Waldo County, ME Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Waldo County, Maine, shaded from sea level on Penobscot Bay to 1,140 ft on Frye Mountain
Elevation
1,140 ft 345 m850 ft 260 m710 ft 215 m430 ft 130 m140 ft 45 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
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Waldo County averages about 350 ft (105 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on Penobscot Bay to 1,140 ft on Frye Mountain.

Average elevation
350 ft 105 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,140 ft 345 m
on Frye Mountain
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Penobscot Bay

Waldo County spans about 1,140 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land350 ft105 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Frye Mountain (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
1,140 ft345 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Penobscot Bay
0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, west to east

31 mi west to east through Belfast.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Waldo County, Maine, shaded from sea level on Penobscot Bay to 1,140 ft on Frye Mountain
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in Maine, United States
Population
40,617 2024 est.
Land area
730.2 sq mi + 134.2 sq mi water
Density
56 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England 99%
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Somerset County1,180 ft
  2. Penobscot County430 ft
  3. Waldo County350 ft
  4. Kennebec County290 ft
  5. Hancock County270 ft
  6. Knox County200 ft
  7. Lincoln County150 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Maine7th highest of 16
  • Counties in the United States2,541st highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Frye Mountain1,140 ft
  • Spears Mountain1,130 ft
  • Hogback Mountain1,120 ft
  • Bald Rock Mountain1,100 ft
  • Levenseller Mountain1,070 ft
All 26 towns in Waldo County by typical elevation
  1. Knox570 ft
  2. Montville540 ft
  3. Freedom530 ft
  4. Liberty520 ft
  5. Jackson520 ft
  6. Thorndike500 ft
  7. Brooks450 ft
  8. Palermo440 ft
  9. Monroe400 ft
  10. Troy360 ft
  11. Swanville310 ft
  12. Belmont300 ft
  13. Morrill290 ft
  14. Searsmont270 ft
  15. Northport270 ft
  16. Waldo270 ft
  17. Frankfort260 ft
  18. Unity260 ft
  19. Prospect250 ft
  20. Lincolnville240 ft
  21. Searsport230 ft
  22. Burnham200 ft
  23. Winterport180 ft
  24. Belfast160 ft
  25. Stockton Springs110 ft
  26. Islesboro71 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • 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, −8 ft at 44.2118° N, 68.9515° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.