Swanton, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Swanton, Maryland, shaded from 2,290 ft on the southeast side to 2,570 ft on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
2,570 ft 785 m2,500 ft 760 m2,470 ft 750 m2,400 ft 730 m2,330 ft 710 m2,290 ft 700 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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

Swanton sits at about 2,440 ft (745 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,440 ft 745 m
most residents: 2,290–2,490 ft
Lowest
2,290 ft 700 m
on the southeast side
Highest
2,570 ft 785 m
on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
2,410 ft 735 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Swanton spans about 280 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
2,440 ft745 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside
2,570 ft785 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
2,290 ft700 m
Town center
USGS map point for Swanton
2,310 ft705 m
Average of all land2,410 ft735 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.6 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Swanton, Maryland, shaded from 2,290 ft on the southeast side to 2,570 ft on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Garrett County, Maryland, United States
Population
66 2020 Census
Land area
0.4 sq mi
Density
172 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.4590° N, 79.2309° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
North Branch Potomac River → Potomac River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
21561
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Deer Park2,510 ft
  2. Mountain Lake Park2,480 ft
  3. Loch Lynn Heights2,450 ft
  4. Oakland2,440 ft
  5. Swanton2,440 ft
  6. Elk Garden, WV2,290 ft
  7. Kitzmiller1,620 ft
  8. Bloomington1,090 ft
  9. Westernport1,090 ft
  10. Luke1,000 ft
  11. Piedmont, WV980 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Job Knob4,460 ft
  • Turkey Mountain2,800 ft
  • Martin Hill2,770 ft
  • Wills Mountain2,770 ft
  • High Knob2,640 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.
  • Swanton 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.