Lisbon, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lisbon, Maryland, shaded from 510 ft on the east side to 750 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
750 ft 230 m690 ft 210 m660 ft 200 m600 ft 185 m540 ft 165 m510 ft 155 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Lisbon sits at about 620 ft (190 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
620 ft 190 m
most residents: 540–650 ft
Lowest
510 ft 155 m
on the east side
Highest
750 ft 230 m
on the northwest side
Average
590 ft 180 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Lisbon 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
620 ft190 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
750 ft230 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
510 ft155 m
Town center
USGS map point for Lisbon
590 ft180 m
Average of all land590 ft180 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lisbon, Maryland, shaded from 510 ft on the east side to 750 ft on the northwest side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Howard County, Maryland, United States
Population
282 2020 Census
Land area
1.5 sq mi
Density
191 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.3362° N, 77.0711° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Patuxent River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
21797
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Mount Airy760 ft
  2. Damascus690 ft
  3. Lisbon620 ft
  4. Green Valley600 ft
  5. Laytonsville590 ft
  6. Eldersburg570 ft
  7. Sykesville530 ft
  8. New Market530 ft
  9. Monrovia510 ft
  10. Highland480 ft
  11. Brookeville400 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Big Mountain2,460 ft
  • Third Hill Mountain2,170 ft
  • Quirauk Mountain2,140 ft
  • Annapolis Rock, Howard County600 ft
  • The Bunker590 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Lisbon is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.