Riverdale Park, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Riverdale Park, Maryland, shaded from 8 ft on the south side to 170 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
170 ft 50 m130 ft 40 m110 ft 35 m70 ft 21 m29 ft 9 m9 ft 3 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
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Riverdale Park sits at about 33 ft (10 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
33 ft 10 m
most residents: 25–69 ft
Lowest
8 ft 3 m
on the south side
Highest
170 ft 50 m
on the northeast side
Average
45 ft 14 m
all land inside town limits

Riverdale Park spans about 162 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
33 ft10 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the northeast side
170 ft50 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the south side
8 ft3 m
Town center
USGS map point for Riverdale Park
40 ft12 m
Airport (DCA)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 8.9 mi southwest of the town limits
14 ft4 m
Average of all land45 ft14 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.3 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Riverdale Park, Maryland, shaded from 8 ft on the south side to 170 ft on the northeast side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States
Population
7,296 2024 est.
Land area
1.6 sq mi
Density
4,594 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.9634° N, 76.9316° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Potomac River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl (DCA) 14 ft
ZIP codes 1
20737
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Bladensburg110 ft
  2. East Riverdale100 ft
  3. College Park96 ft
  4. University Park91 ft
  5. Hyattsville81 ft
  6. Riverdale Park33 ft
  7. Cottage City31 ft
  8. Colmar Manor29 ft
  9. Brentwood26 ft
  10. Edmonston18 ft
  11. North Brentwood16 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Quirauk Mountain2,140 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town 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 town 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. All public domain.