Galena Township, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Galena Township, Indiana, shaded from 610 ft on the north side to 950 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
950 ft 290 m870 ft 265 m830 ft 250 m740 ft 225 m660 ft 200 m610 ft 185 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
Click or tap anywhere
The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Galena Township sits at about 750 ft (230 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
750 ft 230 m
most residents: 660–830 ft
Lowest
610 ft 185 m
on the north side
Highest
950 ft 290 m
on the southwest side
Average
750 ft 230 m
all land inside township boundaries

Galena Township spans about 340 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
750 ft230 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southwest side
950 ft290 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the north side
610 ft185 m
Airport (MGC)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.3 mi west of the township boundaries
655 ft200 m
Average of all land750 ft230 m

Elevation profile, south to north

4.5 mi south to north through the middle of Galena Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Galena Township, Indiana, shaded from 610 ft on the north side to 950 ft on the southwest side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in LaPorte County, Indiana, United States
Population
1,922 2024 est.
Land area
26.9 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
71 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.7270° N, 86.6459° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Airport
Michigan City Municipal-Phillips Field (MGC) 655 ft
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Rolling Prairie820 ft
  2. Saugany Lake800 ft
  3. Kankakee Township800 ft
  4. Wills Township800 ft
  5. Hudson Township790 ft
  6. Hudson Lake780 ft
  7. Galena Township750 ft
  8. Three Oaks, MI670 ft
  9. Three Oaks Township, MI670 ft
  10. Springfield Township, LaPorte County670 ft
  11. New Buffalo Township, MI620 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Vargo Hill890 ft
  • Reeves Hill880 ft
  • Mount Baldy720 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the township boundaries, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census township boundaries (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) 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).
  • 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 (FAA airport elevation, 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 and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.