Melwood, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Melwood, Maryland, shaded from 150 ft on the east side to 430 ft near the middle
Elevation
430 ft 130 m360 ft 110 m320 ft 100 m250 ft 75 m180 ft 55 m150 ft 45 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
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

Melwood sits at about 240 ft (70 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
240 ft 70 m
most residents: 170–250 ft
Lowest
150 ft 45 m
on the east side
Highest
430 ft 130 m
near the middle
Average
230 ft 70 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Melwood spans about 280 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
240 ft70 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, near the middle
430 ft130 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
150 ft45 m
Airport (DCA)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 10 mi west of the CDP boundary
14 ft4 m
Average of all land230 ft70 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.4 mi south to north through the middle of Melwood.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Melwood, Maryland, shaded from 150 ft on the east side to 430 ft near the middle
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States
Population
3,977 2020 Census
Land area
2.8 sq mi
Density
1,406 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.8030° N, 76.8477° 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 1
20772
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Andrews AFB260 ft
  2. Morningside260 ft
  3. District Heights260 ft
  4. Forestville250 ft
  5. Camp Springs250 ft
  6. Melwood240 ft
  7. Clinton230 ft
  8. Rosaryville220 ft
  9. Westphalia190 ft
  10. Marlton160 ft
  11. Queensland140 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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.
  • Melwood 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.