Oakland County, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Oakland County, Michigan, shaded from 600 ft on the southeast side to 1,280 ft on Pine Knob
Elevation
1,280 ft 390 m1,110 ft 340 m1,030 ft 315 m860 ft 260 m690 ft 210 m600 ft 185 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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Measure
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County area
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Elevation Data

Oakland County averages about 930 ft (285 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 600 ft on the southeast side to 1,280 ft on Pine Knob.

Average elevation
930 ft 285 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,280 ft 390 m
on Pine Knob
Lowest
600 ft 185 m
on the southeast side

Oakland County spans about 680 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 land930 ft285 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Pine Knob (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
1,280 ft390 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
600 ft185 m

Elevation profile, west to east

30 mi west to east through Troy.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Oakland County, Michigan, shaded from 600 ft on the southeast side to 1,280 ft on Pine Knob
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Michigan, United States
Population
1,296,888 2024 est.
Land area
867.4 sq mi + 39.8 sq mi water
Density
1,495 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. Oakland County930 ft
  2. Livingston County930 ft
  3. Washtenaw County880 ft
  4. Lapeer County870 ft
  5. Genesee County790 ft
  6. Macomb County680 ft
  7. Wayne County640 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Pine Knob1,280 ft
  • Mount Holly1,240 ft
  • Grampian Hills1,230 ft
  • Enders Hill1,200 ft
  • Bald Mountain, Oakland County1,130 ft
All 62 towns in Oakland County by typical elevation
  1. Oxford1,050 ft
  2. Springfield Township1,050 ft
  3. Brandon Township1,050 ft
  4. Oxford Township1,040 ft
  5. Highland Township1,030 ft
  6. Independence Township1,010 ft
  7. Leonard1,000 ft
  8. Village of Clarkston1,000 ft
  9. Orion Township1,000 ft
  10. Addison Township990 ft
  11. Rose Township990 ft
  12. Groveland Township990 ft
  13. Lake Orion990 ft
  14. Milford Township980 ft
  15. Lake Angelus970 ft
  16. Milford970 ft
  17. Waterford Township970 ft
  18. White Lake Township970 ft
  19. Pontiac960 ft
  20. Ortonville950 ft
  21. Lyon Township950 ft
  22. West Bloomfield Township950 ft
  23. Orchard Lake Village950 ft
  24. Oakland Township950 ft
  25. Wixom940 ft
  26. Walled Lake940 ft
  27. Novi940 ft
  28. Auburn Hills940 ft
  29. Sylvan Lake940 ft
  30. Commerce Township940 ft
  31. Keego Harbor940 ft
  32. Wolverine Lake930 ft
  33. South Lyon930 ft
  34. Holly Township920 ft
  35. Holly920 ft
  36. Fenton partly900 ft
  37. Novi Township890 ft
  38. Bloomfield Township880 ft
  39. Northville870 ft
  40. Bloomfield Hills850 ft
  41. Rochester Hills820 ft
  42. Farmington Hills810 ft
  43. Rochester780 ft
  44. Franklin770 ft
  45. Birmingham750 ft
  46. Farmington740 ft
  47. Southfield Township730 ft
  48. Beverly Hills730 ft
  49. Bingham Farms720 ft
  50. Lathrup Village700 ft
  51. Berkley680 ft
  52. Southfield680 ft
  53. Troy680 ft
  54. Oak Park670 ft
  55. Clawson670 ft
  56. Royal Oak Township670 ft
  57. Huntington Woods660 ft
  58. Royal Oak660 ft
  59. Pleasant Ridge650 ft
  60. Ferndale640 ft
  61. Madison Heights630 ft
  62. Hazel Park630 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; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. 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, 600 ft at 42.4771° N, 83.1121° 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.