Manistee County, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Manistee County, Michigan, shaded from 580 ft on the south side to 1,150 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,150 ft 350 m1,010 ft 310 m940 ft 285 m790 ft 240 m650 ft 200 m580 ft 175 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

Manistee County averages about 790 ft (240 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 580 ft on the south side to 1,150 ft on the east side.

Average elevation
790 ft 240 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,150 ft 350 m
on the east side
Lowest
580 ft 175 m
on the south side

Manistee County spans about 570 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 east side
1,150 ft350 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
580 ft175 m

Elevation profile, west to east

56 mi west to east through Manistee.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Manistee County, Michigan, shaded from 580 ft on the south side to 1,150 ft on the east side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Michigan, United States
Population
25,519 2024 est.
Land area
542.3 sq mi + 738.4 sq mi water
Density
47 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. Lake County960 ft
  3. Benzie County790 ft
  4. Manistee County790 ft
  5. Manitowoc County, WI780 ft
  6. Kewaunee County, WI730 ft
  7. Mason County690 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Udell Hills1,050 ft
All 27 towns in Manistee County by typical elevation
  1. Marilla Township940 ft
  2. Cleon Township930 ft
  3. Pleasanton Township840 ft
  4. Copemish810 ft
  5. Village of Bear Lake800 ft
  6. Bear Lake Township800 ft
  7. Norman Township780 ft
  8. Springdale Township770 ft
  9. Wellston770 ft
  10. Maple Grove Township, Manistee County750 ft
  11. Kaleva750 ft
  12. Brown Township740 ft
  13. Dickson Township730 ft
  14. Brethren730 ft
  15. Stronach Township690 ft
  16. Manistee Township660 ft
  17. Oak Hill660 ft
  18. Filer Township660 ft
  19. Eastlake660 ft
  20. Onekama Township650 ft
  21. Onekama620 ft
  22. Manistee620 ft
  23. Stronach610 ft
  24. Parkdale600 ft
  25. Filer City600 ft
  26. Arcadia Township, Manistee County600 ft
  27. Arcadia590 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, 550 ft at 44.2276° N, 86.1421° 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.