Waterville, ME Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Waterville, Maine, shaded from 30 ft on the southwest side to 410 ft on the west side
Elevation
410 ft 125 m310 ft 95 m260 ft 80 m170 ft 50 m77 ft 23 m30 ft 9 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Waterville sits at about 130 ft (40 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
130 ft 40 m
most residents: 91–280 ft
Lowest
30 ft 9 m
on the southwest side
Highest
410 ft 125 m
on the west side
Average
190 ft 60 m
all land inside city limits

Waterville spans about 380 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
130 ft40 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
410 ft125 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
30 ft9 m
Town center
USGS map point for Waterville
110 ft35 m
Airport (WVL)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
333 ft101 m
Average of all land190 ft60 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.4 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Waterville, Maine, shaded from 30 ft on the southwest side to 410 ft on the west side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in Kennebec County, Maine, United States
Population
17,336 2024 est.
Land area
13.5 sq mi + 0.5 sq mi water
Density
1,281 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.5520° N, 69.6317° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Kennebec River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Waterville Regional (WVL) 333 ft
ZIP codes 1
04901
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Albion300 ft
  2. China300 ft
  3. Oakland290 ft
  4. Sidney280 ft
  5. Smithfield270 ft
  6. Vassalboro210 ft
  7. Clinton180 ft
  8. Fairfield170 ft
  9. Benton160 ft
  10. Winslow140 ft
  11. Waterville130 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Blue3,202 ft
  • Poplar Mountain2,690 ft
  • Saddleback Mountain, Franklin County2,570 ft
  • Griffin Mountain2,120 ft
  • Mount Megunticook1,370 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (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, 30 ft at 44.5096° N, 69.6740° 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, 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.