The city lies within a shallow valley created by Big Creek, a tributary of the St. Francis River, which flows along Annapolis' southwestern boundary. It has a total area of 0.37 square miles, and an average elevation of 653 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20110220065340/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref> | The city lies within a shallow valley created by Big Creek, a tributary of the St. Francis River, which flows along Annapolis' southwestern boundary. It has a total area of 0.37 square miles, and an average elevation of 653 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20110220065340/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref> |