Empire, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

970 ft 295 m870 ft 265 m820 ft 250 m720 ft 220 m630 ft 190 m580 ft 175 m

Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft

USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau

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How to use this mapviews, tools and data

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.
Village area: Fades everything outside the official village limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Empire sits at about 620 ft (190 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation

620 ft 190 m

most residents: 600–650 ft

Lowest

580 ft 175 m

on the northwest side

Highest

970 ft 295 m

on the southeast side

Average

640 ft 195 m

all land inside village limits

Empire spans about 390 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.

Figure	Elevation
Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower	620 ft190 m
Highest point Inside village limits, on the southeast side	970 ft295 m
Lowest point Inside village limits, on the northwest side	580 ft175 m
Town center USGS map point for Empire	620 ft190 m
Average of all land	640 ft195 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.2 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Location: Village in Leelanau County, Michigan, United States
Population: 356 2024 est.
Land area: 1.0 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density: 346 per sq mi
Coordinates: 44.8111° N, 86.0601° W
Time zone: Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region: Central Lowland
ZIP codes 1: 49630

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

Rankings by typical elevation

Towns in Michigan1,766th highest of 1,985
Towns in Leelanau County16th highest of 21

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

Varney Hill1,120 ft
Old Baldy Dune1,120 ft
Sleeping Bear Dunes1,090 ft
The Sleeping Bear1,010 ft
Prospect Hill, Leelanau County900 ft

How we measure

Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the village limits, 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 village limits (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 and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.