Frederick, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Frederick, Maryland, shaded from 240 ft on the east side to 560 ft on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
560 ft 170 m480 ft 145 m440 ft 135 m360 ft 110 m280 ft 85 m240 ft 70 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
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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Frederick sits at about 330 ft (100 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
330 ft 100 m
most residents: 290–430 ft
Lowest
240 ft 70 m
on the east side
Highest
560 ft 170 m
on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
330 ft 100 m
all land inside city limits

Frederick spans about 320 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
330 ft100 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
560 ft170 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
240 ft70 m
Town center
USGS map point for Frederick
280 ft85 m
Airport (FDK)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
309 ft94 m
Average of all land330 ft100 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Frederick, Maryland, shaded from 240 ft on the east side to 560 ft on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
City in Frederick County, Maryland, United States
Population
89,537 2024 est.
Land area
24.7 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
3,629 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.4143° N, 77.4105° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Potomac River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Frederick Municipal (FDK) 309 ft
ZIP codes 4
21701 21702 21703 21705
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Braddock Heights790 ft
  2. Middletown580 ft
  3. Jefferson540 ft
  4. Linganore450 ft
  5. Urbana450 ft
  6. Bartonsville400 ft
  7. Spring Ridge390 ft
  8. Buckeystown340 ft
  9. Frederick330 ft
  10. Walkersville310 ft
  11. Ballenger Creek310 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 population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city 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 city limits (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.
  • 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.