Town of Chevy Chase, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Town of Chevy Chase, Maryland, shaded from 250 ft on the north side to 370 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
370 ft 115 m340 ft 105 m330 ft 100 m300 ft 90 m270 ft 80 m250 ft 80 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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Town area
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Elevation Data

Town of Chevy Chase sits at about 330 ft (100 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
330 ft 100 m
most residents: 290–360 ft
Lowest
250 ft 80 m
on the north side
Highest
370 ft 115 m
on the southwest side
Average
330 ft 100 m
all land inside town limits

Town of Chevy Chase spans about 120 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
330 ft100 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the southwest side
370 ft115 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the north side
250 ft80 m
Airport (DCA)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 8.9 mi south of the town limits
14 ft4 m
Average of all land330 ft100 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.8 mi south to north through the middle of Town of Chevy Chase.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Town of Chevy Chase, Maryland, shaded from 250 ft on the north side to 370 ft on the southwest side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States
Population
2,927 2024 est.
Land area
0.5 sq mi
Density
6,295 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.9830° N, 77.0825° 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 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.