Dover, DE Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Dover, Delaware, shaded from 1 ft near the middle to 67 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
67 ft 21 m51 ft 15 m43 ft 13 m26 ft 8 m10 ft 3 m1 ft 0 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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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

Dover sits at about 33 ft (10 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
33 ft 10 m
most residents: 23–49 ft
Lowest
1 ft 0 m
near the middle
Highest
67 ft 20 m
on the southwest side
Average
29 ft 9 m
all land inside city limits

Dover spans about 66 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
33 ft10 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
67 ft20 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, near the middle
1 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Dover
28 ft9 m
Airport (DOV)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
29 ft9 m
Average of all land29 ft9 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.4 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Dover, Delaware, shaded from 1 ft near the middle to 67 ft on the southwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Kent County, Delaware, United States
Population
40,191 2024 est.
Land area
23.9 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
1,683 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.1582° N, 75.5244° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Dover Afb (DOV) 29 ft
ZIP codes 3
19901 19902 19904
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Camden42 ft
  2. Cheswold42 ft
  3. Wyoming38 ft
  4. Rodney Village34 ft
  5. Dover33 ft
  6. Kent Acres29 ft
  7. Highland Acres28 ft
  8. Rising Sun-Lebanon27 ft
  9. Dover Base Housing22 ft
  10. Little Creek11 ft
  11. Leipsic7 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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).
  • 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. All public domain.