Southwest Harbor, ME Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Southwest Harbor, Maine, shaded from 0 ft on the east side to 1,060 ft on Bernard Mountain
Elevation
1,060 ft 325 m790 ft 240 m660 ft 200 m400 ft 120 m130 ft 40 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

Southwest Harbor sits at about 76 ft (23 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
76 ft 23 m
most residents: 29–200 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
on the east side
Highest
1,060 ft 325 m
on Bernard Mountain
Average
150 ft 45 m
all land inside town boundaries

Southwest Harbor spans about 1,060 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
76 ft23 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Bernard Mountain
1,060 ft325 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the east side
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Southwest Harbor
39 ft12 m
Airport (BHB)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 8.8 mi north of the town boundaries
83 ft25 m
Average of all land150 ft45 m

Elevation profile, south to north

5.6 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Southwest Harbor, Maine, shaded from 0 ft on the east side to 1,060 ft on Bernard Mountain
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Hancock County, Maine, United States
Population
1,846 2024 est.
Land area
13.5 sq mi + 9.2 sq mi water
Density
137 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.2798° N, 68.3250° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Hancock County/Bar Harbor (BHB) 83 ft
ZIP codes 1
04679
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Mount Desert140 ft
  2. Southwest Harbor76 ft
  3. Swans Island75 ft
  4. Bar Harbor74 ft
  5. Northeast Harbor62 ft
  6. Frenchboro56 ft
  7. Tremont55 ft
  8. Brooklin52 ft
  9. Trenton50 ft
  10. Cranberry Isles47 ft
  11. Winter Harbor40 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Cadillac Mountain1,518 ft
  • Lead Mountain1,479 ft
  • Mount Megunticook1,370 ft
  • Bernard Mountain1,060 ft
  • Beech Mountain840 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, −7 ft at 44.2271° N, 68.3074° 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.