Jackson County, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Jackson County, Michigan, shaded from 890 ft on the northwest side to 1,180 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,180 ft 360 m1,100 ft 335 m1,070 ft 325 m1,000 ft 305 m920 ft 280 m890 ft 270 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

Jackson County averages about 980 ft (300 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 890 ft on the northwest side to 1,180 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
980 ft 300 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,180 ft 360 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
890 ft 270 m
on the northwest side

Jackson County spans about 290 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 land980 ft300 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
1,180 ft360 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
890 ft270 m

Elevation profile, south to north

24 mi south to north through Jackson.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Jackson County, Michigan, shaded from 890 ft on the northwest side to 1,180 ft on the southwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Michigan, United States
Population
160,233 2024 est.
Land area
701.9 sq mi + 21.6 sq mi water
Density
228 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. Jackson County980 ft
  3. Calhoun County940 ft
  4. Livingston County930 ft
  5. Ingham County910 ft
  6. Eaton County890 ft
  7. Washtenaw County880 ft
  8. Lenawee County820 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Hatt Hill1,160 ft
  • Sackrider Hill1,120 ft
  • Jerusalem Hills1,010 ft
  • Holibaugh Hills980 ft
All 32 towns in Jackson County by typical elevation
  1. Hanover1,120 ft
  2. Hanover Township1,080 ft
  3. Cement City partly1,060 ft
  4. Pulaski Township1,060 ft
  5. Liberty Township1,050 ft
  6. Concord1,020 ft
  7. Concord Township1,020 ft
  8. Grass Lake1,010 ft
  9. Grass Lake Township1,000 ft
  10. Parma1,000 ft
  11. Columbia Township990 ft
  12. Parma Township990 ft
  13. Spring Arbor Township990 ft
  14. Spring Arbor990 ft
  15. Brooklyn980 ft
  16. Springport980 ft
  17. Sandstone Township980 ft
  18. Vineyard Lake980 ft
  19. Springport Township980 ft
  20. Jackson980 ft
  21. Summit Township970 ft
  22. Norvell Township970 ft
  23. Blackman Township970 ft
  24. Vandercook Lake970 ft
  25. Napoleon Township970 ft
  26. Leoni Township970 ft
  27. Napoleon960 ft
  28. Rives Township950 ft
  29. Tompkins Township950 ft
  30. Michigan Center950 ft
  31. Henrietta Township940 ft
  32. Waterloo Township940 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.