Brownsville, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Brownsville, Maryland, shaded from 500 ft on the southwest side to 710 ft on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
710 ft 215 m660 ft 200 m630 ft 190 m580 ft 175 m530 ft 160 m500 ft 155 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.
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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

Brownsville sits at about 580 ft (175 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
580 ft 175 m
most residents: 520–600 ft
Lowest
500 ft 155 m
on the southwest side
Highest
710 ft 215 m
on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
570 ft 175 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Brownsville spans about 210 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
580 ft175 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
710 ft215 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
500 ft155 m
Town center
USGS map point for Brownsville
550 ft165 m
Average of all land570 ft175 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.3 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Brownsville, Maryland, shaded from 500 ft on the southwest side to 710 ft on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Washington County, Maryland, United States
Population
102 2020 Census
Land area
0.3 sq mi
Density
360 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.3820° N, 77.6603° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Potomac River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
21715
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Yarrowsburg670 ft
  2. Trego-Rohrersville Station650 ft
  3. Gapland640 ft
  4. Rohrersville630 ft
  5. Mount Briar620 ft
  6. Brownsville580 ft
  7. Burkittsville550 ft
  8. Dargan540 ft
  9. Garretts Mill540 ft
  10. Rosemont480 ft
  11. Sandy Hook420 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Sugarloaf3,450 ft
  • High Point2,590 ft
  • Big Mountain2,460 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.
  • Brownsville 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.