Hyattsville, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hyattsville, Maryland, shaded from 5 ft on the southeast side to 180 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
180 ft 55 m140 ft 40 m110 ft 35 m70 ft 21 m27 ft 8 m5 ft 2 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

Hyattsville sits at about 81 ft (25 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
81 ft 25 m
most residents: 46–120 ft
Lowest
5 ft 2 m
on the southeast side
Highest
180 ft 55 m
on the northwest side
Average
80 ft 24 m
all land inside city limits

Hyattsville spans about 175 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
81 ft25 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
180 ft55 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
5 ft2 m
Town center
USGS map point for Hyattsville
110 ft30 m
Airport (DCA)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.9 mi southwest of the city limits
14 ft4 m
Average of all land80 ft24 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.5 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hyattsville, Maryland, shaded from 5 ft on the southeast side to 180 ft on the northwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States
Population
21,052 2024 est.
Land area
2.7 sq mi
Density
7,783 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.9559° N, 76.9455° 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
20781 20782
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Bladensburg110 ft
  2. East Riverdale100 ft
  3. University Park91 ft
  4. Hyattsville81 ft
  5. Mount Rainier59 ft
  6. Riverdale Park33 ft
  7. Cottage City31 ft
  8. Colmar Manor29 ft
  9. Brentwood26 ft
  10. Edmonston18 ft
  11. North Brentwood16 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Quirauk Mountain2,140 ft
  • Hunting Hill515 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.