Norton Shores, MI Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
820 ft 250 m760 ft 230 m730 ft 220 m670 ft 205 m610 ft 185 m580 ft 175 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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
Norton Shores sits at about 610 ft (185 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
610 ft 185 m
most residents: 600–630 ft
Lowest
580 ft 175 m
on the northeast side
Highest
820 ft 250 m
on the south side
Average
620 ft 190 m
all land inside city limits
Norton Shores spans about 240 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 610 ft185 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the south side | 820 ft250 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the northeast side | 580 ft175 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Norton Shores | 610 ft185 m |
| Airport (MKG) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways | 628 ft191 m |
| Average of all land | 620 ft190 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
5.0 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Muskegon County, Michigan, United States
- Population
- 25,070 2024 est.
- Land area
- 23.2 sq mi + 1.4 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,079 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 43.1689° N, 86.2639° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Central Lowland
- Airport
- Muskegon County (MKG) 628 ft
- ZIP codes 3
- 49441 49444 49456
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Muskegon Township640 ft
- Fruitport Township630 ft
- Muskegon630 ft
- Muskegon Heights630 ft
- Roosevelt Park620 ft
- North Muskegon620 ft
- Norton Shores610 ft
- Fruitport610 ft
- Spring Lake Township600 ft
- Spring Lake600 ft
- Ferrysburg590 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Michigan1,810th highest of 1,985
- Towns in Muskegon County28th highest of 29
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Pigeon Hill730 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 physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.