Manchester, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Manchester, Maryland, shaded from 790 ft on the north side to 1,100 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,100 ft 335 m1,030 ft 315 m990 ft 300 m910 ft 275 m830 ft 250 m790 ft 240 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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Manchester sits at about 940 ft (285 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
940 ft 285 m
most residents: 850–1,000 ft
Lowest
790 ft 240 m
on the north side
Highest
1,100 ft 335 m
on the southwest side
Average
950 ft 290 m
all land inside town limits

Manchester spans about 310 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
940 ft285 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the southwest side
1,100 ft335 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the north side
790 ft240 m
Town center
USGS map point for Manchester
990 ft300 m
Airport (DMW)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.1 mi southwest of the town limits
789 ft240 m
Average of all land950 ft290 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.6 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Manchester, Maryland, shaded from 790 ft on the north side to 1,100 ft on the southwest side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Carroll County, Maryland, United States
Population
5,440 2024 est.
Land area
2.4 sq mi
Density
2,256 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.6612° N, 76.8850° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Carroll County Regional/Jack B Poage Field (DMW) 789 ft
ZIP codes 1
21102
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Manchester940 ft
  2. Hampstead840 ft
  3. Manheim Township, York County, PA810 ft
  4. Codorus Township, PA780 ft
  5. West Manheim Township, PA750 ft
  6. Westminster740 ft
  7. Union Township, Adams County, PA660 ft
  8. Penn Township, York County, PA660 ft
  9. Parkville, PA660 ft
  10. Hanover, PA610 ft
  11. Pennville, PA580 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Big Mountain2,460 ft
  • Quirauk Mountain2,140 ft
  • Spook Hill790 ft
  • The Bunker590 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).
  • 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.