Ganges Township, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation
750 ft 225 m700 ft 215 m680 ft 210 m640 ft 195 m600 ft 185 m580 ft 175 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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.
- Township area
- Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).
Elevation Data
Ganges Township sits at about 660 ft (200 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
660 ft 200 m
most residents: 630–710 ft
Lowest
580 ft 175 m
on the northwest side
Highest
750 ft 225 m
on the northeast side
Average
660 ft 200 m
all land inside township boundaries
Ganges Township spans about 170 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 | 660 ft200 m |
| Highest point Inside township boundaries, on the northeast side | 750 ft225 m |
| Lowest point Inside township boundaries, on the northwest side | 580 ft175 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Ganges Township | 660 ft200 m |
| Average of all land | 660 ft200 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
5.0 mi west to east through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Township in Allegan County, Michigan, United States
- Population
- 2,644 2024 est.
- Land area
- 32.2 sq mi + 0.5 sq mi water
- Density
- 82 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 42.5770° N, 86.2103° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Central Lowland
- ZIP codes 2
- 49090 49408
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Fennville660 ft
- Ganges Township660 ft
- Lee Township, Allegan County660 ft
- Clyde Township, Allegan County650 ft
- Manlius Township640 ft
- Casco Township, Allegan County640 ft
- Laketown Township640 ft
- Douglas640 ft
- Saugatuck Township630 ft
- South Haven620 ft
- Saugatuck610 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Michigan1,534th highest of 1,985
- Towns in Allegan County24th highest of 34
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Baldy, Allegan County830 ft
- Mount Baldhead810 ft
- Beach Hill800 ft
- Pelican Peak770 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.