 ft 35 m
on the east side
Highest
870 ft 265 m
on Loomis Hill
Average
310 ft 95 m
all land inside town boundaries

Skowhegan spans about 760 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
230 ft70 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Loomis Hill
870 ft265 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the east side
110 ft35 m
Town center
USGS map point for Skowhegan
170 ft50 m
Airport (OWK)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.2 mi southwest of the town boundaries
270 ft82 m
Average of all land310 ft95 m

Elevation profile, west to east

8.1 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Skowhegan, Maine, shaded from 110 ft on the east side to 870 ft on Loomis Hill
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Somerset County, Maine, United States
Population
8,664 2024 est.
Land area
58.8 sq mi + 1.6 sq mi water
Density
147 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.7651° N, 69.7192° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Kennebec River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Central Maine/Norridgewock (OWK) 270 ft
ZIP codes 1
04976
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Athens540 ft
  2. Cornville390 ft
  3. Anson330 ft
  4. North Anson330 ft
  5. Starks320 ft
  6. Mercer320 ft
  7. Madison320 ft
  8. Canaan290 ft
  9. Norridgewock280 ft
  10. Smithfield270 ft
  11. Skowhegan230 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Blue3,202 ft
  • Moxie Mountain2,920 ft
  • Stewart Mountain2,710 ft
  • Poplar Mountain2,690 ft
  • Griffin Mountain2,120 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.