Washington County, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

2,140 ft 655 m1,660 ft 505 m1,420 ft 435 m950 ft 290 m470 ft 140 m230 ft 70 m

Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 ft

USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau

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How to use this mapviews, tools and data

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.
County area: Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Washington County averages about 640 ft (195 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 230 ft on the southeast side to 2,140 ft on Quirauk Mountain.

Average elevation

640 ft 195 m

all land inside the county

Highest

2,140 ft 655 m

on Quirauk Mountain

Lowest

230 ft 70 m

on the southeast side

Washington County spans about 1,910 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

Figure	Elevation
Average of all land	640 ft195 m
Highest point Inside the county, on Quirauk Mountain (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)	2,140 ft655 m
Lowest point Inside the county, on the southeast side	230 ft70 m

Elevation profile, west to east

43 mi west to east through Hagerstown.

Topographic Map

Location: County in Maryland, United States
Population: 157,228 2024 est.
Land area: 457.8 sq mi + 9.6 sq mi water
Density: 343 per sq mi
Time zone: Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region: Valley and Ridge 96%
Drains to: Atlantic Ocean

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

Rankings by average elevation

Counties in Maryland4th highest of 23
Counties in the United States2,147th highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

Quirauk Mountain2,140 ft
Hearthstone Mountain2,010 ft
Black Rock, Washington County1,850 ft
Raven Rock1,690 ft
Fairview Mountain1,680 ft

All 61 towns in Washington County by typical elevation

Fort Ritchie1,450 ft
Highfield-Cascade1,420 ft
Edgemont830 ft
Jugtown810 ft
Smithsburg790 ft
Ringgold740 ft
Pondsville730 ft
Bagtown720 ft
Middleburg710 ft
Cavetown690 ft
Greensburg690 ft
Yarrowsburg670 ft
Mount Lena660 ft
Mount Aetna660 ft
Chewsville650 ft
Trego-Rohrersville Station650 ft
Gapland640 ft
Mapleville640 ft
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills640 ft
Rohrersville630 ft
Mount Briar620 ft
Maugansville620 ft
Robinwood590 ft
Reid590 ft
Leitersburg580 ft
Paramount-Long Meadow580 ft
Brownsville580 ft
Halfway580 ft
Clear Spring570 ft
San Mar570 ft
Hagerstown570 ft
Boonsboro560 ft
Beaver Creek550 ft
Dargan540 ft
Garretts Mill540 ft
Fairview540 ft
Indian Springs530 ft
Breathedsville520 ft
St. James510 ft
Hancock510 ft
Cearfoss500 ft
Tilghmanton490 ft
Funkstown490 ft
Pinesburg480 ft
Charlton480 ft
Wilson-Conococheague480 ft
Downsville480 ft
Pecktonville470 ft
Fairplay460 ft
Eakles Mill450 ft
Big Spring450 ft
Keedysville440 ft
Sharpsburg430 ft
Big Pool430 ft
Bakersville430 ft
Williamsport420 ft
Ernstville420 ft
Sandy Hook420 ft
Kemps Mill410 ft
Mercersville390 ft
Antietam330 ft

How we measure

Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
Highest and lowest: the highest land cell; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 210 ft at 39.6229° N, 77.8674° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.