Forest Heights, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Forest Heights, Maryland, shaded from 0 ft on the west side to 220 ft on the south side
Elevation
220 ft 65 m170 ft 50 m140 ft 40 m83 ft 25 m28 ft 8 m0 ft 0 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
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Forest Heights sits at about 100 ft (30 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
100 ft 30 m
most residents: 17–180 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
on the west side
Highest
220 ft 65 m
on the south side
Average
98 ft 30 m
all land inside town limits

Forest Heights spans about 220 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
100 ft30 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the south side
220 ft65 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the west side
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Forest Heights
150 ft45 m
Airport (DCA)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.9 mi northwest of the town limits
14 ft4 m
Average of all land98 ft30 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.3 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Forest Heights, Maryland, shaded from 0 ft on the west side to 220 ft on the south side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States
Population
2,639 2024 est.
Land area
1.7 sq mi
Density
1,597 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.8096° N, 76.9980° 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
20745
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Silver Hill270 ft
  2. Marlow Heights260 ft
  3. Hillcrest Heights260 ft
  4. Temple Hills230 ft
  5. Oxon Hill180 ft
  6. Glassmanor160 ft
  7. National Harbor120 ft
  8. Forest Heights100 ft
  9. Alexandria, VA100 ft
  10. Huntington, VA77 ft
  11. Belle Haven, VA76 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town 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 town limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, −1 ft at 38.8057° N, 77.0154° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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. All public domain.