Potomac Heights, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Potomac Heights, Maryland, shaded from 0 ft near the middle to 120 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
120 ft 35 m90 ft 27 m75 ft 23 m45 ft 14 m15 ft 5 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
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

Potomac Heights sits at about 81 ft (25 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
81 ft 25 m
most residents: 75–81 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
near the middle
Highest
120 ft 35 m
on the southeast side
Average
46 ft 14 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Potomac Heights spans about 120 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
81 ft25 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
120 ft35 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, near the middle
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Potomac Heights
77 ft24 m
Airport (2W5)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.6 mi east of the CDP boundary
175 ft53 m
Average of all land46 ft14 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.7 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Potomac Heights, Maryland, shaded from 0 ft near the middle to 120 ft on the southeast side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Charles County, Maryland, United States
Population
1,036 2020 Census
Land area
1.1 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
966 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.6087° N, 77.1405° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Potomac River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Maryland (2W5) 175 ft
ZIP codes 1
20640
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Bensville190 ft
  2. Pomfret180 ft
  3. Accokeek170 ft
  4. Bryans Road160 ft
  5. Fort Belvoir, VA120 ft
  6. Cherry Hill, VA110 ft
  7. Leesylvania, VA98 ft
  8. Woodbridge, VA92 ft
  9. Potomac Heights81 ft
  10. Indian Head34 ft
  11. Mason Neck, VA33 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Sugarloaf3,450 ft
  • Rose Hill160 ft
  • Stretchmark Hill160 ft
  • Ellenboro Hill130 ft
  • Bunker Hill130 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 38.6088° N, 77.1440° 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.
  • Potomac Heights 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.