Berrien County, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Berrien County, Michigan, shaded from 580 ft on the east side to 930 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
930 ft 285 m850 ft 260 m800 ft 245 m710 ft 215 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
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Elevation Data

Berrien County averages about 690 ft (210 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 580 ft on the east side to 930 ft on the southeast side.

Average elevation
690 ft 210 m
all land inside the county
Highest
930 ft 285 m
on the southeast side
Lowest
580 ft 175 m
on the east side

Berrien County spans about 350 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 land690 ft210 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
930 ft285 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
580 ft175 m

Elevation profile, west to east

47 mi west to east through Lincoln Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Berrien County, Michigan, shaded from 580 ft on the east side to 930 ft on the southeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Michigan, United States
Population
152,703 2024 est.
Land area
567.8 sq mi + 1,013.6 sq mi water
Density
269 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. Cass County840 ft
  2. St. Joseph County, IN770 ft
  3. Van Buren County740 ft
  4. Lake County, IL740 ft
  5. LaPorte County, IN730 ft
  6. Porter County, IN700 ft
  7. Berrien County690 ft
  8. Cook County, IL660 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Tower Hill821 ft
  • Mount Edward810 ft
  • Mount Randall810 ft
  • Great Warren Dune790 ft
All 46 towns in Berrien County by typical elevation
  1. Bertrand Township780 ft
  2. Bainbridge Township750 ft
  3. Berrien Township740 ft
  4. Niles Township740 ft
  5. Eau Claire730 ft
  6. Buchanan Township720 ft
  7. Pipestone Township720 ft
  8. Buchanan720 ft
  9. Niles710 ft
  10. Galien Township690 ft
  11. Galien690 ft
  12. Millburg680 ft
  13. Three Oaks670 ft
  14. Three Oaks Township670 ft
  15. Berrien Springs670 ft
  16. Oronoko Township660 ft
  17. Lake Michigan Beach660 ft
  18. Watervliet Township660 ft
  19. St. Joseph650 ft
  20. Coloma650 ft
  21. Lake Township650 ft
  22. Watervliet650 ft
  23. Royalton Township650 ft
  24. Weesaw Township650 ft
  25. Hagar Township650 ft
  26. Coloma Township650 ft
  27. New Troy640 ft
  28. Sodus Township640 ft
  29. Paw Paw Lake640 ft
  30. Baroda Township640 ft
  31. Bridgman640 ft
  32. Stevensville640 ft
  33. Shoreham630 ft
  34. Chikaming Township630 ft
  35. Benton Township630 ft
  36. Benton Heights630 ft
  37. Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert630 ft
  38. Lincoln Township630 ft
  39. St. Joseph Township630 ft
  40. Baroda630 ft
  41. New Buffalo630 ft
  42. Fair Plain630 ft
  43. Benton Harbor620 ft
  44. New Buffalo Township620 ft
  45. Grand Beach620 ft
  46. Michiana620 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, 580 ft at 42.0879° N, 86.4735° 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.