Somerset County, ME Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Somerset County, Maine, shaded from 80 ft on the south side to 4,120 ft on Mount Bigelow
Elevation
4,120 ft 1,255 m3,110 ft 950 m2,600 ft 795 m1,590 ft 485 m580 ft 180 m80 ft 24 m
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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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County area
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Elevation Data

Somerset County averages about 1,180 ft (360 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 80 ft on the south side to 4,120 ft on Mount Bigelow.

Average elevation
1,180 ft 360 m
all land inside the county
Highest
4,120 ft 1,255 m
on Mount Bigelow
Lowest
80 ft 24 m
on the south side

Somerset County spans about 4,040 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land1,180 ft360 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Mount Bigelow (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
4,120 ft1,255 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
80 ft24 m

Elevation profile, south to north

96 mi south to north through Skowhegan.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Somerset County, Maine, shaded from 80 ft on the south side to 4,120 ft on Mount Bigelow
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
County in Maine, United States
Population
51,338 2024 est.
Land area
3,924.3 sq mi + 169.1 sq mi water
Density
13 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England 99%
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean 83%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Franklin County1,550 ft
  2. Somerset County1,180 ft
  3. Piscataquis County1,090 ft
  4. Aroostook County860 ft
  5. Penobscot County430 ft
  6. Waldo County350 ft
  7. Kennebec County290 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Maine3rd highest of 16
  • Counties in the United States1,140th highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Mount Bigelow4,120 ft
  • Coburn Mountain3,725 ft
  • Boundary Bald Mountain3,639 ft
  • Number Six Mountain3,310 ft
  • Sandy Bay Mountain3,110 ft
All 34 towns in Somerset County by typical elevation
  1. Dennistown1,390 ft
  2. Highland1,350 ft
  3. Moose River1,320 ft
  4. Caratunk1,310 ft
  5. The Forks1,240 ft
  6. Pleasant Ridge1,220 ft
  7. Jackman1,210 ft
  8. West Forks1,090 ft
  9. Brighton890 ft
  10. Athens540 ft
  11. Ripley540 ft
  12. New Portland530 ft
  13. Moscow500 ft
  14. Harmony460 ft
  15. Embden450 ft
  16. Cambridge450 ft
  17. Solon440 ft
  18. Cornville390 ft
  19. St. Albans380 ft
  20. Bingham350 ft
  21. Anson330 ft
  22. North Anson330 ft
  23. Starks320 ft
  24. Mercer320 ft
  25. Madison320 ft
  26. Palmyra310 ft
  27. Canaan290 ft
  28. Norridgewock280 ft
  29. Hartland280 ft
  30. Smithfield270 ft
  31. Skowhegan230 ft
  32. Pittsfield230 ft
  33. Detroit220 ft
  34. Fairfield170 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 3 arc-second (≈300 ft, 93 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.