Baltimore, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Baltimore, Maryland, shaded from sea level level on Northwest Harbor to 490 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
490 ft 150 m370 ft 110 m300 ft 95 m180 ft 55 m61 ft 19 m0 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
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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

Baltimore sits at about 180 ft (55 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
180 ft 55 m
most residents: 43–400 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Northwest Harbor
Highest
490 ft 150 m
on the northwest side
Average
190 ft 60 m
all land inside city limits

Baltimore spans about 490 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
180 ft55 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
490 ft150 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Northwest Harbor
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Baltimore
35 ft11 m
Airport (BWI)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.9 mi south of the city limits
143 ft44 m
Average of all land190 ft60 m

Elevation profile, south to north

9.5 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Baltimore, Maryland, shaded from sea level level on Northwest Harbor to 490 ft on the northwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Independent city in Maryland, United States
Population
568,271 2024 est.
Land area
80.9 sq mi + 11.1 sq mi water
Density
7,020 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.2904° N, 76.6122° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI) 143 ft
ZIP codes 29
21201 21202 21205 21206 21207 21209 21210 21211 21212 21213 21214 21215 21216 21217 21218 21222 21223 21224 21225 21226 21229 21230 21231 21233 21234 21237 21239 21251 21287
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Woodlawn440 ft
  2. Lochearn420 ft
  3. Catonsville420 ft
  4. Baltimore180 ft
  5. Arbutus140 ft
  6. Linthicum140 ft
  7. Brooklyn Park110 ft
  8. Rosedale100 ft
  9. Lansdowne100 ft
  10. Baltimore Highlands90 ft
  11. Dundalk24 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Quirauk Mountain2,140 ft
  • Chestnut Hill, Howard County540 ft
  • Lawyers Hill270 ft
  • Eagle Hill160 ft
  • Federal Hill, Baltimore city82 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, −11 ft at 39.2460° N, 76.5768° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • 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.