Big Pool, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Big Pool, Maryland, shaded from 400 ft on the southeast side to 480 ft on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
480 ft 145 m460 ft 140 m450 ft 135 m430 ft 130 m410 ft 125 m400 ft 125 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
Click or tap anywhere
The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Big Pool sits at about 430 ft (130 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
430 ft 130 m
few residents
Lowest
400 ft 125 m
on the southeast side
Highest
480 ft 145 m
on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
440 ft 135 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Big Pool spans about 80 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 (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
430 ft130 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
480 ft145 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
400 ft125 m
Town center
USGS map point for Big Pool
430 ft130 m
Airport (W35)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 8.9 mi northwest of the CDP boundary
413 ft126 m
Average of all land440 ft135 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.3 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Big Pool, Maryland, shaded from 400 ft on the southeast side to 480 ft on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Washington County, Maryland, United States
Population
78 2020 Census
Land area
0.1 sq mi
Density
722 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.6237° N, 78.0158° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Potomac River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Potomac Airpark (W35) 413 ft
ZIP codes 1
21711
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Warren Township, Franklin County, PA780 ft
  2. Hedgesville, WV640 ft
  3. Clear Spring570 ft
  4. Indian Springs530 ft
  5. Pinesburg480 ft
  6. Charlton480 ft
  7. Pecktonville470 ft
  8. Falling Waters, WV460 ft
  9. Big Spring450 ft
  10. Big Pool430 ft
  11. Ernstville420 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Martin Hill2,770 ft
  • High Point2,590 ft
  • Big Mountain2,460 ft
  • Third Hill Mountain2,170 ft
  • Quirauk Mountain2,140 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census CDP boundary (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, 400 ft at 39.6224° N, 78.0149° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.
  • Big Pool is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.