Darnestown, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Darnestown, Maryland, shaded from 170 ft on the south side to 450 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
450 ft 135 m380 ft 115 m340 ft 105 m270 ft 85 m200 ft 60 m170 ft 50 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

Darnestown sits at about 360 ft (110 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
360 ft 110 m
most residents: 320–410 ft
Lowest
170 ft 50 m
on the south side
Highest
450 ft 135 m
on the northeast side
Average
330 ft 100 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Darnestown spans about 280 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
360 ft110 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side
450 ft135 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
170 ft50 m
Town center
USGS map point for Darnestown
440 ft135 m
Airport (IAD)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 10 mi southwest of the CDP boundary
312 ft95 m
Average of all land330 ft100 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.7 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Darnestown, Maryland, shaded from 170 ft on the south side to 450 ft on the northeast side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States
Population
6,723 2020 Census
Land area
16.4 sq mi + 0.9 sq mi water
Density
410 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.1034° N, 77.2908° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Potomac River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Washington Dulles International (IAD) 312 ft
ZIP codes 3
20854 20874 20878
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Washington Grove520 ft
  2. Derwood450 ft
  3. Germantown440 ft
  4. Gaithersburg430 ft
  5. Montgomery Village430 ft
  6. North Potomac390 ft
  7. Darnestown360 ft
  8. Travilah340 ft
  9. Sugarland Run, VA280 ft
  10. Lowes Island, VA280 ft
  11. Cascades, VA280 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Sugarloaf3,450 ft
  • High Point2,590 ft
  • Third Hill Mountain2,170 ft
  • 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.
  • Darnestown 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.