College Park, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of College Park, Maryland, shaded from 32 ft on the east side to 240 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
240 ft 70 m180 ft 55 m160 ft 50 m110 ft 35 m58 ft 18 m32 ft 10 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

College Park sits at about 96 ft (29 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
96 ft 29 m
most residents: 65–150 ft
Lowest
32 ft 10 m
on the east side
Highest
240 ft 70 m
on the northwest side
Average
110 ft 35 m
all land inside city limits

College Park spans about 208 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
96 ft29 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
240 ft70 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
32 ft10 m
Town center
USGS map point for College Park
74 ft22 m
Airport (DCA)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 9.8 mi southwest of the city limits
14 ft4 m
Average of all land110 ft35 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of College Park, Maryland, shaded from 32 ft on the east side to 240 ft on the northwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States
Population
34,667 2024 est.
Land area
5.6 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
6,186 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.9807° N, 76.9369° 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 2
20740 20742
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Adelphi180 ft
  2. Langley Park170 ft
  3. Berwyn Heights110 ft
  4. East Riverdale100 ft
  5. College Park96 ft
  6. University Park91 ft
  7. Hyattsville81 ft
  8. Riverdale Park33 ft
  9. Brentwood26 ft
  10. Edmonston18 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 city 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 city 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.