Excelsior Township, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Excelsior Township, Michigan, shaded from 1,070 ft on the northwest side to 1,320 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,320 ft 400 m1,260 ft 385 m1,230 ft 375 m1,160 ft 355 m1,100 ft 335 m1,070 ft 325 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
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

Excelsior Township sits at about 1,200 ft (365 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,200 ft 365 m
most residents: 1,160–1,230 ft
Lowest
1,070 ft 325 m
on the northwest side
Highest
1,320 ft 400 m
on the east side
Average
1,180 ft 360 m
all land inside township boundaries

Excelsior Township spans about 250 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
1,200 ft365 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the east side
1,320 ft400 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northwest side
1,070 ft325 m
Airport (Y89)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.4 mi west of the township boundaries
1,029 ft314 m
Average of all land1,180 ft360 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.0 mi west to east through the middle of Excelsior Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Excelsior Township, Michigan, shaded from 1,070 ft on the northwest side to 1,320 ft on the east side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Kalkaska County, Michigan, United States
Population
1,028 2024 est.
Land area
35.3 sq mi + 0.9 sq mi water
Density
29 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.7354° N, 85.0627° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Boardman River
Airport
Kalkaska City (Y89) 1,029 ft
ZIP codes 1
49646
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Blue Lake Township, Kalkaska County1,280 ft
  2. Bear Lake1,240 ft
  3. Coldsprings Township1,230 ft
  4. Bear Lake Township, Kalkaska County1,210 ft
  5. Manistee Lake1,210 ft
  6. Excelsior Township1,200 ft
  7. Orange Township1,140 ft
  8. Oliver Township, Kalkaska County1,130 ft
  9. Rapid River Township1,060 ft
  10. Kalkaska Township1,040 ft
  11. Kalkaska1,030 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Beecher Hill1,350 ft
  • Lindquist Hill1,350 ft
  • Ester Hill1,350 ft
  • Smith Hill1,300 ft
  • Grube Hill1,270 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.