Middletown, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Middletown, Maryland, shaded from 390 ft on the southwest side to 810 ft on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
810 ft 250 m710 ft 215 m660 ft 200 m550 ft 170 m450 ft 135 m390 ft 120 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.
Click or tap anywhere
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

Middletown sits at about 580 ft (175 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
580 ft 175 m
most residents: 520–660 ft
Lowest
390 ft 120 m
on the southwest side
Highest
810 ft 250 m
on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
590 ft 180 m
all land inside town limits

Middletown spans about 420 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
580 ft175 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
810 ft250 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the southwest side
390 ft120 m
Town center
USGS map point for Middletown
560 ft170 m
Airport (FDK)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.7 mi east of the town limits
309 ft94 m
Average of all land590 ft180 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Middletown, Maryland, shaded from 390 ft on the southwest side to 810 ft on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Frederick County, Maryland, United States
Population
5,055 2024 est.
Land area
2.3 sq mi
Density
2,185 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.4437° N, 77.5447° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Blue Ridge
Drains to
Potomac River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Frederick Municipal (FDK) 309 ft
ZIP codes 1
21769
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Braddock Heights790 ft
  2. Myersville690 ft
  3. Trego-Rohrersville Station650 ft
  4. Gapland640 ft
  5. Rohrersville630 ft
  6. Brownsville580 ft
  7. Middletown580 ft
  8. Boonsboro560 ft
  9. Burkittsville550 ft
  10. Jefferson540 ft
  11. Frederick330 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • High Point2,590 ft
  • Big Mountain2,460 ft
  • Rays Hill2,440 ft
  • Third Hill Mountain2,170 ft
  • Quirauk Mountain2,140 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.