Prince George's County, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

440 ft 135 m330 ft 100 m280 ft 85 m170 ft 50 m55 ft 17 m0 ft 0 m

Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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.
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.
County area: Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Prince George's County averages about 150 ft (45 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on Jug Bay to 440 ft on the north side.

Average elevation

150 ft 45 m

all land inside the county

Highest

440 ft 135 m

on the north side

Lowest

0 ft 0 m

at sea level on Jug Bay

Prince George's County spans about 440 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

Figure	Elevation
Average of all land	150 ft45 m
Highest point Inside the county, on the north side	440 ft135 m
Lowest point Where the land meets Jug Bay	0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, west to east

15 mi west to east through Bowie.

Topographic Map

Location: County in Maryland, United States
Population: 966,629 2024 est.
Land area: 482.6 sq mi + 16.2 sq mi water
Density: 2,003 per sq mi
Time zone: Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region: Coastal Plain 95%
Drains to: Atlantic Ocean

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

Rankings by average elevation

Counties in Maryland11th highest of 23
Counties in the United States2,846th highest of 3,151

All 85 towns in Prince George's County by typical elevation

West Laurel360 ft
Calverton partly300 ft
Hillandale partly280 ft
Suitland270 ft
Silver Hill270 ft
Marlow Heights260 ft
Andrews AFB260 ft
Morningside260 ft
District Heights260 ft
Hillcrest Heights260 ft
Konterra250 ft
Forestville250 ft
Camp Springs250 ft
Melwood240 ft
Walker Mill230 ft
Clinton230 ft
Temple Hills230 ft
Beltsville230 ft
Coral Hills220 ft
Brandywine220 ft
Laurel220 ft
Rosaryville220 ft
Cedarville200 ft
Friendly200 ft
Westphalia190 ft
Adelphi180 ft
South Laurel180 ft
Oxon Hill180 ft
Woodlawn, Prince George's County180 ft
Summerfield170 ft
Langley Park170 ft
Capitol Heights170 ft
Springdale170 ft
Seabrook170 ft
Accokeek170 ft
Marlton160 ft
Fairwood160 ft
Glenn Dale160 ft
Lanham160 ft
Glassmanor160 ft
Glenarden150 ft
Peppermill Village150 ft
Croom140 ft
Baden140 ft
Lake Arbor140 ft
Greenbelt140 ft
Landover Hills140 ft
Queensland140 ft
Mitchellville130 ft
Woodmore130 ft
Bowie130 ft
New Carrollton130 ft
Maryland Park130 ft
Aquasco120 ft
Brock Hall120 ft
Largo120 ft
Kettering120 ft
Marlboro Meadows120 ft
National Harbor120 ft
Cheverly110 ft
Berwyn Heights110 ft
Bladensburg110 ft
Queen Anne110 ft
Seat Pleasant110 ft
Landover110 ft
East Riverdale100 ft
Forest Heights100 ft
Chillum100 ft
Fort Washington99 ft
College Park96 ft
Fairmount Heights96 ft
Cedar Heights95 ft
Brown Station93 ft
University Park91 ft
Hyattsville81 ft
Marlboro Village61 ft
Mount Rainier59 ft
Upper Marlboro55 ft
Riverdale Park33 ft
Cottage City31 ft
Colmar Manor29 ft
Brentwood26 ft
Edmonston18 ft
Eagle Harbor17 ft
North Brentwood16 ft

How we measure

Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
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 38.6962° N, 77.0315° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.