Waldo, ME Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Waldo, Maine, shaded from 59 ft on the southeast side to 540 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
540 ft 165 m420 ft 125 m360 ft 110 m240 ft 70 m120 ft 35 m59 ft 18 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

Waldo sits at about 270 ft (80 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
270 ft 80 m
most residents: 230–340 ft
Lowest
59 ft 18 m
on the southeast side
Highest
540 ft 165 m
on the southwest side
Average
250 ft 75 m
all land inside town boundaries

Waldo spans about 481 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
270 ft80 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southwest side
540 ft165 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southeast side
59 ft18 m
Town center
USGS map point for Waldo
260 ft80 m
Airport (BST)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.0 mi southeast of the town boundaries
198 ft60 m
Average of all land250 ft75 m

Elevation profile, south to north

4.6 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Waldo, Maine, shaded from 59 ft on the southeast side to 540 ft on the southwest side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Waldo County, Maine, United States
Population
852 2024 est.
Land area
19.3 sq mi
Density
44 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.5126° N, 69.0761° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Belfast Municipal (BST) 198 ft
ZIP codes 1
04915
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Knox570 ft
  2. Jackson520 ft
  3. Brooks450 ft
  4. Monroe400 ft
  5. Swanville310 ft
  6. Belmont300 ft
  7. Morrill290 ft
  8. Waldo270 ft
  9. Prospect250 ft
  10. Searsport230 ft
  11. Belfast160 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Saddleback Mountain, Franklin County2,570 ft
  • Griffin Mountain2,120 ft
  • Cadillac Mountain1,518 ft
  • Lead Mountain1,479 ft
  • Mount Megunticook1,370 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.