Bartholomew County, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bartholomew County, Indiana, shaded from 570 ft on the south side to 1,020 ft on Taylor Hill
Elevation
1,020 ft 310 m900 ft 275 m850 ft 260 m740 ft 225 m630 ft 190 m570 ft 175 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

Bartholomew County averages about 680 ft (205 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 570 ft on the south side to 1,020 ft on Taylor Hill.

Average elevation
680 ft 205 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,020 ft 310 m
on Taylor Hill
Lowest
570 ft 175 m
on the south side

Bartholomew County spans about 450 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 land680 ft205 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Taylor Hill (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
1,020 ft310 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
570 ft175 m

Elevation profile, west to east

21 mi west to east through Columbus Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bartholomew County, Indiana, shaded from 570 ft on the south side to 1,020 ft on Taylor Hill
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Indiana, United States
Population
84,741 2024 est.
Land area
406.9 sq mi + 2.6 sq mi water
Density
208 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform regions
Central Lowland 68%, Interior Low Plateaus 32%
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. Decatur County900 ft
  2. Shelby County790 ft
  3. Johnson County770 ft
  4. Brown County760 ft
  5. Jennings County710 ft
  6. Bartholomew County680 ft
  7. Jackson County620 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Taylor Hill, Bartholomew County1,020 ft
  • Patterson Hill990 ft
  • Dowell Hill960 ft
  • Guffy Hill950 ft
  • Gilmore Hill940 ft
All 32 towns in Bartholomew County by typical elevation
  1. Hartsville750 ft
  2. Grandview Lake730 ft
  3. Haw Creek Township730 ft
  4. Hope730 ft
  5. Schaefer Lake720 ft
  6. Clifty Township720 ft
  7. Harrison Lake720 ft
  8. Grammer710 ft
  9. Rock Creek Township690 ft
  10. Harrison Township, Bartholomew County690 ft
  11. Newbern690 ft
  12. Edinburgh partly670 ft
  13. Flat Rock Township670 ft
  14. Pleasant View Village660 ft
  15. Ohio Township, Bartholomew County660 ft
  16. Clifford660 ft
  17. German Township, Bartholomew County660 ft
  18. Petersville660 ft
  19. Taylorsville650 ft
  20. Clay Township, Bartholomew County650 ft
  21. Elizabethtown640 ft
  22. Columbus640 ft
  23. Columbus Township640 ft
  24. Wayne Township, Bartholomew County630 ft
  25. Jackson Township, Bartholomew County630 ft
  26. Sand Creek Township620 ft
  27. Bethel Village610 ft
  28. Mineral Springs610 ft
  29. Walesboro600 ft
  30. Waynesville600 ft
  31. Azalia590 ft
  32. Jonesville590 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; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. 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, 520 ft at 39.1621° N, 85.7807° 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.