Galestown, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Galestown, Maryland, shaded from 1 ft on the southeast side to 18 ft near the middle
Elevation
34 ft 10 m26 ft 8 m22 ft 7 m14 ft 4 m5 ft 2 m1 ft 0 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
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Measure
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Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Galestown sits at about 12 ft (4 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
12 ft 4 m
most residents: 7–13 ft
Lowest
1 ft 0 m
on the southeast side
Highest
18 ft 5 m
near the middle
Average
10 ft 3 m
all land inside town limits

Galestown is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 17 ft, so the figures below sit close together.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
12 ft4 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, near the middle
18 ft5 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the southeast side
1 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Galestown
12 ft4 m
Average of all land10 ft3 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Galestown, Maryland, shaded from 1 ft on the southeast side to 18 ft near the middle
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States
Population
115 2024 est.
Land area
0.2 sq mi
Density
489 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.5662° N, 75.7149° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Nanticoke River → Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Hurlock43 ft
  2. Seaford, DE28 ft
  3. Laurel, DE26 ft
  4. Mardela Springs24 ft
  5. Bethel, DE22 ft
  6. Brookview20 ft
  7. Blades, DE18 ft
  8. Sharptown16 ft
  9. Galestown12 ft
  10. Vienna10 ft
  11. Eldorado8 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Delia Hill11 ft
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).
  • 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.