Solon Township, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Solon Township, Michigan, shaded from 760 ft on the west side to 1,070 ft on the north side
Elevation
1,070 ft 325 m990 ft 305 m960 ft 290 m880 ft 270 m800 ft 245 m760 ft 230 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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How to use this mapviews, tools and data
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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Solon Township sits at about 860 ft (265 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
860 ft 265 m
most residents: 820–910 ft
Lowest
760 ft 230 m
on the west side
Highest
1,070 ft 325 m
on the north side
Average
870 ft 265 m
all land inside township boundaries

Solon Township spans about 310 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
860 ft265 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the north side
1,070 ft325 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the west side
760 ft230 m
Airport (8D4)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.4 mi southwest of the township boundaries
775 ft236 m
Average of all land870 ft265 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.2 mi south to north through the middle of Solon Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Solon Township, Michigan, shaded from 760 ft on the west side to 1,070 ft on the north side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Kent County, Michigan, United States
Population
6,626 2024 est.
Land area
34.9 sq mi + 1.3 sq mi water
Density
190 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.2441° N, 85.6123° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Rogue River → Grand River
Airport
Paul C Miller/Sparta (8D4) 775 ft
ZIP codes 3
49319 49343 49345
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Ensley Township940 ft
  2. Village of Sand Lake920 ft
  3. Pierson Township910 ft
  4. Nelson Township910 ft
  5. Solon Township860 ft
  6. Cedar Springs850 ft
  7. Kent City810 ft
  8. Tyrone Township, Kent County810 ft
  9. Algoma Township810 ft
  10. Sparta Township760 ft
  11. Sparta760 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Brady Hills1,090 ft
  • Cheney Hills1,020 ft
  • Bettes Tower Hill870 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.