National, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of National, Maryland, shaded from 1,720 ft on the southwest side to 1,910 ft on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
1,910 ft 580 m1,860 ft 565 m1,840 ft 560 m1,790 ft 545 m1,750 ft 530 m1,720 ft 525 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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How to use this mapviews, tools and data
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

National sits at about 1,770 ft (540 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
1,770 ft 540 m
few residents
Lowest
1,720 ft 525 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,910 ft 580 m
on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
1,780 ft 540 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

National spans about 190 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 (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
1,770 ft540 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
1,910 ft580 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
1,720 ft525 m
Town center
USGS map point for National
1,780 ft540 m
Average of all land1,780 ft540 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.2 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of National, Maryland, shaded from 1,720 ft on the southwest side to 1,910 ft on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Allegany County, Maryland, United States
Population
52 2020 Census
Land area
0.2 sq mi
Density
331 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.6090° N, 78.9403° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
North Branch Potomac River → Potomac River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
21532
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Vale Summit2,130 ft
  2. Midlothian2,020 ft
  3. Carlos2,010 ft
  4. Klondike1,950 ft
  5. Grahamtown1,900 ft
  6. Shaft1,810 ft
  7. Woodland1,780 ft
  8. National1,770 ft
  9. Ocean1,740 ft
  10. Midland1,720 ft
  11. Gilmore1,670 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Turkey Mountain2,800 ft
  • Martin Hill2,770 ft
  • Wills Mountain2,770 ft
  • High Knob2,640 ft
  • High Point2,590 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • 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.
  • National 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.