Cass County, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cass County, Michigan, shaded from 690 ft on the west side to 1,170 ft on Bald Hill
Elevation
1,170 ft 355 m1,050 ft 320 m990 ft 300 m870 ft 265 m750 ft 230 m690 ft 210 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

Cass County averages about 840 ft (255 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 690 ft on the west side to 1,170 ft on Bald Hill.

Average elevation
840 ft 255 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,170 ft 355 m
on Bald Hill
Lowest
690 ft 210 m
on the west side

Cass County spans about 480 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 land840 ft255 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Bald Hill (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
1,170 ft355 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the west side
690 ft210 m

Elevation profile, south to north

21 mi south to north through Ontwa Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cass County, Michigan, shaded from 690 ft on the west side to 1,170 ft on Bald Hill
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Michigan, United States
Population
51,550 2024 est.
Land area
490.1 sq mi + 18.2 sq mi water
Density
105 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. St. Joseph County850 ft
  2. Cass County840 ft
  3. Elkhart County, IN830 ft
  4. St. Joseph County, IN770 ft
  5. Van Buren County740 ft
  6. Berrien County690 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Bald Hill, Cass County1,170 ft
  • Mount Misery1,090 ft
All 20 towns in Cass County by typical elevation
  1. Newberg Township920 ft
  2. Volinia Township900 ft
  3. Marcellus890 ft
  4. Marcellus Township890 ft
  5. Cassopolis890 ft
  6. Penn Township890 ft
  7. Vandalia890 ft
  8. LaGrange Township870 ft
  9. Calvin Township870 ft
  10. Jefferson Township, Cass County840 ft
  11. Edwardsburg820 ft
  12. Ontwa Township810 ft
  13. Milton Township810 ft
  14. Porter Township810 ft
  15. Mason Township810 ft
  16. Wayne Township790 ft
  17. Howard Township770 ft
  18. Silver Creek Township770 ft
  19. Dowagiac770 ft
  20. Pokagon Township740 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; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. 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.