Peninsula Township, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Peninsula Township, Michigan, shaded from 580 ft on the north side to 870 ft near the middle
Elevation
870 ft 265 m790 ft 240 m760 ft 230 m690 ft 210 m610 ft 185 m580 ft 175 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.
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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Peninsula Township sits at about 720 ft (220 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
720 ft 220 m
most residents: 610–800 ft
Lowest
580 ft 175 m
on the north side
Highest
870 ft 265 m
near the middle
Average
670 ft 205 m
all land inside township boundaries

Peninsula Township spans about 290 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
720 ft220 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, near the middle
870 ft265 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the north side
580 ft175 m
Airport (TVC)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.3 mi south of the township boundaries
624 ft190 m
Average of all land670 ft205 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.2 mi west to east through the middle of Peninsula Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Peninsula Township, Michigan, shaded from 580 ft on the north side to 870 ft near the middle
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Township in Grand Traverse County, Michigan, United States
Population
6,127 2024 est.
Land area
27.9 sq mi + 4.0 sq mi water
Density
219 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.8494° N, 85.5426° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Airport
Cherry Capital (TVC) 624 ft
ZIP codes 1
49686
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. East Bay Township870 ft
  2. Elmwood Township750 ft
  3. Garfield Township740 ft
  4. Whitewater Township730 ft
  5. Bingham Township, Leelanau County730 ft
  6. Peninsula Township720 ft
  7. Acme Township690 ft
  8. Greilickville630 ft
  9. Traverse City610 ft
  10. Elk Rapids Township600 ft
  11. Elk Rapids600 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Hickory Hill1,050 ft
  • Fouch Hill1,050 ft
  • McCrea Hill950 ft
  • Carpenter Hill860 ft
  • Old Baldy730 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the township boundaries, 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 township boundaries (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.