page_title: Salisbury, Maryland
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Salisbury, Maryland / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Taken on location August 20, 2006. On border of Delmar, MD &amp; Salisbury, MD at Leonards Mill Pond.
context_page_description: Salisbury is a city in and the county seat of Wicomico County, Maryland, United States, and the largest city in the state's Eastern Shore region. The population was 30,343 at the 2010 census. Salisbury is the principal city of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city is the commercial hub of the Delmarva Peninsula, which was long devoted to agriculture and had a southern culture. It calls itself "The Comfortable Side of Coastal".
context_section_description: Salisbury is located at 38°21′57″N 75°35′36″W (38.365806, -75.593361).
  According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 13.87 square miles (35.92 km²), of which 13.40 square miles (34.71 km²) is land and 0.47 square miles (1.22 km²) is water.  The city has a varying elevation of 17 to 45 feet (5.2 to 13.7 m) above sea level.
  The nearest major cities to Salisbury are Baltimore 106 miles (171 km); Washington, D.C. 119 miles (192 km), Philadelphia 128 miles (206 km), Norfolk 132 miles (212 km), and Wilmington 96 miles (154 km).
caption: Sign at northern entrance on U.S. Route 13.
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