Kankakee County, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kankakee County, Illinois, shaded from 520 ft on the southwest side to 810 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
810 ft 245 m730 ft 225 m700 ft 215 m630 ft 190 m560 ft 170 m520 ft 160 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

Kankakee County averages about 650 ft (195 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 520 ft on the southwest side to 810 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
650 ft 195 m
all land inside the county
Highest
810 ft 245 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
520 ft 160 m
on the southwest side

Kankakee County spans about 290 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 land650 ft195 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
810 ft245 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
520 ft160 m

Elevation profile, south to north

20 mi south to north through Bourbonnais Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kankakee County, Illinois, shaded from 520 ft on the southwest side to 810 ft on the southwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Illinois, United States
Population
106,410 2024 est.
Land area
676.5 sq mi + 4.8 sq mi water
Density
157 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. Ford County750 ft
  2. Livingston County680 ft
  3. Newton County, IN670 ft
  4. Iroquois County670 ft
  5. Will County660 ft
  6. Lake County, IN660 ft
  7. Kankakee County650 ft
  8. Grundy County590 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Pilot Hill750 ft
  • Mount Langham731 ft
All 38 towns in Kankakee County by typical elevation
  1. Grant Park700 ft
  2. Yellowhead Township700 ft
  3. Cabery partly700 ft
  4. Sumner Township690 ft
  5. Bourbonnais680 ft
  6. Hopkins Park680 ft
  7. Manteno Township680 ft
  8. Manteno670 ft
  9. Pembroke Township670 ft
  10. St. Anne670 ft
  11. Bourbonnais Township670 ft
  12. Chebanse partly660 ft
  13. St. Anne Township660 ft
  14. Irwin660 ft
  15. Herscher650 ft
  16. Pilot Township650 ft
  17. Buckingham650 ft
  18. Bradley650 ft
  19. Limestone Township, Kankakee County650 ft
  20. Norton Township640 ft
  21. Limestone640 ft
  22. Rockville Township640 ft
  23. Otto Township630 ft
  24. Bonfield630 ft
  25. Ganeer Township630 ft
  26. Sammons Point630 ft
  27. Momence Township630 ft
  28. Momence630 ft
  29. Kankakee630 ft
  30. Kankakee Township630 ft
  31. Salina Township620 ft
  32. Sun River Terrace620 ft
  33. Aroma Township620 ft
  34. Union Hill620 ft
  35. Aroma Park620 ft
  36. Reddick610 ft
  37. Essex590 ft
  38. Essex Township590 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, 420 ft at 41.2115° N, 87.8413° 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.