Charlevoix County, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Charlevoix County, Michigan, shaded from 580 ft on the north side to 1,550 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,550 ft 475 m1,310 ft 400 m1,190 ft 360 m940 ft 290 m700 ft 215 m580 ft 175 m
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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.
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County area
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Elevation Data

Charlevoix County averages about 790 ft (240 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 580 ft on the north side to 1,550 ft on the southeast side.

Average elevation
790 ft 240 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,550 ft 475 m
on the southeast side
Lowest
580 ft 175 m
on the north side

Charlevoix County spans about 970 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 land790 ft240 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,550 ft475 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the north side
580 ft175 m

Elevation profile, west to east

35 mi west to east through Boyne City.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Charlevoix County, Michigan, shaded from 580 ft on the north side to 1,550 ft on the southeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in Michigan, United States
Population
26,105 2024 est.
Land area
416.3 sq mi + 974.1 sq mi water
Density
63 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland 97%
Drains to
Great Lakes
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Otsego County1,220 ft
  2. Antrim County930 ft
  3. Emmet County800 ft
  4. Charlevoix County790 ft
  5. Cheboygan County760 ft
  6. Leelanau County760 ft
  7. Schoolcraft County730 ft
  8. Mackinac County720 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Thunder Mountain, Charlevoix County1,270 ft
  • Chandler Hill1,190 ft
  • Boyne Mountain1,150 ft
  • Richardson Hill1,080 ft
  • Avalanche Mountain1,010 ft
All 26 towns in Charlevoix County by typical elevation
  1. Hudson Township, Charlevoix County1,190 ft
  2. Chandler Township, Charlevoix County1,100 ft
  3. Evangeline Township880 ft
  4. Wilson Township, Charlevoix County850 ft
  5. Walloon Lake770 ft
  6. Bay Township760 ft
  7. Melrose Township740 ft
  8. South Arm Township730 ft
  9. Boyne Valley Township720 ft
  10. Boyne Falls720 ft
  11. Marion Township, Charlevoix County710 ft
  12. Advance690 ft
  13. Horton Bay690 ft
  14. Hayes Township, Charlevoix County680 ft
  15. Bay Shore680 ft
  16. Eveline Township680 ft
  17. Norwood Township660 ft
  18. Norwood650 ft
  19. Peaine Township650 ft
  20. Boyne City640 ft
  21. Ironton630 ft
  22. Charlevoix Township630 ft
  23. Charlevoix630 ft
  24. East Jordan620 ft
  25. St. James Township600 ft
  26. St. James590 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 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; 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.