Sykesville, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sykesville, Maryland, shaded from 340 ft on the south side to 650 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
650 ft 200 m580 ft 175 m540 ft 165 m460 ft 140 m380 ft 115 m340 ft 105 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
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Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Sykesville sits at about 530 ft (160 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
530 ft 160 m
most residents: 470–580 ft
Lowest
340 ft 105 m
on the south side
Highest
650 ft 200 m
on the northwest side
Average
510 ft 155 m
all land inside town limits

Sykesville spans about 310 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
530 ft160 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the northwest side
650 ft200 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the south side
340 ft105 m
Town center
USGS map point for Sykesville
540 ft165 m
Average of all land510 ft155 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.3 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sykesville, Maryland, shaded from 340 ft on the south side to 650 ft on the northwest side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Carroll County, Maryland, United States
Population
4,622 2024 est.
Land area
1.6 sq mi
Density
2,892 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.3737° N, 76.9678° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Patapsco River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
21784
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Mount Airy760 ft
  2. Reisterstown650 ft
  3. Lisbon620 ft
  4. Eldersburg570 ft
  5. Owings Mills560 ft
  6. Randallstown540 ft
  7. Sykesville530 ft
  8. Garrison510 ft
  9. Milford Mill490 ft
  10. Pikesville460 ft
  11. Ellicott City410 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Quirauk Mountain2,140 ft
  • Annapolis Rock, Howard County600 ft
  • The Bunker590 ft
  • Chestnut Hill, Howard County540 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town limits, 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 town limits (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.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.