Porter County, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Porter County, Indiana, shaded from 580 ft on the northeast side to 870 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
870 ft 265 m800 ft 245 m760 ft 230 m690 ft 210 m620 ft 190 m580 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

Porter County averages about 700 ft (210 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 580 ft on the northeast side to 870 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation
700 ft 210 m
all land inside the county
Highest
870 ft 265 m
on the northeast side
Lowest
580 ft 175 m
on the northeast side

Porter County spans about 290 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 land700 ft210 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
870 ft265 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
580 ft175 m

Elevation profile, west to east

15 mi west to east through Portage Township, Porter County.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Porter County, Indiana, shaded from 580 ft on the northeast side to 870 ft on the northeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Indiana, United States
Population
175,860 2024 est.
Land area
418.1 sq mi + 103.7 sq mi water
Density
421 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Gulf of America 54%, Great Lakes 46%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. LaPorte County730 ft
  2. Porter County700 ft
  3. Berrien County, MI690 ft
  4. Jasper County680 ft
  5. Cook County, IL660 ft
  6. Lake County660 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Mount Tom, Porter County750 ft
All 32 towns in Porter County by typical elevation
  1. Valparaiso800 ft
  2. Center Township, Porter County800 ft
  3. Jackson Township, Porter County790 ft
  4. Washington Township, Porter County790 ft
  5. Lake Eliza770 ft
  6. Aberdeen760 ft
  7. Porter Township760 ft
  8. Lakes of the Four Seasons partly760 ft
  9. Shorewood Forest750 ft
  10. Morgan Township, Porter County730 ft
  11. Union Township, Porter County720 ft
  12. Boone Grove710 ft
  13. Malden710 ft
  14. Hebron700 ft
  15. Boone Township700 ft
  16. Kouts680 ft
  17. Pleasant Township, Porter County680 ft
  18. Wheeler670 ft
  19. Salt Creek Commons670 ft
  20. Liberty Township660 ft
  21. South Haven660 ft
  22. Chesterton640 ft
  23. Westchester Township640 ft
  24. Porter640 ft
  25. Burns Harbor640 ft
  26. Pine Township640 ft
  27. Portage Township, Porter County640 ft
  28. Portage630 ft
  29. Ogden Dunes630 ft
  30. Beverly Shores620 ft
  31. Town of Pines620 ft
  32. Dune Acres610 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.