Newark, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Newark, Maryland, shaded from 6 ft on the east side to 44 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
44 ft 14 m35 ft 11 m30 ft 9 m21 ft 6 m11 ft 3 m6 ft 2 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Newark sits at about 34 ft (10 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
34 ft 10 m
most residents: 30–36 ft
Lowest
6 ft 2 m
on the east side
Highest
44 ft 13 m
on the northeast side
Average
31 ft 10 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Newark spans about 38 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
34 ft10 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side
44 ft13 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
6 ft2 m
Town center
USGS map point for Newark
34 ft10 m
Airport (SBY)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 12 mi northwest of the CDP boundary
53 ft16 m
Average of all land31 ft10 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Newark, Maryland, shaded from 6 ft on the east side to 44 ft on the northeast side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Worcester County, Maryland, United States
Population
401 2020 Census
Land area
9.4 sq mi
Density
42 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.2507° N, 75.2910° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional (SBY) 53 ft
ZIP codes 2
21811 21841
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Pittsville48 ft
  2. Willards36 ft
  3. Girdletree34 ft
  4. Newark34 ft
  5. Whaleyville33 ft
  6. Powellville33 ft
  7. Berlin27 ft
  8. Snow Hill16 ft
  9. Ocean Pines9 ft
  10. West Ocean City6 ft
  11. Ocean City5 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.
  • Newark 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.