Marquette County, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Marquette County, Michigan, shaded from 600 ft on the northwest side to 1,930 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,930 ft 590 m1,600 ft 485 m1,430 ft 435 m1,100 ft 335 m760 ft 235 m600 ft 185 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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County area
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Elevation Data

Marquette County averages about 1,240 ft (380 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 600 ft on the northwest side to 1,930 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
1,240 ft 380 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,930 ft 590 m
on the west side
Lowest
600 ft 180 m
on the northwest side

Marquette County spans about 1,330 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 land1,240 ft380 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
1,930 ft590 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
600 ft180 m

Elevation profile, west to east

48 mi west to east through Marquette.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Marquette County, Michigan, shaded from 600 ft on the northwest side to 1,930 ft on the west side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in Michigan, United States
Population
67,979 2024 est.
Land area
1,809.1 sq mi + 1,615.9 sq mi water
Density
38 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform regions
Superior Upland 76%, Central Lowland 24%
Drains to
Great Lakes
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Iron County1,540 ft
  2. Baraga County1,340 ft
  3. Marquette County1,240 ft
  4. Dickinson County1,180 ft
  5. Houghton County1,030 ft
  6. Alger County860 ft
  7. Keweenaw County850 ft
  8. Menominee County790 ft
  9. Delta County730 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Summit Mountain1,850 ft
  • Green Hills1,690 ft
  • Wewe Hills1,630 ft
  • Mount Benison1,590 ft
  • Pilot Knob1,570 ft
All 31 towns in Marquette County by typical elevation
  1. Champion Township1,690 ft
  2. Humboldt Township1,600 ft
  3. Michigamme Township1,600 ft
  4. Michigamme1,590 ft
  5. Republic Township1,510 ft
  6. Ely Township1,510 ft
  7. Republic1,500 ft
  8. Tilden Township1,470 ft
  9. Ishpeming Township1,460 ft
  10. West Ishpeming1,460 ft
  11. Ishpeming1,450 ft
  12. Negaunee1,390 ft
  13. Negaunee Township1,380 ft
  14. Palmer1,300 ft
  15. Richmond Township, Marquette County1,300 ft
  16. K. I. Sawyer1,170 ft
  17. West Branch Township, Marquette County1,160 ft
  18. Forsyth Township1,150 ft
  19. Gwinn1,110 ft
  20. Skandia Township1,060 ft
  21. Turin Township1,060 ft
  22. Wells Township, Marquette County1,040 ft
  23. Ewing Township970 ft
  24. Sands Township940 ft
  25. Marquette Township790 ft
  26. Trowbridge Park780 ft
  27. Powell Township700 ft
  28. Marquette690 ft
  29. Harvey670 ft
  30. Big Bay650 ft
  31. Chocolay Township640 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.
  • 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, 300 ft at 46.4560° N, 87.6085° 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.