Capitol Heights, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Capitol Heights, Maryland, shaded from 89 ft near the middle to 300 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
300 ft 90 m240 ft 75 m220 ft 65 m170 ft 50 m120 ft 35 m89 ft 27 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
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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

Capitol Heights sits at about 170 ft (50 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
170 ft 50 m
most residents: 140–210 ft
Lowest
89 ft 27 m
near the middle
Highest
300 ft 90 m
on the southeast side
Average
180 ft 55 m
all land inside town limits

Capitol Heights spans about 211 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
170 ft50 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the southeast side
300 ft90 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, near the middle
89 ft27 m
Town center
USGS map point for Capitol Heights
120 ft40 m
Airport (DCA)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.6 mi west of the town limits
14 ft4 m
Average of all land180 ft55 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.1 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Capitol Heights, Maryland, shaded from 89 ft near the middle to 300 ft on the southeast side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States
Population
4,038 2024 est.
Land area
2.2 sq mi
Density
1,857 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.8851° N, 76.9158° 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
20743
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Suitland270 ft
  2. District Heights260 ft
  3. Walker Mill230 ft
  4. Coral Hills220 ft
  5. Summerfield170 ft
  6. Capitol Heights170 ft
  7. Peppermill Village150 ft
  8. Maryland Park130 ft
  9. Seat Pleasant110 ft
  10. Fairmount Heights96 ft
  11. Cedar Heights95 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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.