Leelanau County, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Leelanau County, Michigan, shaded from 570 ft on the south side to 1,170 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,170 ft 355 m1,020 ft 310 m950 ft 290 m800 ft 245 m650 ft 200 m570 ft 175 m
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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
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Elevation Data

Leelanau County averages about 760 ft (230 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 570 ft on the south side to 1,170 ft on the southeast side.

Average elevation
760 ft 230 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,170 ft 355 m
on the southeast side
Lowest
570 ft 175 m
on the south side

Leelanau County spans about 600 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 land760 ft230 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,170 ft355 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
570 ft175 m

Elevation profile, west to east

54 mi west to east through Elmwood Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Leelanau County, Michigan, shaded from 570 ft on the south side to 1,170 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
22,871 2024 est.
Land area
347.2 sq mi + 2,185.0 sq mi water
Density
66 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland 96%
Drains to
Great Lakes
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Antrim County930 ft
  2. Grand Traverse County900 ft
  3. Benzie County790 ft
  4. Charlevoix County790 ft
  5. Leelanau County760 ft
  6. Schoolcraft County730 ft
  7. Delta County730 ft
  8. Door County, WI670 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Varney Hill1,120 ft
  • Old Baldy Dune1,120 ft
  • Sleeping Bear Dunes1,090 ft
  • Sugarloaf Mountain, Leelanau County1,060 ft
  • Fouch Hill1,050 ft
All 22 towns in Leelanau County by typical elevation
  1. Kasson Township880 ft
  2. Centerville Township780 ft
  3. Cleveland Township750 ft
  4. Elmwood Township750 ft
  5. Solon Township, Leelanau County740 ft
  6. Maple City730 ft
  7. Bingham Township, Leelanau County730 ft
  8. Suttons Bay Township710 ft
  9. Omena670 ft
  10. Empire Township660 ft
  11. Leelanau Township640 ft
  12. Leland Township630 ft
  13. Greilickville630 ft
  14. Northport620 ft
  15. Lake Leelanau620 ft
  16. Empire620 ft
  17. Traverse City partly610 ft
  18. Suttons Bay610 ft
  19. Glen Arbor Township600 ft
  20. Cedar600 ft
  21. Leland600 ft
  22. Glen Arbor590 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 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; 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.