Indian River, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Indian River, Michigan, shaded from 590 ft on the northeast side to 890 ft on Griswold Mountain
Elevation
890 ft 270 m820 ft 250 m780 ft 235 m700 ft 215 m630 ft 190 m590 ft 180 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Indian River sits at about 680 ft (210 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
680 ft 210 m
most residents: 600–720 ft
Lowest
590 ft 180 m
on the northeast side
Highest
890 ft 270 m
on Griswold Mountain
Average
650 ft 200 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Indian River spans about 300 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
680 ft210 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on Griswold Mountain
890 ft270 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side
590 ft180 m
Town center
USGS map point for Indian River
610 ft185 m
Airport (PLN)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 9.8 mi northwest of the CDP boundary
721 ft220 m
Average of all land650 ft200 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Indian River, Michigan, shaded from 590 ft on the northeast side to 890 ft on Griswold Mountain
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Cheboygan County, Michigan, United States
Population
1,950 2020 Census
Land area
12.9 sq mi + 7.4 sq mi water
Density
151 per sq mi
Coordinates
45.4125° N, 84.6125° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Airport
Pellston Regional/Emmet County (PLN) 721 ft
ZIP codes 1
49749
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Ellis Township820 ft
  2. Mentor Township, Cheboygan County790 ft
  3. Springvale Township700 ft
  4. Koehler Township690 ft
  5. Tuscarora Township690 ft
  6. Indian River680 ft
  7. Mullett Township680 ft
  8. Burt Township680 ft
  9. Littlefield Township660 ft
  10. Alanson650 ft
  11. Pon-she-wa-ing610 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Chandler Hill1,190 ft
  • Mount Pisage1,180 ft
  • Gray Hill1,130 ft
  • Blats Hill970 ft
  • Griswold Mountain890 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Indian River is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.