Stow, ME Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Stow, Maine, shaded from 380 ft on the southeast side to 1,850 ft on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
1,850 ft 565 m1,480 ft 450 m1,300 ft 395 m930 ft 285 m560 ft 170 m380 ft 115 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Stow sits at about 500 ft (155 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
500 ft 155 m
most residents: 390–710 ft
Lowest
380 ft 115 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,850 ft 565 m
on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
600 ft 185 m
all land inside town boundaries

Stow spans about 1,470 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
500 ft155 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
1,850 ft565 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southeast side
380 ft115 m
Town center
USGS map point for Stow
440 ft135 m
Average of all land600 ft185 m
Nearest peak
West Royce Mountain, 2.0 mi north of the town boundaries
3,190 ft975 m

Elevation profile, south to north

10 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Stow, Maine, shaded from 380 ft on the southeast side to 1,850 ft on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Town in Oxford County, Maine, United States
Population
446 2024 est.
Land area
24.2 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
18 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.1606° N, 70.9851° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Saco River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 2
04037 04217
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Jackson, NH1,820 ft
  2. Stoneham840 ft
  3. Chatham, NH730 ft
  4. Sweden650 ft
  5. Waterford630 ft
  6. North Conway, NH560 ft
  7. Stow500 ft
  8. Conway, NH490 ft
  9. Lovell470 ft
  10. Bridgton460 ft
  11. Fryeburg420 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Carter Dome4,830 ft
  • South Baldface3,570 ft
  • Kearsarge North3,267 ft
  • West Royce Mountain3,190 ft
  • Pleasant Mountain2,017 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.