Fort Ritchie, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fort Ritchie, Maryland, shaded from 1,280 ft on the northeast side to 2,140 ft on Quirauk Mountain
Elevation
2,140 ft 655 m1,930 ft 590 m1,820 ft 555 m1,600 ft 490 m1,390 ft 425 m1,280 ft 390 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.
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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

Fort Ritchie sits at about 1,450 ft (440 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
1,450 ft 440 m
few residents
Lowest
1,280 ft 390 m
on the northeast side
Highest
2,140 ft 655 m
on Quirauk Mountain
Average
1,500 ft 455 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Fort Ritchie spans about 860 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 (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
1,450 ft440 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on Quirauk Mountain
2,140 ft655 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side
1,280 ft390 m
Airport (HGR)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 11 mi west of the CDP boundary
703 ft214 m
Average of all land1,500 ft455 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.9 mi west to east through the middle of Fort Ritchie.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fort Ritchie, Maryland, shaded from 1,280 ft on the northeast side to 2,140 ft on Quirauk Mountain
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Washington County, Maryland, United States
Population
12 2020 Census
Land area
1.0 sq mi
Density
12 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.7037° N, 77.5064° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Blue Ridge
Drains to
Potomac River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Hagerstown Regional/Richard A Henson Field (HGR) 703 ft
ZIP codes 1
21719
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Fort Ritchie1,450 ft
  2. Highfield-Cascade1,420 ft
  3. Blue Ridge Summit, PA1,340 ft
  4. Sabillasville1,120 ft
  5. Edgemont830 ft
  6. Pen Mar, PA830 ft
  7. Ringgold740 ft
  8. Rouzerville, PA730 ft
  9. Washington Township, PA730 ft
  10. Greensburg690 ft
  11. Wayne Heights, PA660 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • High Point2,590 ft
  • Big Mountain2,460 ft
  • Rays Hill2,440 ft
  • Third Hill Mountain2,170 ft
  • Quirauk Mountain2,140 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • 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.
  • Fort Ritchie 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.