Platte Township, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Platte Township, Michigan, shaded from 590 ft on the west side to 950 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
950 ft 290 m860 ft 260 m810 ft 250 m720 ft 220 m630 ft 190 m590 ft 180 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

Platte Township sits at about 790 ft (240 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
790 ft 240 m
most residents: 660–900 ft
Lowest
590 ft 180 m
on the west side
Highest
950 ft 290 m
on the northeast side
Average
810 ft 250 m
all land inside township boundaries

Platte Township spans about 360 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
790 ft240 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northeast side
950 ft290 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the west side
590 ft180 m
Average of all land810 ft250 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.9 mi west to east through the middle of Platte Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Platte Township, Michigan, shaded from 590 ft on the west side to 950 ft on the northeast side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Benzie County, Michigan, United States
Population
352 2024 est.
Land area
36.3 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
9.7 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.7366° N, 86.0289° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
ZIP codes 2
49640 49650
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Almira Township850 ft
  2. Maple Grove820 ft
  3. Homestead Township800 ft
  4. Platte Township790 ft
  5. Benzonia770 ft
  6. Benzonia Township710 ft
  7. Beulah660 ft
  8. Empire Township660 ft
  9. Empire620 ft
  10. Honor620 ft
  11. Lake Township, Benzie County600 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Varney Hill1,120 ft
  • Warner Hill1,120 ft
  • Old Baldy Dune1,120 ft
  • Sleeping Bear Dunes1,090 ft
  • Turtle Lake Hill1,050 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.