Elkhart County, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Elkhart County, Indiana, shaded from 720 ft on the northwest side to 1,050 ft on Buzzard Hill
Elevation
1,050 ft 320 m960 ft 295 m920 ft 280 m840 ft 255 m760 ft 230 m720 ft 220 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

Elkhart County averages about 830 ft (255 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 720 ft on the northwest side to 1,050 ft on Buzzard Hill.

Average elevation
830 ft 255 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,050 ft 320 m
on Buzzard Hill
Lowest
720 ft 220 m
on the northwest side

Elkhart County spans about 330 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 land830 ft255 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Buzzard Hill (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
1,050 ft320 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
720 ft220 m

Elevation profile, south to north

22 mi south to north through Concord Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Elkhart County, Indiana, shaded from 720 ft on the northwest side to 1,050 ft on Buzzard Hill
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Indiana, United States
Population
207,436 2024 est.
Land area
463.2 sq mi + 4.8 sq mi water
Density
448 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Great Lakes 92%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Noble County930 ft
  2. LaGrange County920 ft
  3. Kosciusko County860 ft
  4. St. Joseph County, MI850 ft
  5. Cass County, MI840 ft
  6. Elkhart County830 ft
  7. Marshall County800 ft
  8. St. Joseph County770 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Buzzard Hill1,050 ft
  • Sugar Hill890 ft
All 28 towns in Elkhart County by typical elevation
  1. Middlebury Township890 ft
  2. Clinton Township, Elkhart County890 ft
  3. Millersburg890 ft
  4. Middlebury890 ft
  5. Locke Township870 ft
  6. Nappanee870 ft
  7. Union Township, Elkhart County870 ft
  8. Benton Township, Elkhart County860 ft
  9. Wakarusa850 ft
  10. Olive Township, Elkhart County840 ft
  11. York Township830 ft
  12. Benton830 ft
  13. Harrison Township, Elkhart County830 ft
  14. Jackson Township, Elkhart County820 ft
  15. New Paris820 ft
  16. Jefferson Township810 ft
  17. Elkhart Township800 ft
  18. Goshen800 ft
  19. Vistula790 ft
  20. Simonton Lake780 ft
  21. Dunlap780 ft
  22. Bristol770 ft
  23. Osolo Township770 ft
  24. Washington Township, Elkhart County770 ft
  25. Cleveland Township760 ft
  26. Concord Township760 ft
  27. Elkhart760 ft
  28. Baugo Township750 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.
  • 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.