Elevation of Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America is 16 m (52 ft) above sea level.
Washington's height from sea level is 16 metres, or 52 feet. GeoNames reads 6 m at the same point (SRTM); Wikidata records 72 m.
Ground within 5 km
Mean 33 m across the 9.1 km square centred on the town, 114 m from its lowest cell to its highest.
Cross-section through Washington
Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 25.6 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Washington; the vertical scale is the same on both.
Shading is a north-west light over the grid's own slopes. Colour follows elevation: sea level and below, 0–200 m, 500 m, 1,000 m, 2,000 m, 3,500 m, 5,000 m and above.
Towns near Washington
| Town | Distance | Direction | Elevation | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arlington (Virginia) | 6.3 km | W | 86 m (282 ft) | +70 m |
| Alexandria (Virginia) | 10.1 km | S | 14 m (46 ft) | −2 m |
| Silver Spring (Maryland) | 10.7 km | N | 104 m (341 ft) | +88 m |
| Bethesda (Maryland) | 11.2 km | NW | 110 m (361 ft) | +94 m |
| MacLean (Virginia) | 12.9 km | W | 92 m (302 ft) | +76 m |
Peaks and passes near Washington
- Gantt Hill, peak at 155 m (509 ft), 17.3 km to the W — 139 m above the town.
- Mount Daniel, peak at 144 m (472 ft), 12.6 km to the W — 128 m above the town.
- Minor Hill, peak at 140 m (459 ft), 10.5 km to the W — 124 m above the town.
Summit heights from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), within 25 km; only summits higher than the town are listed.
Where Washington is
Latitude 38.8951118, longitude -77.0363658. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.
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About this reading
The elevation is the value of the GMTED2010 terrain grid (USGS/NGA, 30 arc-second cells of about 1 km) at Washington's recorded coordinates. It is the height of the ground in that cell, not of any building; a town on a slope spans several cells, and the range above says how much that matters here. GeoNames' reading of 6 m comes from a finer 90 m SRTM grid at the point it records for the town, which may sit a few hundred metres from ours; the two agreeing to within a few metres is the usual case on flat ground, and a larger gap means the ground is steep. Wikidata's figure is the one its editors cite for the town, often from a survey marker or the town hall.