Mackinac Island, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mackinac Island, Michigan, shaded from 580 ft on the northwest side to 900 ft near the middle
Elevation
900 ft 275 m820 ft 250 m780 ft 235 m700 ft 215 m620 ft 190 m580 ft 175 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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How to use this mapviews, tools and data
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.
Click or tap anywhere
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

Mackinac Island sits at about 730 ft (225 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
730 ft 225 m
most residents: 600–780 ft
Lowest
580 ft 175 m
on the northwest side
Highest
900 ft 275 m
near the middle
Average
690 ft 210 m
all land inside city limits

Mackinac Island spans about 320 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
730 ft225 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, near the middle
900 ft275 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
580 ft175 m
Town center
USGS map point for Mackinac Island
600 ft180 m
Airport (MCD)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
741 ft226 m
Average of all land690 ft210 m

Elevation profile, south to north

5.2 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mackinac Island, Michigan, shaded from 580 ft on the northwest side to 900 ft near the middle
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Mackinac County, Michigan, United States
Population
613 2024 est.
Land area
4.4 sq mi + 14.0 sq mi water
Density
141 per sq mi
Coordinates
45.8492° N, 84.6189° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Drains to
Niagara River
Airport
Mackinac Island (MCD) 741 ft
ZIP codes 1
49757
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Mackinac Island730 ft
  2. Carp Lake Township730 ft
  3. Hebron Township730 ft
  4. Carp Lake730 ft
  5. St. Ignace640 ft
  6. Bois Blanc Township630 ft
  7. Moran Township620 ft
  8. Wawatam Township610 ft
  9. St. Ignace Township610 ft
  10. Mackinaw City600 ft
  11. Mackinaw Township600 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Peek-A-Boo Hill750 ft
  • Castle Rock740 ft
  • Rabbit Back Peak710 ft
  • Mount Nebo700 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 and Watershed Boundary Dataset; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.