North Chevy Chase, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of North Chevy Chase, Maryland, shaded from 230 ft on the north side to 300 ft on the north side
Elevation
300 ft 95 m290 ft 85 m280 ft 85 m260 ft 80 m240 ft 75 m230 ft 70 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
Village area
Fades everything outside the official village limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

North Chevy Chase sits at about 280 ft (85 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
280 ft 85 m
most residents: 260–290 ft
Lowest
230 ft 70 m
on the north side
Highest
300 ft 90 m
on the north side
Average
270 ft 85 m
all land inside village limits

North Chevy Chase spans about 70 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
280 ft85 m
Highest point
Inside village limits, on the north side
300 ft90 m
Lowest point
Inside village limits, on the north side
230 ft70 m
Town center
USGS map point for North Chevy Chase
280 ft85 m
Airport (DCA)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 10 mi south of the village limits
14 ft4 m
Average of all land270 ft85 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.3 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of North Chevy Chase, Maryland, shaded from 230 ft on the north side to 300 ft on the north side
Village limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Village in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States
Population
691 2024 est.
Land area
0.1 sq mi
Density
6,225 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.0007° N, 77.0728° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Potomac River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl (DCA) 14 ft
ZIP codes 1
20815
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Forest Glen350 ft
  2. Chevy Chase Section Three350 ft
  3. Town of Chevy Chase330 ft
  4. Martin's Additions320 ft
  5. Bethesda320 ft
  6. Chevy Chase Section Five310 ft
  7. Chevy Chase View300 ft
  8. Kensington300 ft
  9. Chevy Chase290 ft
  10. North Chevy Chase280 ft
  11. South Kensington280 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Quirauk Mountain2,140 ft
  • Hunting Hill515 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the village 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 village 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.