Allegan County, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Allegan County, Michigan, shaded from 580 ft near the middle to 1,020 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,020 ft 310 m910 ft 275 m860 ft 260 m740 ft 225 m630 ft 195 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

Allegan County averages about 710 ft (215 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 580 ft near the middle to 1,020 ft on the east side.

Average elevation
710 ft 215 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,020 ft 310 m
on the east side
Lowest
580 ft 175 m
near the middle

Allegan County spans about 440 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 land710 ft215 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the east side
1,020 ft310 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, near the middle
580 ft175 m

Elevation profile, west to east

77 mi west to east through Dorr Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Allegan County, Michigan, shaded from 580 ft near the middle to 1,020 ft on the east side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Michigan, United States
Population
122,429 2024 est.
Land area
825.4 sq mi + 1,007.9 sq mi water
Density
148 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Great Lakes
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Barry County880 ft
  2. Kalamazoo County880 ft
  3. Kent County790 ft
  4. Racine County, WI760 ft
  5. Kenosha County, WI750 ft
  6. Van Buren County740 ft
  7. Lake County, IL740 ft
  8. Allegan County710 ft
  9. Ottawa County660 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Baldy, Allegan County830 ft
  • Mount Baldhead810 ft
  • Beach Hill800 ft
  • Pelican Peak770 ft
All 36 towns in Allegan County by typical elevation
  1. Martin830 ft
  2. Martin Township810 ft
  3. Leighton Township800 ft
  4. Wayland Township790 ft
  5. Watson Township790 ft
  6. Wayland770 ft
  7. Gun Plain Township760 ft
  8. Monterey Township750 ft
  9. Trowbridge Township740 ft
  10. Otsego Township730 ft
  11. Plainwell730 ft
  12. Hopkins Township730 ft
  13. Otsego710 ft
  14. Dorr Township710 ft
  15. Dorr710 ft
  16. Cheshire Township710 ft
  17. Allegan Township710 ft
  18. Hopkins710 ft
  19. Allegan690 ft
  20. Fillmore Township680 ft
  21. Valley Township680 ft
  22. Salem Township, Allegan County670 ft
  23. Fennville660 ft
  24. Ganges Township660 ft
  25. Lee Township, Allegan County660 ft
  26. Overisel Township660 ft
  27. Heath Township650 ft
  28. Clyde Township, Allegan County650 ft
  29. Manlius Township640 ft
  30. Casco Township, Allegan County640 ft
  31. Laketown Township640 ft
  32. Douglas640 ft
  33. Saugatuck Township630 ft
  34. Holland partly630 ft
  35. South Haven partly620 ft
  36. Saugatuck610 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.