Milton, DE Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Milton, Delaware, shaded from 1 ft near the middle to 47 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
48 ft 15 m36 ft 11 m30 ft 9 m18 ft 6 m7 ft 2 m1 ft 0 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Milton sits at about 31 ft (9 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
31 ft 9 m
most residents: 23–35 ft
Lowest
1 ft 0 m
near the middle
Highest
47 ft 14 m
on the southeast side
Average
29 ft 9 m
all land inside town limits

Milton spans about 46 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
31 ft9 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the southeast side
47 ft14 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, near the middle
1 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Milton
11 ft3 m
Airport (GED)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.9 mi southwest of the town limits
53 ft16 m
Average of all land29 ft9 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Milton, Delaware, shaded from 1 ft near the middle to 47 ft on the southeast side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Sussex County, Delaware, United States
Population
3,773 2024 est.
Land area
2.7 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
1,417 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.7776° N, 75.3099° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Broadkill River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Delaware Coastal (GED) 53 ft
ZIP codes 1
19968
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Ellendale49 ft
  2. Georgetown49 ft
  3. Lincoln42 ft
  4. Milton31 ft
  5. Milford28 ft
  6. Millsboro25 ft
  7. Rehoboth Beach19 ft
  8. Lewes13 ft
  9. Long Neck10 ft
  10. Henlopen Acres7 ft
  11. Slaughter Beach2 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Sand Hill77 ft
  • Wilson Hill53 ft
  • Pine Hill42 ft
  • Rattlesnake Hill31 ft
  • Sugar Hill23 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town 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 town 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.