Elk Township, Lake County, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Elk Township, Lake County, Michigan, shaded from 700 ft on the southwest side to 910 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
910 ft 275 m860 ft 260 m830 ft 255 m780 ft 240 m730 ft 220 m700 ft 215 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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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Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Elk Township, Lake County sits at about 780 ft (235 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
780 ft 235 m
most residents: 760–850 ft
Lowest
700 ft 215 m
on the southwest side
Highest
910 ft 275 m
on the southeast side
Average
780 ft 240 m
all land inside township boundaries

Elk Township, Lake County spans about 210 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
780 ft235 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southeast side
910 ft275 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southwest side
700 ft215 m
Average of all land780 ft240 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.9 mi west to east through the middle of Elk Township, Lake County.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Elk Township, Lake County, Michigan, shaded from 700 ft on the southwest side to 910 ft on the southeast side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Township in Lake County, Michigan, United States
Population
1,010 2024 est.
Land area
35.6 sq mi + 1.2 sq mi water
Density
28 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.1225° N, 85.9652° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Little Manistee River
ZIP codes 1
49644
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. South Branch Township, Wexford County980 ft
  2. Peacock Township940 ft
  3. Eden Township, Lake County910 ft
  4. Norman Township780 ft
  5. Elk Township, Lake County780 ft
  6. Wellston770 ft
  7. Sauble Township770 ft
  8. Sheridan Township, Mason County720 ft
  9. Meade Township, Mason County710 ft
  10. Fountain710 ft
  11. Free Soil Township690 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Udell Hills1,050 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the township boundaries, 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 township boundaries (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.