Novi, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Novi, Michigan, shaded from 790 ft on the southeast side to 1,040 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,040 ft 320 m980 ft 300 m950 ft 290 m890 ft 270 m820 ft 250 m790 ft 240 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Novi sits at about 940 ft (285 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
940 ft 285 m
most residents: 860–970 ft
Lowest
790 ft 240 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,040 ft 320 m
on the west side
Average
930 ft 285 m
all land inside city limits

Novi spans about 250 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.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
940 ft285 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
1,040 ft320 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
790 ft240 m
Town center
USGS map point for Novi
910 ft280 m
Airport (Y47)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.6 mi west of the city limits
926 ft282 m
Average of all land930 ft285 m

Elevation profile, south to north

5.6 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Novi, Michigan, shaded from 790 ft on the southeast side to 1,040 ft on the west side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Oakland County, Michigan, United States
Population
67,675 2024 est.
Land area
30.2 sq mi + 1.0 sq mi water
Density
2,238 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.4806° N, 83.4755° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Niagara River
Airport
Oakland Southwest (Y47) 926 ft
ZIP codes 4
48167 48374 48375 48377
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Lyon Township950 ft
  2. Wixom940 ft
  3. Walled Lake940 ft
  4. Novi940 ft
  5. Salem Township940 ft
  6. Wolverine Lake930 ft
  7. Novi Township890 ft
  8. Northville870 ft
  9. Northville Township830 ft
  10. Farmington Hills810 ft
  11. Farmington740 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Pine Knob1,280 ft
  • Waterford Hill1,130 ft
  • Mount Judah1,130 ft
  • Haven Hill1,120 ft
  • Teeple Hill1,100 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, Watershed Boundary Dataset 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.