Kent County, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kent County, Michigan, shaded from 590 ft on the southwest side to 1,070 ft on the north side
Elevation
1,070 ft 325 m950 ft 290 m890 ft 270 m770 ft 235 m650 ft 200 m590 ft 180 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Kent County averages about 790 ft (240 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 590 ft on the southwest side to 1,070 ft on the north side.

Average elevation
790 ft 240 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,070 ft 325 m
on the north side
Lowest
590 ft 180 m
on the southwest side

Kent County spans about 480 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 land790 ft240 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the north side
1,070 ft325 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
590 ft180 m

Elevation profile, south to north

36 mi south to north through Grand Rapids.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kent County, Michigan, shaded from 590 ft on the southwest side to 1,070 ft on the north side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Michigan, United States
Population
673,002 2024 est.
Land area
849.5 sq mi + 22.4 sq mi water
Density
792 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. Montcalm County880 ft
  2. Barry County880 ft
  3. Newaygo County880 ft
  4. Ionia County800 ft
  5. Kent County790 ft
  6. Allegan County710 ft
  7. Muskegon County670 ft
  8. Ottawa County660 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Dias Hill1,041 ft
  • Cheney Hills1,020 ft
  • Bettes Tower Hill870 ft
All 41 towns in Kent County by typical elevation
  1. Village of Sand Lake920 ft
  2. Nelson Township910 ft
  3. Courtland Township890 ft
  4. Casnovia partly880 ft
  5. Oakfield Township870 ft
  6. Solon Township860 ft
  7. Spencer Township860 ft
  8. Grattan Township860 ft
  9. Cedar Springs850 ft
  10. Cannon Township840 ft
  11. Caledonia810 ft
  12. Kent City810 ft
  13. Tyrone Township, Kent County810 ft
  14. Bowne Township810 ft
  15. Algoma Township810 ft
  16. Cannonsburg800 ft
  17. Vergennes Township790 ft
  18. Caledonia Township790 ft
  19. Grand Rapids Township780 ft
  20. Lowell Township770 ft
  21. Rockford770 ft
  22. Sparta Township760 ft
  23. Sparta760 ft
  24. East Grand Rapids760 ft
  25. Gaines Township750 ft
  26. Ada Township750 ft
  27. Cascade Township740 ft
  28. Forest Hills740 ft
  29. Byron Center740 ft
  30. Walker740 ft
  31. Alpine Township740 ft
  32. Kentwood740 ft
  33. Plainfield Township730 ft
  34. Comstock Park730 ft
  35. Northview720 ft
  36. Grand Rapids710 ft
  37. Byron Township710 ft
  38. Cutlerville680 ft
  39. Wyoming680 ft
  40. Lowell640 ft
  41. Grandville620 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.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 460 ft at 42.8510° N, 85.6474° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.