Greenbelt, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Greenbelt, Maryland, shaded from 36 ft on the southwest side to 250 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
250 ft 75 m200 ft 60 m170 ft 50 m120 ft 35 m62 ft 19 m36 ft 11 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Greenbelt sits at about 140 ft (45 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
140 ft 45 m
most residents: 79–200 ft
Lowest
36 ft 11 m
on the southwest side
Highest
250 ft 75 m
on the northwest side
Average
130 ft 40 m
all land inside city limits

Greenbelt spans about 214 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
140 ft45 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
250 ft75 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
36 ft11 m
Town center
USGS map point for Greenbelt
160 ft50 m
Airport (DCA)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 11 mi southwest of the city limits
14 ft4 m
Average of all land130 ft40 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.9 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Greenbelt, Maryland, shaded from 36 ft on the southwest side to 250 ft on the northwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States
Population
24,843 2024 est.
Land area
6.2 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
3,988 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.0046° N, 76.8755° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Potomac River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl (DCA) 14 ft
ZIP codes 2
20706 20770
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Beltsville230 ft
  2. Woodlawn, Prince George's County180 ft
  3. Seabrook170 ft
  4. Glenn Dale160 ft
  5. Lanham160 ft
  6. Greenbelt140 ft
  7. New Carrollton130 ft
  8. Berwyn Heights110 ft
  9. East Riverdale100 ft
  10. College Park96 ft
  11. Riverdale Park33 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Quirauk Mountain2,140 ft
  • Lawyers Hill270 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.