Roscommon Township, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Roscommon Township, Michigan, shaded from 1,080 ft on the southwest side to 1,350 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,350 ft 410 m1,280 ft 390 m1,250 ft 380 m1,180 ft 360 m1,110 ft 340 m1,080 ft 330 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.
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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

Roscommon Township sits at about 1,170 ft (355 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,170 ft 355 m
most residents: 1,130–1,210 ft
Lowest
1,080 ft 330 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,350 ft 410 m
on the southeast side
Average
1,150 ft 350 m
all land inside township boundaries

Roscommon Township spans about 270 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
1,170 ft355 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southeast side
1,350 ft410 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southwest side
1,080 ft330 m
Airport (HTL)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.6 mi northeast of the township boundaries
1,150 ft351 m
Average of all land1,150 ft350 m

Elevation profile, west to east

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

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Roscommon Township, Michigan, shaded from 1,080 ft on the southwest side to 1,350 ft on the southeast side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Roscommon County, Michigan, United States
Population
4,517 2024 est.
Land area
103.6 sq mi + 4.8 sq mi water
Density
44 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.2977° N, 84.7641° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Muskegon River
Airport
Roscommon County/Blodgett Memorial (HTL) 1,150 ft
ZIP codes 3
48629 48630 48651
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Backus Township1,180 ft
  2. Lyon Township, Roscommon County1,170 ft
  3. Roscommon Township1,170 ft
  4. Houghton Lake1,170 ft
  5. Holland Township, Missaukee County1,160 ft
  6. Denton Township1,160 ft
  7. Markey Township1,150 ft
  8. Prudenville1,150 ft
  9. Butterfield Township1,140 ft
  10. Enterprise Township1,140 ft
  11. Lake Township, Roscommon County1,140 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Emery Hill1,365 ft
  • Ninemile Hill1,340 ft
  • Birch Hill1,260 ft
  • Blue Mountain1,250 ft
  • McWatty Knoll1,110 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.