Gladwin County, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Gladwin County, Michigan, shaded from 630 ft on the south side to 1,240 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,240 ft 380 m1,090 ft 330 m1,010 ft 310 m860 ft 260 m710 ft 215 m630 ft 195 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
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.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Gladwin County averages about 780 ft (240 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 630 ft on the south side to 1,240 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
780 ft 240 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,240 ft 380 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
630 ft 195 m
on the south side

Gladwin County spans about 610 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 land780 ft240 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
1,240 ft380 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
630 ft195 m

Elevation profile, south to north

24 mi south to north through Gladwin.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Gladwin County, Michigan, shaded from 630 ft on the south side to 1,240 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Michigan, United States
Population
25,995 2024 est.
Land area
501.8 sq mi + 14.2 sq mi water
Density
52 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Great Lakes
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Roscommon County1,170 ft
  2. Clare County1,050 ft
  3. Ogemaw County1,020 ft
  4. Gladwin County780 ft
  5. Arenac County670 ft
  6. Midland County670 ft
  7. Bay County620 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 17 towns in Gladwin County by typical elevation
  1. Sherman Township, Gladwin County990 ft
  2. Sage Township860 ft
  3. Butman Township860 ft
  4. Grout Township790 ft
  5. Clement Township790 ft
  6. Gladwin Township790 ft
  7. Gladwin790 ft
  8. Bourret Township780 ft
  9. Secord Township760 ft
  10. Grim Township750 ft
  11. Buckeye Township750 ft
  12. Beaverton Township730 ft
  13. Beaverton720 ft
  14. Hay Township720 ft
  15. Tobacco Township710 ft
  16. Bentley Township710 ft
  17. Billings Township690 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.
  • 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.