Franklin, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Franklin, Maryland, shaded from 980 ft on the south side to 2,020 ft on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
2,020 ft 615 m1,760 ft 535 m1,630 ft 495 m1,370 ft 415 m1,110 ft 340 m980 ft 300 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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

Franklin sits at about 1,130 ft (345 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,130 ft 345 m
most residents: 1,010–1,280 ft
Lowest
980 ft 300 m
on the south side
Highest
2,020 ft 615 m
on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
1,240 ft 380 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Franklin spans about 1,040 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
1,130 ft345 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
2,020 ft615 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
980 ft300 m
Town center
USGS map point for Franklin
1,000 ft305 m
Average of all land1,240 ft380 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.6 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Franklin, Maryland, shaded from 980 ft on the south side to 2,020 ft on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Allegany County, Maryland, United States
Population
253 2020 Census
Land area
0.3 sq mi
Density
917 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.4981° N, 79.0461° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
North Branch Potomac River → Potomac River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
21562
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Detmold1,510 ft
  2. Nikep1,380 ft
  3. Moscow1,310 ft
  4. Barton1,270 ft
  5. Franklin1,130 ft
  6. Bloomington1,090 ft
  7. Westernport1,090 ft
  8. Luke1,000 ft
  9. Piedmont, WV980 ft
  10. McCoole900 ft
  11. Keyser, WV860 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Turkey Mountain2,800 ft
  • Martin Hill2,770 ft
  • Wills Mountain2,770 ft
  • High Knob2,640 ft
  • High Point2,590 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.
  • Franklin 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.