Worcester County, MD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Worcester County, Maryland, shaded from sea level on Chincoteague Bay to 120 ft near the middle
Elevation
120 ft 35 m88 ft 27 m73 ft 22 m44 ft 13 m15 ft 4 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Worcester County averages about 22 ft (7 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on Chincoteague Bay to 120 ft near the middle.

Average elevation
22 ft 7 m
all land inside the county
Highest
120 ft 35 m
near the middle
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Chincoteague Bay

Worcester County spans about 120 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.

FigureElevation
Average of all land22 ft7 m
Highest point
Inside the county, near the middle
120 ft35 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Chincoteague Bay
0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, west to east

17 mi west to east through Ocean Pines.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Worcester County, Maryland, shaded from sea level on Chincoteague Bay to 120 ft near the middle
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
County in Maryland, United States
Population
54,337 2024 est.
Land area
468.3 sq mi + 226.6 sq mi water
Density
116 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain 97%
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Sussex County, DE32 ft
  2. Wicomico County31 ft
  3. Worcester County22 ft
  4. Accomack County, VA16 ft
  5. Somerset County10 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 11 towns in Worcester County by typical elevation
  1. Girdletree34 ft
  2. Newark34 ft
  3. Whaleyville33 ft
  4. Stockton30 ft
  5. Berlin27 ft
  6. Bishopville24 ft
  7. Pocomoke City21 ft
  8. Snow Hill16 ft
  9. Ocean Pines9 ft
  10. West Ocean City6 ft
  11. Ocean City5 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. 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, −9 ft at 38.0904° N, 75.4893° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • 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.