Braddock Heights, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Braddock Heights, Maryland, shaded from 440 ft on the southeast side to 1,230 ft on Ridge Hill
Elevation
1,230 ft 375 m1,030 ft 315 m930 ft 285 m730 ft 225 m540 ft 165 m440 ft 135 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Braddock Heights sits at about 790 ft (240 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
790 ft 240 m
most residents: 610–960 ft
Lowest
440 ft 135 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,230 ft 375 m
on Ridge Hill
Average
750 ft 230 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Braddock Heights spans about 790 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
790 ft240 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on Ridge Hill
1,230 ft375 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
440 ft135 m
Town center
USGS map point for Braddock Heights
920 ft280 m
Airport (FDK)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.3 mi east of the CDP boundary
309 ft94 m
Average of all land750 ft230 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.4 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Braddock Heights, Maryland, shaded from 440 ft on the southeast side to 1,230 ft on Ridge Hill
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Frederick County, Maryland, United States
Population
3,075 2020 Census
Land area
5.3 sq mi
Density
576 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.4187° N, 77.5036° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Potomac River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Frederick Municipal (FDK) 309 ft
ZIP codes 3
21702 21703 21714
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Braddock Heights790 ft
  2. Myersville690 ft
  3. Middletown580 ft
  4. Burkittsville550 ft
  5. Jefferson540 ft
  6. Bartonsville400 ft
  7. Spring Ridge390 ft
  8. Buckeystown340 ft
  9. Frederick330 ft
  10. Adamstown320 ft
  11. Ballenger Creek310 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • High Point2,590 ft
  • Big Mountain2,460 ft
  • Rays Hill2,440 ft
  • Third Hill Mountain2,170 ft
  • Quirauk Mountain2,140 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Braddock Heights 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.