Emmet County, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Emmet County, Michigan, shaded from 580 ft on the north side to 1,320 ft on Emmet Heights
Elevation
1,320 ft 405 m1,140 ft 345 m1,040 ft 320 m860 ft 260 m670 ft 205 m580 ft 175 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
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Elevation Data

Emmet County averages about 800 ft (245 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 580 ft on the north side to 1,320 ft on Emmet Heights.

Average elevation
800 ft 245 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,320 ft 405 m
on Emmet Heights
Lowest
580 ft 175 m
on the north side

Emmet County spans about 740 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 land800 ft245 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Emmet Heights
1,320 ft405 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the north side
580 ft175 m

Elevation profile, west to east

18 mi west to east through Bear Creek Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Emmet County, Michigan, shaded from 580 ft on the north side to 1,320 ft on Emmet Heights
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Michigan, United States
Population
33,949 2024 est.
Land area
467.5 sq mi + 414.5 sq mi water
Density
73 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland 99%
Drains to
Great Lakes
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Emmet County800 ft
  2. Charlevoix County790 ft
  3. Cheboygan County760 ft
  4. Mackinac County720 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Emmet Heights1,320 ft
  • Mount Pisage1,180 ft
  • Island View Hill1,170 ft
  • Gray Hill1,130 ft
  • McCort Hill790 ft
All 30 towns in Emmet County by typical elevation
  1. Readmond Township900 ft
  2. Friendship Township900 ft
  3. Pleasantview Township870 ft
  4. Bear Creek Township830 ft
  5. Bliss Township820 ft
  6. Resort Township810 ft
  7. West Traverse Township810 ft
  8. Center Township800 ft
  9. Levering760 ft
  10. Little Traverse Township740 ft
  11. Carp Lake Township730 ft
  12. Carp Lake730 ft
  13. Petoskey720 ft
  14. McKinley Township700 ft
  15. Pellston700 ft
  16. Springvale Township700 ft
  17. Maple River Township690 ft
  18. Brutus690 ft
  19. Harbor Springs690 ft
  20. Cross Village Township690 ft
  21. Bay Shore partly680 ft
  22. Cross Village670 ft
  23. Littlefield Township660 ft
  24. Alanson650 ft
  25. Oden630 ft
  26. Wawatam Township610 ft
  27. Conway610 ft
  28. Pon-she-wa-ing610 ft
  29. Mackinaw City600 ft
  30. Bay View600 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. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Highest ground: the single highest 3DEP cell, 1,330 ft at 45.4735° N, 84.9499° W, has no federal (GNIS) summit name within 980 ft (300 m), so the high point shown is the highest of the 25 highest cells with a GNIS summit within 1,640 ft (500 m).
  • 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.