Monroe County, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Monroe County, Indiana, shaded from 490 ft on the south side to 1,000 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,000 ft 305 m870 ft 265 m810 ft 245 m680 ft 205 m550 ft 170 m490 ft 150 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
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Monroe County averages about 740 ft (225 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 490 ft on the south side to 1,000 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
740 ft 225 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,000 ft 305 m
on the west side
Lowest
490 ft 150 m
on the south side

Monroe County spans about 510 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 land740 ft225 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
1,000 ft305 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
490 ft150 m

Elevation profile, west to east

17 mi west to east through Bloomington.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Monroe County, Indiana, shaded from 490 ft on the south side to 1,000 ft on the west side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Indiana, United States
Population
140,702 2024 est.
Land area
394.5 sq mi + 16.8 sq mi water
Density
357 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform regions
Interior Low Plateaus 78%, Central Lowland 22%
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. Brown County760 ft
  2. Monroe County740 ft
  3. Morgan County720 ft
  4. Owen County680 ft
  5. Lawrence County660 ft
  6. Jackson County620 ft
  7. Greene County590 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Bald Knob, Monroe County890 ft
  • Jimmy Sexton Hill800 ft
  • Pike Hill770 ft
  • Depot Hill720 ft
All 17 towns in Monroe County by typical elevation
  1. Van Buren Township840 ft
  2. Bloomington Township810 ft
  3. Bloomington800 ft
  4. Indian Creek Township, Monroe County790 ft
  5. Richland Township790 ft
  6. Stanford780 ft
  7. Perry Township, Monroe County770 ft
  8. Ellettsville760 ft
  9. Benton Township740 ft
  10. Washington Township, Monroe County720 ft
  11. Polk Township, Monroe County710 ft
  12. Bean Blossom Township700 ft
  13. Salt Creek Township680 ft
  14. Harrodsburg660 ft
  15. Clear Creek Township660 ft
  16. Smithville-Sanders640 ft
  17. Stinesville610 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, 490 ft at 38.9940° N, 86.5143° 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.