Chillum, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chillum, Maryland, shaded from 23 ft on the southeast side to 210 ft near the middle
Elevation
210 ft 65 m170 ft 50 m140 ft 45 m94 ft 29 m47 ft 14 m23 ft 7 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

Chillum sits at about 100 ft (30 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
100 ft 30 m
most residents: 55–170 ft
Lowest
23 ft 7 m
on the southeast side
Highest
210 ft 65 m
near the middle
Average
98 ft 30 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Chillum spans about 187 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
100 ft30 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, near the middle
210 ft65 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
23 ft7 m
Town center
USGS map point for Chillum
150 ft45 m
Airport (DCA)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.2 mi south of the CDP boundary
14 ft4 m
Average of all land98 ft30 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chillum, Maryland, shaded from 23 ft on the southeast side to 210 ft near the middle
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States
Population
36,039 2020 Census
Land area
3.4 sq mi
Density
10,662 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.9637° N, 76.9908° 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 2
20782 20783
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Silver Spring290 ft
  2. Takoma Park230 ft
  3. Adelphi180 ft
  4. Langley Park170 ft
  5. Chillum100 ft
  6. University Park91 ft
  7. Hyattsville81 ft
  8. Mount Rainier59 ft
  9. Cottage City31 ft
  10. Brentwood26 ft
  11. North Brentwood16 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).
  • 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.
  • Chillum 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.