Kent County, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kent County, Maryland, shaded from sea level on Chesapeake Bay to 100 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
100 ft 30 m79 ft 24 m66 ft 20 m39 ft 12 m13 ft 4 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Kent County averages about 46 ft (14 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on Chesapeake Bay to 100 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
46 ft 14 m
all land inside the county
Highest
100 ft 30 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Chesapeake Bay

Kent County spans about 100 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land46 ft14 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
100 ft30 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Chesapeake Bay
0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, south to north

16 mi south to north through Chestertown.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kent County, Maryland, shaded from sea level on Chesapeake Bay to 100 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Maryland, United States
Population
19,557 2024 est.
Land area
276.9 sq mi + 136.5 sq mi water
Density
71 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain 95%
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Baltimore County430 ft
  2. Harford County310 ft
  3. Cecil County170 ft
  4. New Castle County, DE95 ft
  5. Anne Arundel County89 ft
  6. Queen Anne's County47 ft
  7. Kent County46 ft
  8. Kent County, DE39 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Daves Hill80 ft
All 14 towns in Kent County by typical elevation
  1. Butlertown88 ft
  2. Worton77 ft
  3. Still Pond77 ft
  4. Betterton71 ft
  5. Kennedyville70 ft
  6. Galena66 ft
  7. Fairlee46 ft
  8. Georgetown41 ft
  9. Chestertown36 ft
  10. Chesapeake Landing29 ft
  11. Tolchester26 ft
  12. Millington26 ft
  13. Edesville24 ft
  14. Rock Hall8 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • 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, −3 ft at 39.3718° N, 76.0993° 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: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.