Ellicott City, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ellicott City, Maryland, shaded from 83 ft on the southeast side to 550 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
550 ft 170 m430 ft 130 m380 ft 115 m260 ft 80 m140 ft 45 m83 ft 25 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
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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

Ellicott City sits at about 410 ft (125 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
410 ft 125 m
most residents: 360–480 ft
Lowest
83 ft 25 m
on the southeast side
Highest
550 ft 170 m
on the northwest side
Average
400 ft 125 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Ellicott City spans about 467 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
410 ft125 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
550 ft170 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
83 ft25 m
Town center
USGS map point for Ellicott City
160 ft50 m
Airport (BWI)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.2 mi southeast of the CDP boundary
143 ft44 m
Average of all land400 ft125 m

Elevation profile, south to north

5.6 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ellicott City, Maryland, shaded from 83 ft on the southeast side to 550 ft on the northwest side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Howard County, Maryland, United States
Population
75,947 2020 Census
Land area
30.0 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
2,531 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.2673° N, 76.7983° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Patapsco River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI) 143 ft
ZIP codes 4
21042 21043 21104 21163
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Randallstown540 ft
  2. Milford Mill490 ft
  3. Woodlawn440 ft
  4. Lochearn420 ft
  5. Catonsville420 ft
  6. Ellicott City410 ft
  7. Columbia380 ft
  8. Ilchester330 ft
  9. Elkridge180 ft
  10. Arbutus140 ft
  11. Lansdowne100 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Quirauk Mountain2,140 ft
  • The Bunker590 ft
  • Chestnut Hill, Howard County540 ft
  • Lawyers Hill270 ft
  • Federal Hill, Baltimore city82 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.
  • Ellicott City 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.