McLean, VA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of McLean, Virginia, shaded from 37 ft on the east side to 470 ft on Mount Daniel
Elevation
470 ft 145 m360 ft 110 m310 ft 95 m200 ft 60 m91 ft 28 m37 ft 11 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

McLean sits at about 300 ft (90 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
300 ft 90 m
most residents: 240–360 ft
Lowest
37 ft 11 m
on the east side
Highest
470 ft 145 m
on Mount Daniel
Average
280 ft 85 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

McLean spans about 433 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
300 ft90 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on Mount Daniel
470 ft145 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
37 ft11 m
Town center
USGS map point for McLean
280 ft85 m
Airport (IAD)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 9.3 mi west of the CDP boundary
312 ft95 m
Average of all land280 ft85 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of McLean, Virginia, shaded from 37 ft on the east side to 470 ft on Mount Daniel
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States
Population
50,773 2020 Census
Land area
24.8 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
2,048 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.9343° N, 77.1775° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Potomac River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Washington Dulles International (IAD) 312 ft
ZIP codes 5
22043 22046 22066 22101 22102
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Dunn Loring420 ft
  2. Tysons420 ft
  3. Idylwood410 ft
  4. Pimmit Hills360 ft
  5. Falls Church330 ft
  6. Seven Corners320 ft
  7. West Falls Church310 ft
  8. McLean300 ft
  9. Brookmont, MD270 ft
  10. Cabin John, MD170 ft
  11. Glen Echo, MD140 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Sugarloaf3,450 ft
  • Third Hill Mountain2,170 ft
  • Quirauk Mountain2,140 ft
  • Mount Daniel470 ft
  • Prospect Hill, Fairfax County386 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.
  • McLean 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.