Mille Lacs Reservation, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mille Lacs Reservation, Minnesota, shaded from 880 ft on the east side to 1,370 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,370 ft 420 m1,250 ft 380 m1,190 ft 360 m1,070 ft 325 m940 ft 285 m880 ft 270 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Area
Fades everything outside the official reservation boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Mille Lacs Reservation averages about 1,270 ft (385 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 880 ft on the east side to 1,370 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
1,270 ft 385 m
all land inside the reservation
Highest
1,370 ft 420 m
on the west side
Lowest
880 ft 270 m
on the east side

Mille Lacs Reservation spans about 490 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land1,270 ft385 m
Highest point
Inside the reservation, on the west side
1,370 ft420 m
Lowest point
Inside the reservation, on the east side
880 ft270 m

Elevation profile, south to north

12 mi south to north through Kathio Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mille Lacs Reservation, Minnesota, shaded from 880 ft on the east side to 1,370 ft on the west side
Census reservation boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Reservation, with off-reservation trust land in Minnesota, United States (U.S. Census Bureau)
Population
4,767 2020 Census
Land area
98.8 sq mi + 62.9 sq mi water
Density
48 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland 97%
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearest tribal lands nearest, by average

  1. Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community2,590 ft
  2. Minnesota Chippewa Trust Land1,400 ft
  3. Leech Lake Reservation1,330 ft
  4. Fond du Lac Reservation1,300 ft
  5. Mille Lacs Reservation1,270 ft
  6. St. Croix Reservation, WI1,090 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Bear Hill980 ft
All 15 towns in the reservation by typical elevation
  1. Vineland1,300 ft
  2. Kathio Township1,280 ft
  3. Isle1,270 ft
  4. South Harbor Township1,270 ft
  5. Lakeside Township partly1,270 ft
  6. Spalding Township partly1,260 ft
  7. Isle Harbor Township1,260 ft
  8. Wahkon1,260 ft
  9. Onamia1,260 ft
  10. Shamrock Township partly1,240 ft
  11. Turner Township partly1,230 ft
  12. Ogema Township partly1,020 ft
  13. Barry Township partly1,010 ft
  14. Arlone Township partly990 ft
  15. Pokegama Township partly960 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census reservation boundary (TIGER/Line AIANNH, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Name: the Census Bureau's legal or statistical area name, as published; the nation's own name may differ.
  • Population: 2020 Census residents of the blocks inside the boundary.
  • Nearby Places: nearest tribal lands and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the reservation with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the reservation.
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.