Damascus, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Damascus, Maryland, shaded from 420 ft on the south side to 860 ft near the middle
Elevation
860 ft 260 m750 ft 225 m690 ft 210 m580 ft 175 m470 ft 145 m420 ft 125 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.
Click or tap anywhere
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

Damascus sits at about 690 ft (210 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
690 ft 210 m
most residents: 550–780 ft
Lowest
420 ft 125 m
on the south side
Highest
860 ft 260 m
near the middle
Average
670 ft 205 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Damascus spans about 440 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
690 ft210 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, near the middle
860 ft260 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
420 ft125 m
Town center
USGS map point for Damascus
830 ft255 m
Airport (GAI)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.3 mi south of the CDP boundary
539 ft164 m
Average of all land670 ft205 m

Elevation profile, south to north

4.3 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Damascus, Maryland, shaded from 420 ft on the south side to 860 ft near the middle
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
17,224 2020 Census
Land area
14.2 sq mi
Density
1,209 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.2884° N, 77.2039° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Potomac River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Montgomery County Airpark (GAI) 539 ft
ZIP codes 2
20872 20882
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Mount Airy760 ft
  2. Damascus690 ft
  3. Ten Mile Creek630 ft
  4. Lisbon620 ft
  5. Green Valley600 ft
  6. Laytonsville590 ft
  7. Clarksburg580 ft
  8. New Market530 ft
  9. Monrovia510 ft
  10. Urbana450 ft
  11. Montgomery Village430 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • High Point2,590 ft
  • Big Mountain2,460 ft
  • Third Hill Mountain2,170 ft
  • Quirauk Mountain2,140 ft
  • Annapolis Rock, Howard County600 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.
  • Damascus 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.