Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Maryland
• Level 2: Prince George's County

Current local time in Lanham:

08:05 AM, Saturday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Lanham on map:^[1]

Lanham GPS coordinates^[2]

38° 58' 7.5" North, 76° 51' 48.24" West

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	39.51331°,	-77.56653°
Center:	38.96875°,	-76.8634°
Lower-right:	38.41997°,	-76.16028°
Map W x H:	121.6×121.6 km	= 75.6×75.6mi

max Lat:	71.29058°   ⇑55.2% North
Lanham:	38.96875°
min Lat:	⇓44.8% South 19.06759°

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min Long	Lanham	max Long
-171.73463°	-76.8634°	-66.98998°
W 81.2%⇐		⇒18.8% E

Elevation

Elevation of Lanham is 47 m = 154 ft, and this is 247.8 m = 813 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	3189 m = 10463 ft	79.9%
Avg.	294.8 m = 967 ft
Lanham	47 m = 154 ft
Min E:	-60 m = -197 ft	20.1%

See also: United States elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Lanham is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this Northern Tropic circle is 1727 km =1073.1 mi to South.

Distance of	km	miles	from Lanham
North Pole	5674.1	3525.7	to North
Arctic Circle	3068.3	1906.6	to North
Tropic Cancer	1727	1073.1	to South
Equator	4332.9	2692.3	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around Lanham: (largest is in red/bold)

• Berwyn Heights 4.9 km =3 mi, 304°
• East Riverdale 5.1 km =3.2 mi, 261°
• Edmonston 6.3 km =3.9 mi, 247°
• Glenarden 4.4 km =2.7 mi, 178°
• Glenn Dale 4.3 km =2.7 mi, 60°
• Goddard 2.5 km =1.6 mi, 20°
• Greenbelt 4.1 km =2.5 mi, 345°
• Landover 4.8 km =3 mi, 216°
• Landover Hills 3.8 km =2.4 mi, 221°
• Lanham-Seabrook 1.1 km =0.7 mi, 92°
• New Carrollton 1.4 km =0.9 mi, 274°
• Riverdale Park 5.9 km =3.7 mi, 264°
• Seabrook 1.5 km =0.9 mi, 93°
• Springdale 4.1 km =2.5 mi, 148°
• Woodlawn 3.2 km =2 mi, 228°