Berwyn Heights, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Berwyn Heights, Maryland, shaded from 44 ft on the southwest side to 210 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
210 ft 65 m170 ft 50 m150 ft 45 m100 ft 30 m64 ft 20 m44 ft 13 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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

Berwyn Heights sits at about 110 ft (35 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
110 ft 35 m
most residents: 76–170 ft
Lowest
44 ft 13 m
on the southwest side
Highest
210 ft 65 m
on the southeast side
Average
100 ft 30 m
all land inside town limits

Berwyn Heights spans about 166 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
110 ft35 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the southeast side
210 ft65 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the southwest side
44 ft13 m
Town center
USGS map point for Berwyn Heights
110 ft35 m
Airport (DCA)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 11 mi southwest of the town limits
14 ft4 m
Average of all land100 ft30 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Berwyn Heights, Maryland, shaded from 44 ft on the southwest side to 210 ft on the southeast side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States
Population
3,325 2024 est.
Land area
0.7 sq mi
Density
4,784 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.9940° N, 76.9105° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Potomac River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl (DCA) 14 ft
ZIP codes 1
20740
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Beltsville230 ft
  2. Adelphi180 ft
  3. Woodlawn, Prince George's County180 ft
  4. Greenbelt140 ft
  5. New Carrollton130 ft
  6. Berwyn Heights110 ft
  7. East Riverdale100 ft
  8. College Park96 ft
  9. University Park91 ft
  10. Hyattsville81 ft
  11. Riverdale Park33 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Quirauk Mountain2,140 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. All public domain.