Gambrills, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Gambrills, Maryland, shaded from 10 ft on the southeast side to 240 ft on the west side
Elevation
240 ft 75 m190 ft 55 m160 ft 50 m97 ft 30 m39 ft 12 m10 ft 3 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
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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

Gambrills sits at about 97 ft (30 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
97 ft 30 m
most residents: 79–180 ft
Lowest
10 ft 3 m
on the southeast side
Highest
240 ft 75 m
on the west side
Average
110 ft 35 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Gambrills spans about 230 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
97 ft30 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
240 ft75 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
10 ft3 m
Airport (BWI)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.6 mi north of the CDP boundary
143 ft44 m
Average of all land110 ft35 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.9 mi west to east through the middle of Gambrills.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Gambrills, Maryland, shaded from 10 ft on the southeast side to 240 ft on the west side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States
Population
3,034 2020 Census
Land area
7.6 sq mi
Density
402 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.0965° N, 76.6449° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI) 143 ft
ZIP codes 3
21054 21108 21144
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Fort Meade210 ft
  2. Odenton170 ft
  3. Severn150 ft
  4. Ferndale100 ft
  5. Gambrills97 ft
  6. Arden on the Severn68 ft
  7. Severna Park64 ft
  8. Glen Burnie62 ft
  9. Pasadena50 ft
  10. Crownsville49 ft
  11. Herald Harbor38 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Quirauk Mountain2,140 ft
  • Lawyers Hill270 ft
  • Eagle Hill160 ft
  • Mount Misery150 ft
  • Brewers Hill130 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).
  • 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, 4 ft at 39.0821° N, 76.6279° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.
  • Gambrills 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.