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Washington, D.C. elevation

Washington, D.C., United States elevation is 6 meters and Washington, D.C. elevation in feet is 20 ft above sea level [src 1]. Washington, D.C. is a capital of a political entity (feature code) with elevation that is 273 meters (896 ft) smaller than average city elevation in United States.

Below is the Elevation map of Washington, D.C., which displays elevation range with different colors. Scale of the first map is from -12 to 118 m (-39 to 387 ft) with average elevation of 26.7 meters (=88 ft) [note 1]
These maps also provides idea of topography and contour of this city, they are displayed at different zoom levels. More info about maps, scale and edge coordinates you can find below images.

#1 Washington, D.C. elevation map:[src 2-3]
Washington, D.C. elevation map
#2 Zoom out 2x:[src 2-3]
Zoom OUT 2x Washington, D.C., United States elevation map
Washington, D.C. Topographic map:[src 2-3]
Topographic map of Washington, D.C.
Map data:
\ Map #1 Map #2 Topo.Map
Scale [m] -12..118 m -29..132 m ×
Scale [ft] -39..387 ft -95..433 ft ×
Average 26.7 m = 88 ft 46.5 m = 153 ft ×
Width 7.61 km = 4.7 mi 15.21 km = 9.5 mi 243.4 km = 151.2 mi
Height 7.61 km = 4.7 mi 15.21 km = 9.5 mi 243.4 km = 151.2 mi
↑Max Latitude 38.929304° 38.963482° 39.98113°
Latitude at center 38.89511° 38.89511° 38.89511°
↓Min Latitude 38.860899° 38.826672° 37.79222°
← Min Longitude -77.080315° -77.124261° -78.44262°
Longitude center -77.03637° -77.03637° -77.03637°
→Max Longitude -76.992425° -76.948479° -75.63012°

Nearby cities:

Cities around Washington, D.C. sort by population:

Arlington elevation 83 m 6.1 km, 255°
Chillum 48 m 8.6 km, 27°
Shaw 30 m 2.3 km, 34°
Adams Morgan 55 m 3 km, 350°
Rosslyn 37 m 3.1 km, 273°
Chevy Chase 108 m 8.1 km, 340°
Mount Rainier 29 m 8 km, 50°
Bloomingdale 30 m 3.2 km, 41°
Friendship Village 105 m 8.8 km, 328°
Brookmont 42 m 8.9 km, 305°
Brentwood 8 m 8.7 km, 52°
Colmar Manor 11 m 8.9 km, 61°

Multilingual:

En español:
Washington elevación 6 m.

En France:
Washington élévation 6 m.

Auf Deutsch:
Washington höhe über dem Meeresspiegel ist 6 m.

На русском:
Вашингтон высота над уровнем моря 6 м

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