Pentland Township, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pentland Township, Michigan, shaded from 700 ft on the east side to 960 ft on the east side
Elevation
960 ft 295 m900 ft 275 m870 ft 265 m800 ft 245 m740 ft 225 m700 ft 215 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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Pentland Township sits at about 840 ft (255 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
840 ft 255 m
most residents: 740–880 ft
Lowest
700 ft 215 m
on the east side
Highest
960 ft 295 m
on the east side
Average
780 ft 240 m
all land inside township boundaries

Pentland Township spans about 260 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
840 ft255 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the east side
960 ft295 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the east side
700 ft215 m
Airport (ERY)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
869 ft265 m
Average of all land780 ft240 m

Elevation profile, west to east

18 mi west to east through the middle of Pentland Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pentland Township, Michigan, shaded from 700 ft on the east side to 960 ft on the east side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Luce County, Michigan, United States
Population
2,694 2024 est.
Land area
106.8 sq mi + 0.6 sq mi water
Density
25 per sq mi
Coordinates
46.3078° N, 85.5121° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Tahquamenon River
Airport
Luce County (ERY) 869 ft
ZIP codes 1
49868
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Pentland Township840 ft
  2. Hudson Township, Mackinac County810 ft
  3. McMillan Township790 ft
  4. Newberry780 ft
  5. Columbus Township, Luce County780 ft
  6. Lakefield Township770 ft
  7. Hulbert Township770 ft
  8. Newton Township, Mackinac County740 ft
  9. Portage Township, Mackinac County720 ft
  10. Garfield Township, Mackinac County670 ft
  11. Naubinway600 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Blue Mountains770 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, 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.