Bear Lake, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bear Lake, Michigan, shaded from 1,160 ft on the south side to 1,290 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,290 ft 395 m1,260 ft 385 m1,240 ft 380 m1,210 ft 370 m1,170 ft 360 m1,160 ft 355 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Bear Lake sits at about 1,240 ft (380 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,240 ft 380 m
most residents: 1,190–1,270 ft
Lowest
1,160 ft 355 m
on the south side
Highest
1,290 ft 395 m
on the northwest side
Average
1,210 ft 370 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Bear Lake spans about 130 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
1,240 ft380 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
1,290 ft395 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
1,160 ft355 m
Average of all land1,210 ft370 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.4 mi south to north through the middle of Bear Lake.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bear Lake, Michigan, shaded from 1,160 ft on the south side to 1,290 ft on the northwest side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Kalkaska County, Michigan, United States
Population
366 2020 Census
Land area
5.8 sq mi + 0.6 sq mi water
Density
64 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.7224° N, 84.9476° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Manistee River
ZIP codes 1
49646
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Blue Lake Township, Kalkaska County1,280 ft
  2. Bear Lake1,240 ft
  3. Coldsprings Township1,230 ft
  4. Bear Lake Township, Kalkaska County1,210 ft
  5. Manistee Lake1,210 ft
  6. Frederic Township1,210 ft
  7. Excelsior Township1,200 ft
  8. Orange Township1,140 ft
  9. Oliver Township, Kalkaska County1,130 ft
  10. Kalkaska Township1,040 ft
  11. Kalkaska1,030 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Ester Hill1,350 ft
  • Smith Hill1,300 ft
  • Baker Hill1,280 ft
  • Grube Hill1,270 ft
  • Bald Knob1,270 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census CDP boundary (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • 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, 1,160 ft at 44.6951° N, 84.9712° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) 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).
  • 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 (FAA airport elevation, 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.
  • Bear Lake is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.