Cavetown, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cavetown, Maryland, shaded from 640 ft on the west side to 940 ft on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
940 ft 285 m860 ft 260 m820 ft 250 m750 ft 230 m670 ft 205 m640 ft 195 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

Cavetown sits at about 690 ft (210 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
690 ft 210 m
most residents: 660–780 ft
Lowest
640 ft 195 m
on the west side
Highest
940 ft 285 m
on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
730 ft 225 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Cavetown spans about 300 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
690 ft210 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
940 ft285 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
640 ft195 m
Town center
USGS map point for Cavetown
740 ft225 m
Airport (HGR)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.9 mi northwest of the CDP boundary
703 ft214 m
Average of all land730 ft225 m
Nearest peak
Quirauk Mountain, 4.5 mi northeast of the CDP boundary
2,140 ft655 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.7 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cavetown, Maryland, shaded from 640 ft on the west side to 940 ft on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Washington County, Maryland, United States
Population
1,446 2020 Census
Land area
1.9 sq mi
Density
759 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.6443° N, 77.5858° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Potomac River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Hagerstown Regional/Richard A Henson Field (HGR) 703 ft
ZIP codes 1
21783
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Edgemont830 ft
  2. Jugtown810 ft
  3. Smithsburg790 ft
  4. Pondsville730 ft
  5. Bagtown720 ft
  6. Cavetown690 ft
  7. Greensburg690 ft
  8. Mount Aetna660 ft
  9. Chewsville650 ft
  10. Robinwood590 ft
  11. Leitersburg580 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).
  • 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, 640 ft at 39.6479° N, 77.6196° 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.
  • Cavetown 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.