Thurmont, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Thurmont, Maryland, shaded from 380 ft on the south side to 930 ft on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
930 ft 285 m790 ft 240 m720 ft 220 m580 ft 180 m450 ft 135 m380 ft 115 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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Thurmont sits at about 500 ft (155 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
500 ft 155 m
most residents: 460–610 ft
Lowest
380 ft 115 m
on the south side
Highest
930 ft 285 m
on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
520 ft 155 m
all land inside town limits

Thurmont spans about 550 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
500 ft155 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
930 ft285 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the south side
380 ft115 m
Town center
USGS map point for Thurmont
520 ft160 m
Average of all land520 ft155 m
Nearest peak
Quirauk Mountain, 6.5 mi northwest of the town limits
2,140 ft655 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.3 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Thurmont, Maryland, shaded from 380 ft on the south side to 930 ft on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Frederick County, Maryland, United States
Population
6,308 2024 est.
Land area
3.1 sq mi
Density
2,026 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.6237° N, 77.4108° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Blue Ridge
Drains to
Monocacy River → Potomac River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
21788
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Fort Ritchie1,450 ft
  2. Highfield-Cascade1,420 ft
  3. Blue Ridge Summit, PA1,340 ft
  4. Sabillasville1,120 ft
  5. Edgemont830 ft
  6. Pen Mar, PA830 ft
  7. Thurmont500 ft
  8. Graceham460 ft
  9. Emmitsburg430 ft
  10. Lewistown410 ft
  11. Woodsboro370 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 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.