Quantico, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Quantico, Maryland, shaded from 0 ft on the southwest side to 21 ft on the north 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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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Quantico sits at about 13 ft (4 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
13 ft 4 m
few residents
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
on the southwest side
Highest
21 ft 7 m
on the north side
Average
13 ft 4 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Quantico is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 21 ft, so the figures below sit close together.

FigureElevation
Typical (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
13 ft4 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
21 ft7 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Quantico
18 ft5 m
Airport (SBY)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 13 mi east of the CDP boundary
53 ft16 m
Average of all land13 ft4 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Quantico, Maryland, shaded from 0 ft on the southwest side to 21 ft on the north side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States
Population
148 2020 Census
Land area
2.1 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
70 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.3743° N, 75.7424° 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
21830 21856
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Hebron39 ft
  2. Fruitland35 ft
  3. Salisbury31 ft
  4. Eden26 ft
  5. Mardela Springs24 ft
  6. Allen20 ft
  7. Tyaskin16 ft
  8. Quantico13 ft
  9. Bivalve12 ft
  10. Vienna10 ft
  11. Whitehaven3 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Backbone Hill49 ft
  • Ryles Hill30 ft
  • Dunker Hill16 ft
  • Sand Hill13 ft
  • Delia Hill11 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • 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 38.3646° N, 75.7615° 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.
  • Quantico 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.