St. John, ME Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of St. John, Maine, shaded from 510 ft on the northeast side to 1,860 ft on the south side
Elevation
1,860 ft 565 m1,520 ft 465 m1,350 ft 410 m1,010 ft 310 m670 ft 205 m510 ft 155 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
Click or tap anywhere
The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Plantation area
Fades everything outside the official plantation boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

St. John sits at about 580 ft (175 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
580 ft 175 m
most residents: 530–1,290 ft
Lowest
510 ft 155 m
on the northeast side
Highest
1,860 ft 565 m
on the south side
Average
1,070 ft 325 m
all land inside plantation boundaries

St. John spans about 1,350 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
580 ft175 m
Highest point
Inside plantation boundaries, on the south side
1,860 ft565 m
Lowest point
Inside plantation boundaries, on the northeast side
510 ft155 m
Town center
USGS map point for St. John
560 ft170 m
Average of all land1,070 ft325 m

Elevation profile, south to north

7.8 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of St. John, Maine, shaded from 510 ft on the northeast side to 1,860 ft on the south side
Plantation boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Plantation in Aroostook County, Maine, United States
Population
263 2024 est.
Land area
50.3 sq mi + 1.3 sq mi water
Density
5.2 per sq mi
Coordinates
47.2084° N, 68.8073° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
ZIP codes 1
04743
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Allagash1,130 ft
  2. New Canada910 ft
  3. Frenchville770 ft
  4. Winterville720 ft
  5. St. Agatha720 ft
  6. St. Francis700 ft
  7. Wallagrass670 ft
  8. Fort Kent660 ft
  9. Madawaska650 ft
  10. Eagle Lake640 ft
  11. St. John580 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • McLean Mountain1,961 ft
  • Mars Hill1,742 ft
  • Bossy Mountain1,490 ft
  • Pinette Hill1,250 ft
  • Michaud Hill1,180 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the plantation 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 plantation 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 and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.