Hillsdale County, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hillsdale County, Michigan, shaded from 840 ft on the southeast side to 1,280 ft near the middle
Elevation
1,280 ft 390 m1,170 ft 355 m1,110 ft 340 m1,000 ft 305 m890 ft 270 m840 ft 255 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

Hillsdale County averages about 1,060 ft (325 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 840 ft on the southeast side to 1,280 ft near the middle.

Average elevation
1,060 ft 325 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,280 ft 390 m
near the middle
Lowest
840 ft 255 m
on the southeast side

Hillsdale County spans about 440 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 land1,060 ft325 m
Highest point
Inside the county, near the middle
1,280 ft390 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
840 ft255 m

Elevation profile, south to north

26 mi south to north through Hillsdale.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hillsdale County, Michigan, shaded from 840 ft on the southeast side to 1,280 ft near the middle
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Michigan, United States
Population
45,590 2024 est.
Land area
598.2 sq mi + 8.8 sq mi water
Density
76 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. Hillsdale County1,060 ft
  2. Steuben County, IN1,000 ft
  3. Jackson County980 ft
  4. Branch County960 ft
  5. Calhoun County940 ft
  6. Williams County, OH840 ft
  7. Lenawee County820 ft
  8. Fulton County, OH740 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Bunday Hill1,220 ft
All 30 towns in Hillsdale County by typical elevation
  1. Reading1,190 ft
  2. North Adams1,190 ft
  3. Adams Township, Hillsdale County1,170 ft
  4. Moscow Township1,140 ft
  5. Fayette Township1,130 ft
  6. Hillsdale1,120 ft
  7. Hillsdale Township1,120 ft
  8. Cambria Township1,110 ft
  9. Jefferson Township1,100 ft
  10. Jonesville1,090 ft
  11. Pittsford1,090 ft
  12. Wheatland Township, Hillsdale County1,080 ft
  13. Allen Township1,080 ft
  14. Allen1,080 ft
  15. Scipio Township1,070 ft
  16. Reading Township1,070 ft
  17. Lake LeAnn1,070 ft
  18. Somerset Township1,060 ft
  19. Cambria1,060 ft
  20. Montgomery1,040 ft
  21. Camden Township1,040 ft
  22. Litchfield Township1,030 ft
  23. Pittsford Township1,030 ft
  24. Woodbridge Township1,020 ft
  25. Litchfield1,020 ft
  26. Camden1,020 ft
  27. Ransom Township990 ft
  28. Amboy Township960 ft
  29. Wright Township, Hillsdale County900 ft
  30. Waldron890 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.