Frederick County, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Frederick County, Maryland, shaded from 140 ft on the northeast side to 1,910 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,910 ft 585 m1,470 ft 450 m1,250 ft 380 m810 ft 245 m370 ft 110 m140 ft 45 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Frederick County averages about 610 ft (185 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 140 ft on the northeast side to 1,910 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
610 ft 185 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,910 ft 585 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
140 ft 45 m
on the northeast side

Frederick County spans about 1,770 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land610 ft185 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
1,910 ft585 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
140 ft45 m

Elevation profile, south to north

33 mi south to north through Frederick.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Frederick County, Maryland, shaded from 140 ft on the northeast side to 1,910 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in Maryland, United States
Population
299,317 2024 est.
Land area
660.7 sq mi + 6.8 sq mi water
Density
453 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform regions
Piedmont 64%, Blue Ridge 33%
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Franklin County, PA890 ft
  2. Adams County, PA740 ft
  3. Carroll County650 ft
  4. Washington County640 ft
  5. Frederick County610 ft
  6. Loudoun County, VA470 ft
  7. Howard County450 ft
  8. Montgomery County410 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Catoctin Mountain1,880 ft
  • Salamander Rock1,840 ft
  • Bobs Hill1,750 ft
  • Piney Mountain, Frederick County1,720 ft
  • Black Rock, Frederick County1,710 ft
All 28 towns in Frederick County by typical elevation
  1. Sabillasville1,120 ft
  2. Braddock Heights790 ft
  3. Mount Airy partly760 ft
  4. Myersville690 ft
  5. Green Valley600 ft
  6. Middletown580 ft
  7. Burkittsville550 ft
  8. Jefferson540 ft
  9. Libertytown540 ft
  10. New Market530 ft
  11. Monrovia510 ft
  12. Thurmont500 ft
  13. Rosemont480 ft
  14. Graceham460 ft
  15. Linganore450 ft
  16. Urbana450 ft
  17. Brunswick430 ft
  18. Emmitsburg430 ft
  19. Lewistown410 ft
  20. Bartonsville400 ft
  21. Spring Ridge390 ft
  22. Woodsboro370 ft
  23. Buckeystown340 ft
  24. Frederick330 ft
  25. Adamstown320 ft
  26. Walkersville310 ft
  27. Ballenger Creek310 ft
  28. Point of Rocks290 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • 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, −74 ft at 39.3951° N, 77.3943° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.