Bear, DE Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bear, Delaware, shaded from 12 ft on the west side to 99 ft near the middle
Elevation
99 ft 30 m77 ft 24 m66 ft 20 m44 ft 14 m22 ft 7 m11 ft 4 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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
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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Bear sits at about 68 ft (21 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
68 ft 21 m
most residents: 46–78 ft
Lowest
12 ft 4 m
on the west side
Highest
99 ft 30 m
near the middle
Average
61 ft 19 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Bear spans about 87 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
68 ft21 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, near the middle
99 ft30 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
12 ft4 m
Town center
USGS map point for Bear
68 ft21 m
Airport (ILG)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.8 mi northeast of the CDP boundary
80 ft24 m
Average of all land61 ft19 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bear, Delaware, shaded from 12 ft on the west side to 99 ft near the middle
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in New Castle County, Delaware, United States
Population
23,060 2020 Census
Land area
5.8 sq mi
Density
3,987 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.6293° N, 75.6583° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
New Castle (ILG) 80 ft
ZIP codes 3
19701 19702 19720
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Pike Creek Valley210 ft
  2. Newark120 ft
  3. Brookside76 ft
  4. Glasgow75 ft
  5. Bear68 ft
  6. Wilmington Manor55 ft
  7. Newport46 ft
  8. St. Georges42 ft
  9. New Castle13 ft
  10. Delaware City9 ft
  11. Pennsville Township, NJ8 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Horseshoe Hill410 ft
  • Iron Hill330 ft
  • Chestnut Hill300 ft
  • Drummond Hill290 ft
  • Sandy Brae170 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Bear is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.