St. James, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of St. James, Maryland, shaded from 430 ft on the southeast side to 590 ft on the north side
Elevation
590 ft 180 m550 ft 170 m530 ft 160 m490 ft 150 m450 ft 135 m430 ft 130 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.
Click or tap anywhere
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

St. James sits at about 510 ft (155 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
510 ft 155 m
most residents: 480–530 ft
Lowest
430 ft 130 m
on the southeast side
Highest
590 ft 180 m
on the north side
Average
500 ft 155 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

St. James spans about 160 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
510 ft155 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
590 ft180 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
430 ft130 m
Town center
USGS map point for St. James
450 ft140 m
Airport (HGR)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.8 mi north of the CDP boundary
703 ft214 m
Average of all land500 ft155 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.9 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of St. James, Maryland, shaded from 430 ft on the southeast side to 590 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 Washington County, Maryland, United States
Population
4,757 2020 Census
Land area
6.0 sq mi
Density
787 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.5626° N, 77.7580° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Potomac River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Hagerstown Regional/Richard A Henson Field (HGR) 703 ft
ZIP codes 3
21733 21740 21781
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Halfway580 ft
  2. Breathedsville520 ft
  3. St. James510 ft
  4. Tilghmanton490 ft
  5. Funkstown490 ft
  6. Downsville480 ft
  7. Fairplay460 ft
  8. Bakersville430 ft
  9. Williamsport420 ft
  10. Kemps Mill410 ft
  11. Mercersville390 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • High Point2,590 ft
  • Big Mountain2,460 ft
  • Rays Hill2,440 ft
  • Third Hill Mountain2,170 ft
  • Quirauk Mountain2,140 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.
  • St. James 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.