Swans Island, ME Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Swans Island, Maine, shaded from 0 ft on the southwest side to 230 ft on Goose Pond Mountain
Elevation
230 ft 70 m170 ft 55 m150 ft 45 m87 ft 27 m29 ft 9 m0 ft 0 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
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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

Swans Island sits at about 75 ft (23 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
75 ft 23 m
most residents: 30–220 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
on the southwest side
Highest
230 ft 70 m
on Goose Pond Mountain
Average
65 ft 20 m
all land inside town boundaries

Swans Island spans about 230 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
75 ft23 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Goose Pond Mountain
230 ft70 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southwest side
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Swans Island
76 ft23 m
Average of all land65 ft20 m

Elevation profile, west to east

8.9 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Swans Island, Maine, shaded from 0 ft on the southwest side to 230 ft on Goose Pond Mountain
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Hancock County, Maine, United States
Population
360 2024 est.
Land area
12.4 sq mi + 68.4 sq mi water
Density
29 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.1451° N, 68.4517° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
04685
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Sedgwick140 ft
  2. Isle au Haut95 ft
  3. Southwest Harbor76 ft
  4. Swans Island75 ft
  5. Deer Isle73 ft
  6. Northeast Harbor62 ft
  7. Frenchboro56 ft
  8. Tremont55 ft
  9. Brooklin52 ft
  10. Stonington50 ft
  11. Cranberry Isles47 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Cadillac Mountain1,518 ft
  • Lead Mountain1,479 ft
  • Mount Megunticook1,370 ft
  • Goose Pond Mountain230 ft
  • Big Mountain, Hancock County220 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, −9 ft at 44.1310° N, 68.4338° 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 and Watershed Boundary Dataset; 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.