Allegany County, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Allegany County, Maryland, shaded from 420 ft on the east side to 2,934 ft on Sampson Rock
Elevation
2,930 ft 895 m2,310 ft 705 m1,990 ft 605 m1,360 ft 415 m730 ft 225 m420 ft 130 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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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Measure
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County area
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Elevation Data

Allegany County averages about 1,250 ft (380 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 420 ft on the east side to 2,934 ft on Sampson Rock.

Average elevation
1,250 ft 380 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,934 ft 894 m
on Sampson Rock
Lowest
420 ft 130 m
on the east side

Allegany County spans about 2,510 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.

FigureElevation
Average of all land1,250 ft380 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Sampson Rock (NGS survey height)
2,934 ft894 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
420 ft130 m

Elevation profile, west to east

33 mi west to east through Cumberland.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Allegany County, Maryland, shaded from 420 ft on the east side to 2,934 ft on Sampson Rock
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
County in Maryland, United States
Population
67,097 2024 est.
Land area
422.2 sq mi + 5.7 sq mi water
Density
159 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform regions
Valley and Ridge 62%, Appalachian Plateaus 38%
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Garrett County2,470 ft
  2. Somerset County, PA2,200 ft
  3. Bedford County, PA1,460 ft
  4. Mineral County, WV1,300 ft
  5. Allegany County1,250 ft
  6. Hampshire County, WV1,230 ft
  7. Fulton County, PA1,120 ft
  8. Morgan County, WV890 ft
  9. Washington County640 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Sampson Rock2,934 ft
  • Dans Mountain2,896 ft
  • Sand Spring Hill2,850 ft
  • Wolf Rock2,720 ft
  • Fairview2,700 ft
All 44 towns in Allegany County by typical elevation
  1. Vale Summit2,130 ft
  2. Midlothian2,020 ft
  3. Carlos2,010 ft
  4. Frostburg2,000 ft
  5. Klondike1,950 ft
  6. Grahamtown1,900 ft
  7. Eckhart Mines1,850 ft
  8. Shaft1,810 ft
  9. Woodland1,780 ft
  10. National1,770 ft
  11. Ocean1,740 ft
  12. Midland1,720 ft
  13. Zihlman1,670 ft
  14. Gilmore1,670 ft
  15. Lonaconing1,570 ft
  16. Clarysville1,530 ft
  17. Detmold1,510 ft
  18. Nikep1,380 ft
  19. Mount Savage1,350 ft
  20. Moscow1,310 ft
  21. Barton1,270 ft
  22. Franklin1,130 ft
  23. Pleasant Grove1,120 ft
  24. Danville1,100 ft
  25. Westernport1,090 ft
  26. Barrelville1,010 ft
  27. Luke1,000 ft
  28. Flintstone950 ft
  29. La Vale940 ft
  30. Bowmans Addition910 ft
  31. McCoole900 ft
  32. Bel Air, Allegany County890 ft
  33. Dawson880 ft
  34. Corriganville800 ft
  35. Rawlings800 ft
  36. Ellerslie780 ft
  37. Potomac Park770 ft
  38. Bier730 ft
  39. Cumberland720 ft
  40. Bowling Green700 ft
  41. Spring Gap670 ft
  42. Cresaptown650 ft
  43. Little Orleans610 ft
  44. Oldtown590 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 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell; 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; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • 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.