Friendship Township, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Friendship Township, Michigan, shaded from 580 ft on the northwest side to 1,260 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,260 ft 385 m1,090 ft 330 m1,010 ft 305 m830 ft 255 m660 ft 200 m580 ft 175 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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.
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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

Friendship Township sits at about 900 ft (275 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
900 ft 275 m
most residents: 820–1,180 ft
Lowest
580 ft 175 m
on the northwest side
Highest
1,260 ft 385 m
on the southeast side
Average
960 ft 290 m
all land inside township boundaries

Friendship Township spans about 680 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
900 ft275 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southeast side
1,260 ft385 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northwest side
580 ft175 m
Airport (PLN)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 8.7 mi east of the township boundaries
721 ft220 m
Average of all land960 ft290 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.4 mi west to east through the middle of Friendship Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Friendship Township, Michigan, shaded from 580 ft on the northwest side to 1,260 ft on the southeast side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Township in Emmet County, Michigan, United States
Population
947 2024 est.
Land area
31.4 sq mi
Density
30 per sq mi
Coordinates
45.5155° N, 85.0462° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Airport
Pellston Regional/Emmet County (PLN) 721 ft
ZIP codes 1
49740
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Readmond Township900 ft
  2. Friendship Township900 ft
  3. Pleasantview Township870 ft
  4. West Traverse Township810 ft
  5. Center Township800 ft
  6. Little Traverse Township740 ft
  7. Petoskey720 ft
  8. Harbor Springs690 ft
  9. Cross Village Township690 ft
  10. Cross Village670 ft
  11. Bay View600 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Emmet Heights1,320 ft
  • Mount Pisage1,180 ft
  • Island View Hill1,170 ft
  • McCort Hill790 ft
  • Billiau Hill790 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 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.