Rossville, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rossville, Maryland, shaded from 18 ft on the south side to 280 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
280 ft 85 m210 ft 65 m180 ft 55 m120 ft 35 m50 ft 15 m18 ft 5 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Rossville sits at about 110 ft (30 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
110 ft 30 m
most residents: 51–170 ft
Lowest
18 ft 5 m
on the south side
Highest
280 ft 85 m
on the northwest side
Average
110 ft 35 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Rossville spans about 262 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
110 ft30 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
280 ft85 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
18 ft5 m
Airport (MTN)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.9 mi southeast of the CDP boundary
22 ft7 m
Average of all land110 ft35 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.3 mi south to north through the middle of Rossville.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rossville, Maryland, shaded from 18 ft on the south side to 280 ft on the northwest side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States
Population
16,029 2020 Census
Land area
5.4 sq mi
Density
2,980 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.3549° N, 76.4819° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Martin State (MTN) 22 ft
ZIP codes 2
21236 21237
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Parkville360 ft
  2. Carney340 ft
  3. Perry Hall230 ft
  4. Honeygo200 ft
  5. Overlea180 ft
  6. White Marsh150 ft
  7. Rossville110 ft
  8. Rosedale100 ft
  9. Middle River49 ft
  10. Essex22 ft
  11. Bowleys Quarters13 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Quirauk Mountain2,140 ft
  • Lawyers Hill270 ft
  • Federal Hill, Baltimore city82 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).
  • 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.
  • Rossville 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.