Presque Isle County, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Presque Isle County, Michigan, shaded from 580 ft on the shore of Lake Huron to 950 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
950 ft 290 m860 ft 260 m810 ft 245 m720 ft 220 m620 ft 190 m580 ft 175 m
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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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
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County area
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Elevation Data

Presque Isle County averages about 750 ft (230 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 580 ft on the shore of Lake Huron to 950 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
750 ft 230 m
all land inside the county
Highest
950 ft 290 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
580 ft 175 m
on the shore of Lake Huron

Presque Isle County spans about 370 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land750 ft230 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
950 ft290 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the shore of Lake Huron
580 ft175 m

Elevation profile, west to east

75 mi west to east through Rogers City.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Presque Isle County, Michigan, shaded from 580 ft on the shore of Lake Huron to 950 ft on the southwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in Michigan, United States
Population
13,230 2024 est.
Land area
658.7 sq mi + 1,914.0 sq mi water
Density
20 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland 99%
Drains to
Great Lakes
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Montmorency County960 ft
  2. Cheboygan County760 ft
  3. Presque Isle County750 ft
  4. Alpena County730 ft
  5. Chippewa County720 ft
  6. Mackinac County720 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Black Mountain920 ft
All 19 towns in Presque Isle County by typical elevation
  1. Onaway850 ft
  2. Bismarck Township840 ft
  3. Moltke Township820 ft
  4. Allis Township820 ft
  5. Case Township800 ft
  6. Millersburg800 ft
  7. Belknap Township790 ft
  8. Posen790 ft
  9. Metz Township780 ft
  10. Posen Township770 ft
  11. Pulawski Township760 ft
  12. North Allis Township720 ft
  13. Ocqueoc Township660 ft
  14. Rogers Township650 ft
  15. Presque Isle Township630 ft
  16. Bearinger Township620 ft
  17. Rogers City610 ft
  18. Presque Isle Harbor610 ft
  19. Krakow Township610 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • 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, 550 ft at 45.2638° N, 83.4021° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.