Cecil County, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cecil County, Maryland, shaded from sea level on Chesapeake Bay to 530 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
530 ft 165 m400 ft 120 m330 ft 100 m200 ft 60 m67 ft 20 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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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County area
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Elevation Data

Cecil County averages about 170 ft (55 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on Chesapeake Bay to 530 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
170 ft 55 m
all land inside the county
Highest
530 ft 165 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Chesapeake Bay

Cecil County spans about 530 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land170 ft55 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
530 ft165 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Chesapeake Bay
0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, west to east

18 mi west to east through Elkton.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cecil County, Maryland, shaded from sea level on Chesapeake Bay to 530 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Maryland, United States
Population
106,305 2024 est.
Land area
346.3 sq mi + 71.5 sq mi water
Density
307 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform regions
Piedmont 49%, Coastal Plain 47%
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Lancaster County, PA470 ft
  2. Chester County, PA450 ft
  3. Harford County310 ft
  4. Cecil County170 ft
  5. New Castle County, DE95 ft
  6. Kent County46 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Mount Ararat420 ft
  • Egg Hill410 ft
  • Cromleys Mountain400 ft
  • Bald Friar380 ft
  • Foys Hill300 ft
All 8 towns in Cecil County by typical elevation
  1. Rising Sun370 ft
  2. Port Deposit120 ft
  3. Perryville97 ft
  4. Cecilton71 ft
  5. Elkton65 ft
  6. North East58 ft
  7. Charlestown58 ft
  8. Chesapeake City24 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • 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, −210 ft at 39.6507° N, 75.8151° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.