Morningside, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Morningside, Maryland, shaded from 190 ft on the northwest side to 290 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
290 ft 90 m270 ft 80 m250 ft 75 m230 ft 70 m200 ft 60 m190 ft 60 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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Morningside sits at about 260 ft (80 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
260 ft 80 m
most residents: 230–270 ft
Lowest
190 ft 60 m
on the northwest side
Highest
290 ft 90 m
on the southeast side
Average
250 ft 75 m
all land inside town limits

Morningside spans about 100 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
260 ft80 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the southeast side
290 ft90 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the northwest side
190 ft60 m
Town center
USGS map point for Morningside
270 ft80 m
Airport (DCA)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.4 mi west of the town limits
14 ft4 m
Average of all land250 ft75 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.2 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Morningside, Maryland, shaded from 190 ft on the northwest side to 290 ft on the southeast side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States
Population
1,235 2024 est.
Land area
0.6 sq mi
Density
2,178 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.8301° N, 76.8914° 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
20746
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Suitland270 ft
  2. Silver Hill270 ft
  3. Andrews AFB260 ft
  4. Morningside260 ft
  5. District Heights260 ft
  6. Forestville250 ft
  7. Camp Springs250 ft
  8. Melwood240 ft
  9. Walker Mill230 ft
  10. Temple Hills230 ft
  11. Coral Hills220 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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.