Ely Township, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ely Township, Michigan, shaded from 1,280 ft on the south side to 1,790 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,790 ft 545 m1,660 ft 505 m1,600 ft 485 m1,470 ft 450 m1,340 ft 410 m1,280 ft 390 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
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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Ely Township sits at about 1,510 ft (460 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,510 ft 460 m
most residents: 1,420–1,620 ft
Lowest
1,280 ft 390 m
on the south side
Highest
1,790 ft 545 m
on the northwest side
Average
1,490 ft 455 m
all land inside township boundaries

Ely Township spans about 510 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
1,510 ft460 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northwest side
1,790 ft545 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the south side
1,280 ft390 m
Average of all land1,490 ft455 m

Elevation profile, south to north

24 mi south to north through the middle of Ely Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ely Township, Michigan, shaded from 1,280 ft on the south side to 1,790 ft on the northwest side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Township in Marquette County, Michigan, United States
Population
1,947 2024 est.
Land area
137.5 sq mi + 3.2 sq mi water
Density
14 per sq mi
Coordinates
46.4510° N, 87.7798° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Superior Upland
Drains to
Escanaba River
ZIP codes 2
49814 49849
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Champion Township1,690 ft
  2. Humboldt Township1,600 ft
  3. Republic Township1,510 ft
  4. Ely Township1,510 ft
  5. Republic1,500 ft
  6. Tilden Township1,470 ft
  7. Ishpeming Township1,460 ft
  8. West Ishpeming1,460 ft
  9. Ishpeming1,450 ft
  10. Negaunee1,390 ft
  11. Palmer1,300 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Summit Mountain1,850 ft
  • Green Hills1,690 ft
  • Wewe Hills1,630 ft
  • Pilot Knob1,570 ft
  • Kona Hills1,460 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.