Washington County, ME Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
1,380 ft 420 m1,030 ft 315 m860 ft 265 m520 ft 160 m170 ft 55 m0 ft 0 m
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USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- County area
- Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Washington County averages about 270 ft (80 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on the Indian River to 1,380 ft on Pleasant Mountain.
Average elevation
270 ft 80 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,380 ft 420 m
on Pleasant Mountain
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Indian River
Washington County spans about 1,380 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Average of all land | 270 ft80 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on Pleasant Mountain (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height) | 1,380 ft420 m |
| Lowest point Where the land meets the Indian River | 0 ft0 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
38 mi west to east through Calais.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in Maine, United States
- Population
- 31,383 2024 est.
- Land area
- 2,562.7 sq mi + 694.8 sq mi water
- Density
- 12 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- New England 98%
- Drains to
- Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average
- Aroostook County860 ft
- Penobscot County430 ft
- Hancock County270 ft
- Washington County270 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in Maine13th highest of 16
- Counties in the United States2,676th highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Pleasant Mountain, Washington County1,380 ft
- Musquash Mountain1,242 ft
- Greenland Mountain1,200 ft
- Stetson Mountain1,090 ft
- Tomah Mountain, Washington County1,080 ft
All 44 towns in Washington County by typical elevation
- Danforth480 ft
- Topsfield470 ft
- Vanceboro430 ft
- Talmadge360 ft
- Beddington350 ft
- Grand Lake Stream350 ft
- Waite340 ft
- Alexander290 ft
- Crawford280 ft
- Cooper280 ft
- Wesley230 ft
- Princeton220 ft
- Deblois220 ft
- Charlotte210 ft
- Northfield190 ft
- Meddybemps180 ft
- Baileyville180 ft
- Marshfield170 ft
- Woodland, Washington County170 ft
- Robbinston160 ft
- Cherryfield120 ft
- Perry110 ft
- Whiting110 ft
- Steuben110 ft
- Columbia100 ft
- East Machias100 ft
- Cutler100 ft
- Baring100 ft
- Dennysville96 ft
- Columbia Falls95 ft
- Machiasport95 ft
- Calais92 ft
- Whitneyville90 ft
- Machias88 ft
- Eastport73 ft
- Lubec62 ft
- Pembroke60 ft
- Jonesport56 ft
- Jonesboro52 ft
- Addison52 ft
- Roque Bluffs50 ft
- Milbridge47 ft
- Beals45 ft
- Harrington42 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 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
- Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells; 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, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; 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 44.8846° N, 67.1485° 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.