THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Chesapeake Rolling Coastal Plain setting.
Prince George's County has 482.6 square miles of land in Maryland. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Prince George's County: Chesapeake Rolling Coastal Plain, Chesapeake-Pamlico Lowlands and Tidal Marshes, Piedmont Uplands.
Irregular plains of sand, silt and clay support a mix of pine and hardwood landscapes. The region has more relief than the lower coastal plain, with generally gentle stream gradients.
Regional context: Southeastern Plains ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Prince George's County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Chesapeake Rolling Coastal Plain98%
- Chesapeake-Pamlico Lowlands and Tidal Marshes1.8%
- Piedmont Uplands0.3%
Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain in Prince George's County
Low coastal plains contain terraces, estuaries, marshes and barrier islands. Unconsolidated sediments underlie this varied coastal setting, with forest patterns changing near streams and low-lying areas.
Read the regional source ↗Northern Piedmont in Prince George's County
Rounded low hills, open valleys and irregular plains form a transition between Appalachian highlands and the coastal plain. The underlying geology mixes metamorphic, igneous and sedimentary rocks.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Prince George's County
The atlas lists 85 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Prince George's County, including Croom, Baden, Accokeek. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Prince George's County by land and water
The Census records 16.2 square miles of water within Prince George's County, or 3.3% of its total area. That share is close to Prince George's County’s 3.3%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Prince George's County has 48.7 times the land area of nearby Westphalia CDP (9.91 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Anne Arundel County, Calvert County, Charles County, Howard County, Montgomery County within Maryland. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

