Clinton, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Clinton, Maryland, shaded from 11 ft on the southwest side to 290 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
290 ft 90 m220 ft 65 m190 ft 55 m120 ft 35 m46 ft 14 m11 ft 3 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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

Clinton sits at about 230 ft (70 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
230 ft 70 m
most residents: 150–250 ft
Lowest
11 ft 3 m
on the southwest side
Highest
290 ft 90 m
on the northwest side
Average
200 ft 60 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Clinton spans about 279 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
230 ft70 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
290 ft90 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
11 ft3 m
Town center
USGS map point for Clinton
250 ft75 m
Airport (DCA)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.7 mi northwest of the CDP boundary
14 ft4 m
Average of all land200 ft60 m

Elevation profile, south to north

4.4 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Clinton, Maryland, shaded from 11 ft on the southwest side to 290 ft on the northwest side
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
38,760 2020 Census
Land area
25.0 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
1,549 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.7651° N, 76.8983° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Potomac River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl (DCA) 14 ft
ZIP codes 1
20735
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Marlow Heights260 ft
  2. Andrews AFB260 ft
  3. Morningside260 ft
  4. Camp Springs250 ft
  5. Melwood240 ft
  6. Clinton230 ft
  7. Temple Hills230 ft
  8. Brandywine220 ft
  9. Rosaryville220 ft
  10. Friendly200 ft
  11. Oxon Hill180 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Rose Hill160 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.
  • Clinton 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.