Brentwood, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Brentwood, Maryland, shaded from 9 ft on the north side to 81 ft on the west side
Elevation
81 ft 25 m63 ft 19 m54 ft 16 m36 ft 11 m18 ft 6 m9 ft 3 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
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Brentwood sits at about 26 ft (8 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
26 ft 8 m
most residents: 21–65 ft
Lowest
9 ft 3 m
on the north side
Highest
81 ft 25 m
on the west side
Average
35 ft 11 m
all land inside town limits

Brentwood spans about 72 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
26 ft8 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the west side
81 ft25 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the north side
9 ft3 m
Town center
USGS map point for Brentwood
23 ft7 m
Airport (DCA)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.3 mi southwest of the town limits
14 ft4 m
Average of all land35 ft11 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.9 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Brentwood, Maryland, shaded from 9 ft on the north side to 81 ft on the west 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
3,795 2024 est.
Land area
0.4 sq mi
Density
9,883 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.9432° N, 76.9566° 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
20722
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Bladensburg110 ft
  2. Chillum100 ft
  3. University Park91 ft
  4. Hyattsville81 ft
  5. Mount Rainier59 ft
  6. Riverdale Park33 ft
  7. Cottage City31 ft
  8. Colmar Manor29 ft
  9. Brentwood26 ft
  10. Edmonston18 ft
  11. North Brentwood16 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Quirauk Mountain2,140 ft
  • Hunting Hill515 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.