Monroe County, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Monroe County, Michigan, shaded from 560 ft on the northwest side to 740 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
740 ft 225 m690 ft 210 m670 ft 205 m630 ft 190 m580 ft 175 m560 ft 170 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

Monroe County averages about 640 ft (195 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 560 ft on the northwest side to 740 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation
640 ft 195 m
all land inside the county
Highest
740 ft 225 m
on the northeast side
Lowest
560 ft 170 m
on the northwest side

Monroe County spans about 180 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 land640 ft195 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
740 ft225 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
560 ft170 m

Elevation profile, west to east

20 mi west to east through Bedford Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Monroe County, Michigan, shaded from 560 ft on the northwest side to 740 ft on the northeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Michigan, United States
Population
156,045 2024 est.
Land area
549.4 sq mi + 130.6 sq mi water
Density
284 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland 99%
Drains to
Great Lakes
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Washtenaw County880 ft
  2. Lenawee County820 ft
  3. Wayne County640 ft
  4. Monroe County640 ft
  5. Lucas County, OH640 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 32 towns in Monroe County by typical elevation
  1. Milan partly700 ft
  2. Milan Township680 ft
  3. Petersburg680 ft
  4. Summerfield Township680 ft
  5. Whiteford Township680 ft
  6. Dundee Township660 ft
  7. Dundee660 ft
  8. London Township660 ft
  9. Ida Township650 ft
  10. Lambertville650 ft
  11. Ida640 ft
  12. Maybee640 ft
  13. Exeter Township630 ft
  14. Bedford Township630 ft
  15. Raisinville Township620 ft
  16. Temperance620 ft
  17. Carleton620 ft
  18. Ash Township610 ft
  19. La Salle Township610 ft
  20. West Monroe600 ft
  21. Frenchtown Township600 ft
  22. Monroe Township600 ft
  23. Monroe600 ft
  24. South Monroe590 ft
  25. Berlin Township590 ft
  26. South Rockwood590 ft
  27. Erie Township590 ft
  28. Woodland Beach580 ft
  29. Detroit Beach580 ft
  30. Stony Point580 ft
  31. Luna Pier580 ft
  32. Estral Beach570 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, 370 ft at 42.0554° N, 83.2740° 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.