South Laurel, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of South Laurel, Maryland, shaded from 94 ft on the east side to 280 ft on the west side
Elevation
280 ft 85 m230 ft 70 m210 ft 65 m160 ft 50 m120 ft 35 m94 ft 29 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

South Laurel sits at about 180 ft (55 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
180 ft 55 m
most residents: 140–220 ft
Lowest
94 ft 29 m
on the east side
Highest
280 ft 85 m
on the west side
Average
170 ft 50 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

South Laurel spans about 186 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
180 ft55 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
280 ft85 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
94 ft29 m
Town center
USGS map point for South Laurel
150 ft45 m
Airport (BWI)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 11 mi northeast of the CDP boundary
143 ft44 m
Average of all land170 ft50 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.1 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of South Laurel, Maryland, shaded from 94 ft on the east side to 280 ft on the west side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States
Population
29,602 2020 Census
Land area
8.1 sq mi
Density
3,667 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.0698° N, 76.8503° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Patuxent River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI) 143 ft
ZIP codes 3
20705 20707 20708
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Burtonsville440 ft
  2. West Laurel360 ft
  3. Calverton300 ft
  4. Savage280 ft
  5. North Laurel260 ft
  6. Konterra250 ft
  7. Beltsville230 ft
  8. Laurel220 ft
  9. South Laurel180 ft
  10. Maryland City180 ft
  11. Greenbelt140 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Quirauk Mountain2,140 ft
  • Chestnut Hill, Howard County540 ft
  • Lawyers Hill270 ft
  • Mount Misery150 ft
  • Brewers Hill130 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.
  • South Laurel 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.