Bay County, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bay County, Michigan, shaded from 570 ft on the south side to 840 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
840 ft 255 m770 ft 235 m740 ft 225 m670 ft 205 m610 ft 185 m570 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
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

Bay County averages about 620 ft (190 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 570 ft on the south side to 840 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
620 ft 190 m
all land inside the county
Highest
840 ft 255 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
570 ft 175 m
on the south side

Bay County spans about 270 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 land620 ft190 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
840 ft255 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
570 ft175 m

Elevation profile, west to east

23 mi west to east through Bay City.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bay County, Michigan, shaded from 570 ft on the south side to 840 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Michigan, United States
Population
102,651 2024 est.
Land area
442.4 sq mi + 188.3 sq mi water
Density
232 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland 99%
Drains to
Great Lakes
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Gladwin County780 ft
  2. Tuscola County710 ft
  3. Huron County690 ft
  4. Arenac County670 ft
  5. Midland County670 ft
  6. Saginaw County630 ft
  7. Bay County620 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 19 towns in Bay County by typical elevation
  1. Gibson Township720 ft
  2. Mount Forest Township670 ft
  3. Garfield Township, Bay County650 ft
  4. Williams Township640 ft
  5. Midland partly630 ft
  6. Beaver Township620 ft
  7. Auburn620 ft
  8. Pinconning Township600 ft
  9. Fraser Township600 ft
  10. Kawkawlin Township600 ft
  11. Pinconning600 ft
  12. Portsmouth Township600 ft
  13. Monitor Township600 ft
  14. Bay City600 ft
  15. Frankenlust Township600 ft
  16. Merritt Township590 ft
  17. Hampton Township590 ft
  18. Bangor Township590 ft
  19. Essexville590 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, 570 ft at 43.5415° N, 83.9057° 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.