Lake City, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lake City, Michigan, shaded from 1,230 ft on the south side to 1,260 ft near the middle
Elevation
1,270 ft 385 m1,260 ft 385 m1,250 ft 380 m1,250 ft 380 m1,240 ft 375 m1,230 ft 375 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Lake City sits at about 1,250 ft (380 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,250 ft 380 m
most residents: 1,240–1,260 ft
Lowest
1,230 ft 375 m
on the south side
Highest
1,260 ft 385 m
near the middle
Average
1,250 ft 380 m
all land inside city limits

Lake City spans about 30 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
1,250 ft380 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, near the middle
1,260 ft385 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the south side
1,230 ft375 m
Town center
USGS map point for Lake City
1,250 ft380 m
Average of all land1,250 ft380 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lake City, Michigan, shaded from 1,230 ft on the south side to 1,260 ft near the middle
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Missaukee County, Michigan, United States
Population
834 2024 est.
Land area
1.0 sq mi
Density
797 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.3353° N, 85.2150° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Muskegon River
ZIP codes 1
49651
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Richland Township, Missaukee County1,340 ft
  2. Jennings1,300 ft
  3. Forest Township, Missaukee County1,260 ft
  4. Caldwell Township1,260 ft
  5. Lake Township, Missaukee County1,260 ft
  6. Lake City1,250 ft
  7. Reeder Township1,210 ft
  8. Aetna Township, Missaukee County1,210 ft
  9. West Branch Township, Missaukee County1,200 ft
  10. Falmouth1,180 ft
  11. Bloomfield Township, Missaukee County1,170 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Baldy, Missaukee County1,400 ft
  • Allen Hill1,380 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (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.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.