Arenac County, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Arenac County, Michigan, shaded from 580 ft on the southwest side to 870 ft on the west side
Elevation
870 ft 265 m790 ft 240 m760 ft 230 m690 ft 210 m610 ft 185 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

Arenac County averages about 670 ft (205 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 580 ft on the southwest side to 870 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
670 ft 205 m
all land inside the county
Highest
870 ft 265 m
on the west side
Lowest
580 ft 175 m
on the southwest side

Arenac 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 land670 ft205 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
870 ft265 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
580 ft175 m

Elevation profile, south to north

17 mi south to north through Deep River Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Arenac County, Michigan, shaded from 580 ft on the southwest side to 870 ft on the west side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Michigan, United States
Population
15,087 2024 est.
Land area
363.2 sq mi + 317.5 sq mi water
Density
42 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland 98%
Drains to
Great Lakes
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Ogemaw County1,020 ft
  2. Gladwin County780 ft
  3. Iosco County730 ft
  4. Huron County690 ft
  5. Arenac County670 ft
  6. Bay County620 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 18 towns in Arenac County by typical elevation
  1. Clayton Township, Arenac County800 ft
  2. Moffatt Township780 ft
  3. Adams Township, Arenac County770 ft
  4. Sterling750 ft
  5. Deep River Township730 ft
  6. Mason Township, Arenac County700 ft
  7. Twining640 ft
  8. Turner630 ft
  9. Lincoln Township, Arenac County630 ft
  10. Standish620 ft
  11. Turner Township620 ft
  12. Standish Township610 ft
  13. Omer610 ft
  14. Arenac Township610 ft
  15. Whitney Township600 ft
  16. Sims Township590 ft
  17. Au Gres590 ft
  18. Au Gres Township580 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.