Mason County, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mason County, Michigan, shaded from 580 ft on the northeast side to 960 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
960 ft 290 m860 ft 265 m810 ft 250 m720 ft 220 m620 ft 190 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Mason County averages about 690 ft (210 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 580 ft on the northeast side to 960 ft on the southeast side.

Average elevation
690 ft 210 m
all land inside the county
Highest
960 ft 290 m
on the southeast side
Lowest
580 ft 175 m
on the northeast side

Mason County spans about 380 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 land690 ft210 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
960 ft290 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
580 ft175 m

Elevation profile, west to east

51 mi west to east through Ludington.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mason County, Michigan, shaded from 580 ft on the northeast side to 960 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
29,093 2024 est.
Land area
495.0 sq mi + 747.3 sq mi water
Density
59 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. Lake County960 ft
  2. Sheboygan County, WI850 ft
  3. Manistee County790 ft
  4. Manitowoc County, WI780 ft
  5. Oceana County760 ft
  6. Mason County690 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 20 towns in Mason County by typical elevation
  1. Logan Township, Mason County760 ft
  2. Sheridan Township, Mason County720 ft
  3. Meade Township, Mason County710 ft
  4. Fountain710 ft
  5. Branch Township710 ft
  6. Eden Township710 ft
  7. Sherman Township, Mason County690 ft
  8. Free Soil Township690 ft
  9. Scottville680 ft
  10. Custer Township680 ft
  11. Free Soil680 ft
  12. Custer680 ft
  13. Riverton Township670 ft
  14. Summit Township, Mason County670 ft
  15. Grant Township, Mason County660 ft
  16. Victory Township660 ft
  17. Amber Township660 ft
  18. Hamlin Township630 ft
  19. Pere Marquette Township630 ft
  20. Ludington620 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.