Laurel, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Laurel, Maryland, shaded from 110 ft on the southeast side to 350 ft on the west side
Elevation
350 ft 105 m290 ft 90 m260 ft 80 m200 ft 60 m140 ft 45 m110 ft 35 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

Laurel sits at about 220 ft (65 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
220 ft 65 m
most residents: 140–280 ft
Lowest
110 ft 35 m
on the southeast side
Highest
350 ft 105 m
on the west side
Average
210 ft 65 m
all land inside city limits

Laurel spans about 240 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
220 ft65 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
350 ft105 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
110 ft35 m
Town center
USGS map point for Laurel
170 ft50 m
Airport (BWI)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 10 mi northeast of the city limits
143 ft44 m
Average of all land210 ft65 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Laurel, Maryland, shaded from 110 ft on the southeast side to 350 ft on the west 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
30,238 2024 est.
Land area
4.8 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
6,359 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.0993° N, 76.8483° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Patuxent River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI) 143 ft
ZIP codes 2
20707 20708
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Burtonsville440 ft
  2. Fulton410 ft
  3. Scaggsville360 ft
  4. West Laurel360 ft
  5. Savage280 ft
  6. North Laurel260 ft
  7. Konterra250 ft
  8. Laurel220 ft
  9. Jessup210 ft
  10. South Laurel180 ft
  11. Maryland City180 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Quirauk Mountain2,140 ft
  • Chestnut Hill, Howard County540 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.