Cadillac, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

1,450 ft 445 m1,410 ft 430 m1,390 ft 425 m1,340 ft 410 m1,300 ft 395 m1,280 ft 390 m

Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft

USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau

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How to use this mapviews, tools and data

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.
Click or tap anywhere: The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure: Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
City area: Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Cadillac sits at about 1,300 ft (395 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation

1,300 ft 395 m

most residents: 1,290–1,370 ft

Lowest

1,280 ft 390 m

on the southeast side

Highest

1,450 ft 445 m

on the south side

Average

1,320 ft 405 m

all land inside city limits

Cadillac spans about 170 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.

Figure	Elevation
Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower	1,300 ft395 m
Highest point Inside city limits, on the south side	1,450 ft445 m
Lowest point Inside city limits, on the southeast side	1,280 ft390 m
Town center USGS map point for Cadillac	1,310 ft400 m
Airport (CAD) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways	1,307 ft398 m
Average of all land	1,320 ft405 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.3 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Location: City in Wexford County, Michigan, United States
Population: 10,521 2024 est.
Land area: 8.3 sq mi + 1.9 sq mi water
Density: 1,265 per sq mi
Coordinates: 44.2520° N, 85.4012° W
Time zone: Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region: Central Lowland
Drains to: Clam River → Muskegon River
Airport: Wexford County (CAD) 1,307 ft
ZIP codes 1: 49601

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

Clam Lake Township1,360 ft
Selma Township1,350 ft
Richland Township, Missaukee County1,340 ft
Haring Township1,320 ft
Cadillac1,300 ft
Jennings1,300 ft
Haring1,290 ft
Cherry Grove Township1,290 ft
Lake Township, Missaukee County1,260 ft
Wedgewood1,250 ft
Cedar Creek Township, Wexford County1,240 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Towns in Michigan68th highest of 1,985
Towns in Wexford County7th highest of 25

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

Briar Hill, Wexford County1,700 ft

How we measure

Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (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, 1,270 ft at 44.2601° N, 85.4251° 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.
Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.