Piney Point, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Piney Point, Maryland, shaded from 0 ft on the west side to 13 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
33 ft 10 m25 ft 8 m21 ft 6 m12 ft 4 m4 ft 1 m0 ft 0 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
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Measure
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Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Piney Point sits at about 6 ft (2 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
6 ft 2 m
most residents: 5–7 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
on the west side
Highest
13 ft 4 m
on the northwest side
Average
5 ft 2 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Piney Point is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 13 ft, so the figures below sit close together.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
6 ft2 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
13 ft4 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Piney Point
9 ft3 m
Average of all land5 ft2 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Piney Point, Maryland, shaded from 0 ft on the west side to 13 ft on the northwest side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States
Population
980 2020 Census
Land area
1.5 sq mi + 0.4 sq mi water
Density
653 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.1423° N, 76.5075° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 2
20674 20690
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Wildewood120 ft
  2. Leonardtown100 ft
  3. California99 ft
  4. Callaway98 ft
  5. Chesapeake Ranch Estates94 ft
  6. Lexington Park91 ft
  7. Drum Point26 ft
  8. Solomons18 ft
  9. Piney Point6 ft
  10. Tall Timbers5 ft
  11. St. George Island3 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Blue Gull Hill97 ft
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).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, −1 ft at 38.1601° N, 76.5174° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.
  • Piney Point 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.