Paris, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Paris, Michigan, shaded from 910 ft near the middle to 1,040 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,040 ft 315 m1,010 ft 305 m990 ft 300 m960 ft 295 m930 ft 285 m910 ft 280 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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.
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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Paris sits at about 960 ft (290 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
960 ft 290 m
most residents: 930–960 ft
Lowest
910 ft 280 m
near the middle
Highest
1,040 ft 315 m
on the west side
Average
950 ft 290 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Paris spans about 130 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
960 ft290 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
1,040 ft315 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, near the middle
910 ft280 m
Town center
USGS map point for Paris
930 ft285 m
Airport (RQB)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.3 mi south of the CDP boundary
994 ft303 m
Average of all land950 ft290 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.6 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Paris, Michigan, shaded from 910 ft near the middle to 1,040 ft on the west side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Mecosta County, Michigan, United States
Population
271 2020 Census
Land area
0.9 sq mi
Density
315 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.7734° N, 85.5025° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Muskegon River
Airport
Roben-Hood (RQB) 994 ft
ZIP codes 1
49338
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Barton Township1,120 ft
  2. Richmond Township, Osceola County1,080 ft
  3. Reed City1,040 ft
  4. Grant Township, Mecosta County1,020 ft
  5. Colfax Township1,010 ft
  6. Hersey Township1,000 ft
  7. Hersey980 ft
  8. Big Rapids Township970 ft
  9. Green Township970 ft
  10. Paris960 ft
  11. Big Rapids940 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Paris is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.