Lake County, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lake County, Michigan, shaded from 660 ft on the west side to 1,410 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,410 ft 430 m1,220 ft 375 m1,130 ft 345 m940 ft 290 m760 ft 230 m660 ft 200 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

Lake County averages about 960 ft (295 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 660 ft on the west side to 1,410 ft on the southeast side.

Average elevation
960 ft 295 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,410 ft 430 m
on the southeast side
Lowest
660 ft 200 m
on the west side

Lake County spans about 750 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 land960 ft295 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,410 ft430 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the west side
660 ft200 m

Elevation profile, west to east

24 mi west to east through Webber Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lake County, Michigan, shaded from 660 ft on the west side to 1,410 ft on the southeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Michigan, United States
Population
13,005 2024 est.
Land area
567.6 sq mi + 6.7 sq mi water
Density
23 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. Wexford County1,170 ft
  2. Osceola County1,170 ft
  3. Lake County960 ft
  4. Newaygo County880 ft
  5. Manistee County790 ft
  6. Mason County690 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 17 towns in Lake County by typical elevation
  1. Pinora Township1,200 ft
  2. Dover Township, Lake County1,180 ft
  3. Chase Township1,160 ft
  4. Ellsworth Township1,150 ft
  5. Luther1,020 ft
  6. Newkirk Township1,000 ft
  7. Peacock Township940 ft
  8. Eden Township, Lake County910 ft
  9. Cherry Valley Township900 ft
  10. Webber Township880 ft
  11. Yates Township860 ft
  12. Lake Township, Lake County850 ft
  13. Baldwin840 ft
  14. Pleasant Plains Township830 ft
  15. Sweetwater Township790 ft
  16. Elk Township, Lake County780 ft
  17. Sauble Township770 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.