Hancock, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hancock, Maryland, shaded from 390 ft near the middle to 760 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
760 ft 230 m670 ft 205 m620 ft 190 m530 ft 160 m440 ft 135 m390 ft 120 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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Hancock sits at about 510 ft (155 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
510 ft 155 m
most residents: 430–650 ft
Lowest
390 ft 120 m
near the middle
Highest
760 ft 230 m
on the northeast side
Average
550 ft 165 m
all land inside town limits

Hancock spans about 370 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
510 ft155 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the northeast side
760 ft230 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, near the middle
390 ft120 m
Town center
USGS map point for Hancock
440 ft135 m
Airport (W35)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.2 mi southeast of the town limits
413 ft126 m
Average of all land550 ft165 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.7 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hancock, Maryland, shaded from 390 ft near the middle to 760 ft on the northeast side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Washington County, Maryland, United States
Population
1,570 2024 est.
Land area
3.0 sq mi
Density
530 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.6990° N, 78.1797° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Potomac River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Potomac Airpark (W35) 413 ft
ZIP codes 1
21750
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Union Township, Fulton County, PA1,010 ft
  2. Bethel Township, Fulton County, PA780 ft
  3. Thompson Township, PA700 ft
  4. Bath (Berkeley Springs), WV640 ft
  5. Warfordsburg, PA570 ft
  6. Indian Springs530 ft
  7. Hancock510 ft
  8. Great Cacapon, WV500 ft
  9. Pecktonville470 ft
  10. Big Pool430 ft
  11. Ernstville420 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Martin Hill2,770 ft
  • Wills Mountain2,770 ft
  • High Point2,590 ft
  • Big Mountain2,460 ft
  • Third Hill Mountain2,170 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, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.