Highland Beach, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Highland Beach, Maryland, shaded from sea level level on Cherrytree Cove to 47 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
47 ft 14 m35 ft 11 m29 ft 9 m18 ft 5 m6 ft 2 m0 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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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Highland Beach sits at about 24 ft (7 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
24 ft 7 m
most residents: 4–45 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Cherrytree Cove
Highest
47 ft 14 m
on the northwest side
Average
21 ft 6 m
all land inside town limits

Highland Beach spans about 47 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
24 ft7 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the northwest side
47 ft14 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Cherrytree Cove
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Highland Beach
17 ft5 m
Average of all land21 ft6 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Highland Beach, Maryland, shaded from sea level level on Cherrytree Cove to 47 ft on the northwest side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States
Population
107 2024 est.
Land area
0.1 sq mi
Density
1,877 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.9304° N, 76.4658° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
21403
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Arnold66 ft
  2. Parole64 ft
  3. Riva49 ft
  4. Annapolis37 ft
  5. Naval Academy37 ft
  6. Edgewater26 ft
  7. Highland Beach24 ft
  8. Annapolis Neck19 ft
  9. Galesville18 ft
  10. Mayo13 ft
  11. Shady Side7 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Eagle Hill160 ft
  • Mount Misery150 ft
  • Brewers Hill130 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).
  • 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, −1 ft at 38.9318° N, 76.4649° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.