Pontiac, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pontiac, Michigan, shaded from 860 ft on the east side to 1,090 ft on the north side
Elevation
1,090 ft 335 m1,030 ft 315 m1,000 ft 305 m950 ft 290 m890 ft 270 m860 ft 265 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.
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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Pontiac 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: 930–980 ft
Lowest
860 ft 265 m
on the east side
Highest
1,090 ft 330 m
on the north side
Average
950 ft 290 m
all land inside city limits

Pontiac spans about 230 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 city limits, on the north side
1,090 ft330 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
860 ft265 m
Town center
USGS map point for Pontiac
920 ft280 m
Airport (PTK)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.4 mi west of the city limits
981 ft299 m
Average of all land950 ft290 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pontiac, Michigan, shaded from 860 ft on the east side to 1,090 ft on the north side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Oakland County, Michigan, United States
Population
62,528 2024 est.
Land area
19.9 sq mi + 0.4 sq mi water
Density
3,144 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.6389° N, 83.2910° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Clinton River → Niagara River
Airport
Oakland County International (PTK) 981 ft
ZIP codes 3
48340 48341 48342
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Lake Angelus970 ft
  2. Waterford Township970 ft
  3. Pontiac960 ft
  4. West Bloomfield Township950 ft
  5. Orchard Lake Village950 ft
  6. Auburn Hills940 ft
  7. Sylvan Lake940 ft
  8. Keego Harbor940 ft
  9. Bloomfield Township880 ft
  10. Bloomfield Hills850 ft
  11. Rochester Hills820 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Pine Knob1,280 ft
  • Grampian Hills1,230 ft
  • Bald Mountain, Oakland County1,130 ft
  • Waterford Hill1,130 ft
  • Mount Judah1,130 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • 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, 860 ft at 42.6321° N, 83.2512° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.