Parke County, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Parke County, Indiana, shaded from 460 ft on the southwest side to 840 ft on the east side
Elevation
840 ft 255 m750 ft 225 m700 ft 215 m600 ft 185 m510 ft 155 m460 ft 140 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

Parke County averages about 640 ft (195 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 460 ft on the southwest side to 840 ft on the east side.

Average elevation
640 ft 195 m
all land inside the county
Highest
840 ft 255 m
on the east side
Lowest
460 ft 140 m
on the southwest side

Parke County spans about 380 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 land640 ft195 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the east side
840 ft255 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
460 ft140 m

Elevation profile, west to east

20 mi west to east through Adams Township, Parke County.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Parke County, Indiana, shaded from 460 ft on the southwest side to 840 ft on the east side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Indiana, United States
Population
16,508 2024 est.
Land area
444.7 sq mi + 5.3 sq mi water
Density
37 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
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. Montgomery County800 ft
  2. Putnam County790 ft
  3. Fountain County660 ft
  4. Parke County640 ft
  5. Clay County610 ft
  6. Vermillion County590 ft
  7. Vigo County540 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 22 towns in Parke County by typical elevation
  1. Howard Township, Parke County750 ft
  2. Greene Township, Parke County740 ft
  3. Union Township, Parke County720 ft
  4. Marshall700 ft
  5. Washington Township, Parke County700 ft
  6. Jackson Township, Parke County700 ft
  7. Rockville690 ft
  8. Adams Township, Parke County690 ft
  9. Sugar Creek Township, Parke County670 ft
  10. Penn Township, Parke County640 ft
  11. Bloomingdale640 ft
  12. Liberty Township, Parke County630 ft
  13. Raccoon Township630 ft
  14. Judson610 ft
  15. Bridgeton560 ft
  16. Florida Township540 ft
  17. Lyford540 ft
  18. Rosedale530 ft
  19. Wabash Township, Parke County530 ft
  20. Mecca520 ft
  21. Reserve Township510 ft
  22. Montezuma500 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.
  • 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.