Savage, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Savage, Maryland, shaded from 130 ft near the middle to 360 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
360 ft 110 m300 ft 90 m270 ft 85 m220 ft 65 m160 ft 50 m130 ft 40 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.
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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

Savage sits at about 280 ft (85 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
280 ft 85 m
most residents: 190–300 ft
Lowest
130 ft 40 m
near the middle
Highest
360 ft 110 m
on the northeast side
Average
270 ft 80 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Savage spans about 230 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
280 ft85 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side
360 ft110 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, near the middle
130 ft40 m
Town center
USGS map point for Savage
210 ft65 m
Airport (BWI)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.5 mi east of the CDP boundary
143 ft44 m
Average of all land270 ft80 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.8 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Savage, Maryland, shaded from 130 ft near the middle to 360 ft on the northeast side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Howard County, Maryland, United States
Population
7,542 2020 Census
Land area
2.7 sq mi
Density
2,757 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.1379° N, 76.8239° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Patuxent River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI) 143 ft
ZIP codes 2
20763 20794
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Fulton410 ft
  2. Columbia380 ft
  3. Scaggsville360 ft
  4. West Laurel360 ft
  5. Savage280 ft
  6. North Laurel260 ft
  7. Laurel220 ft
  8. Jessup210 ft
  9. Fort Meade210 ft
  10. South Laurel180 ft
  11. Maryland City180 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Quirauk Mountain2,140 ft
  • Chestnut Hill, Howard County540 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.
  • Savage 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.