Pike County, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pike County, Illinois, shaded from 420 ft on the southeast side to 880 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
880 ft 270 m770 ft 235 m710 ft 215 m590 ft 180 m480 ft 145 m420 ft 130 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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Measure
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County area
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Elevation Data

Pike County averages about 600 ft (185 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 420 ft on the southeast side to 880 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation
600 ft 185 m
all land inside the county
Highest
880 ft 270 m
on the northeast side
Lowest
420 ft 125 m
on the southeast side

Pike 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 land600 ft185 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
880 ft270 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
420 ft125 m

Elevation profile, west to east

32 mi west to east through Pittsfield.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pike County, Illinois, shaded from 420 ft on the southeast side to 880 ft on the northeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Illinois, United States
Population
14,258 2024 est.
Land area
831.4 sq mi + 17.5 sq mi water
Density
17 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. Ralls County, MO680 ft
  2. Pike County, MO670 ft
  3. Adams County660 ft
  4. Brown County630 ft
  5. Marion County, MO620 ft
  6. Morgan County620 ft
  7. Pike County600 ft
  8. Calhoun County570 ft
  9. Greene County540 ft
  10. Scott County540 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Calvert Hill740 ft
  • Pilot Knob, Pike County740 ft
All 42 towns in Pike County by typical elevation
  1. Baylis850 ft
  2. New Salem Township800 ft
  3. New Salem790 ft
  4. El Dara740 ft
  5. Hadley Township740 ft
  6. Derry Township730 ft
  7. Pittsfield Township730 ft
  8. Pittsfield730 ft
  9. Barry720 ft
  10. Barry Township710 ft
  11. Fairmount Township710 ft
  12. Martinsburg Township700 ft
  13. Newburg Township690 ft
  14. Griggsville680 ft
  15. Atlas Township680 ft
  16. Griggsville Township680 ft
  17. Montezuma Township650 ft
  18. Milton650 ft
  19. Detroit640 ft
  20. Hardin Township630 ft
  21. Detroit Township630 ft
  22. Perry590 ft
  23. Perry Township590 ft
  24. Flint Township560 ft
  25. Chambersburg Township530 ft
  26. Kinderhook530 ft
  27. Pearl Township510 ft
  28. Spring Creek Township490 ft
  29. Nebo490 ft
  30. Pleasant Hill Township480 ft
  31. Pearl480 ft
  32. Pleasant Vale Township480 ft
  33. New Canton470 ft
  34. Florence470 ft
  35. Kinderhook Township470 ft
  36. Hull470 ft
  37. Pleasant Hill460 ft
  38. Levee Township460 ft
  39. Rockport460 ft
  40. Cincinnati Township, Pike County460 ft
  41. Ross Township, Pike County450 ft
  42. Valley City440 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, 280 ft at 39.8060° N, 90.7504° 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.