Chevy Chase, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chevy Chase, Maryland, shaded from 170 ft on the east side to 360 ft on the west side
Elevation
360 ft 110 m310 ft 95 m290 ft 90 m240 ft 75 m190 ft 60 m170 ft 50 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
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

Chevy Chase sits at about 290 ft (90 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
290 ft 90 m
most residents: 210–330 ft
Lowest
170 ft 50 m
on the east side
Highest
360 ft 110 m
on the west side
Average
270 ft 80 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Chevy Chase spans about 190 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
290 ft90 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
360 ft110 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
170 ft50 m
Airport (DCA)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 8.6 mi south of the CDP boundary
14 ft4 m
Average of all land270 ft80 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.7 mi west to east through the middle of Chevy Chase.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chevy Chase, Maryland, shaded from 170 ft on the east side to 360 ft on the west side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States
Population
10,177 2020 Census
Land area
2.4 sq mi
Density
4,198 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.9898° N, 77.0762° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Potomac River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl (DCA) 14 ft
ZIP codes 1
20815
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Chevy Chase Section Three350 ft
  2. Chevy Chase Village340 ft
  3. Town of Chevy Chase330 ft
  4. Martin's Additions320 ft
  5. Bethesda320 ft
  6. Chevy Chase Section Five310 ft
  7. Friendship Heights Village290 ft
  8. Somerset290 ft
  9. Chevy Chase290 ft
  10. North Chevy Chase280 ft
  11. South Kensington280 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 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, 170 ft at 38.9876° N, 77.0540° 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.
  • Chevy Chase 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.