Kane County, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kane County, Illinois, shaded from 610 ft on the south side to 1,070 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,070 ft 325 m950 ft 290 m890 ft 275 m780 ft 240 m670 ft 205 m610 ft 185 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Kane County averages about 810 ft (250 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 610 ft on the south side to 1,070 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
810 ft 250 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,070 ft 325 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
610 ft 185 m
on the south side

Kane County spans about 460 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 land810 ft250 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
1,070 ft325 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
610 ft185 m

Elevation profile, south to north

30 mi south to north through Aurora.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kane County, Illinois, shaded from 610 ft on the south side to 1,070 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Illinois, United States
Population
520,997 2024 est.
Land area
519.4 sq mi + 4.8 sq mi water
Density
1,003 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. McHenry County870 ft
  2. DeKalb County830 ft
  3. Kane County810 ft
  4. DuPage County730 ft
  5. Cook County660 ft
  6. Kendall County650 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Johnsons Mound890 ft
All 46 towns in Kane County by typical elevation
  1. Lily Lake940 ft
  2. Burlington920 ft
  3. Burlington Township920 ft
  4. Pingree Grove920 ft
  5. Hampshire910 ft
  6. Hampshire Township910 ft
  7. Rutland Township910 ft
  8. Gilberts900 ft
  9. Plato Township890 ft
  10. Carpentersville890 ft
  11. Huntley partly890 ft
  12. Algonquin partly880 ft
  13. Virgil870 ft
  14. Dundee Township870 ft
  15. Virgil Township870 ft
  16. Maple Park860 ft
  17. Campton Township850 ft
  18. Barrington Hills partly840 ft
  19. Elburn830 ft
  20. Campton Hills830 ft
  21. East Dundee810 ft
  22. Elgin800 ft
  23. Sleepy Hollow800 ft
  24. Elgin Township800 ft
  25. Bartlett partly790 ft
  26. Kaneville Township790 ft
  27. Kaneville780 ft
  28. West Dundee780 ft
  29. South Elgin780 ft
  30. Blackberry Township770 ft
  31. St. Charles Township770 ft
  32. St. Charles770 ft
  33. Wayne partly760 ft
  34. Geneva750 ft
  35. Geneva Township740 ft
  36. Batavia720 ft
  37. Batavia Township720 ft
  38. Sugar Grove710 ft
  39. Prestbury710 ft
  40. North Aurora710 ft
  41. Big Rock Township700 ft
  42. Big Rock700 ft
  43. Aurora700 ft
  44. Sugar Grove Township690 ft
  45. Aurora Township690 ft
  46. Montgomery partly660 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 600 ft at 41.8018° N, 88.3171° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties 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 county 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 county.
  • 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, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.