Solon Township, Leelanau County, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation
1,170 ft 355 m1,020 ft 310 m950 ft 290 m800 ft 245 m660 ft 200 m590 ft 180 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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, Leelanau County sits at about 740 ft (225 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
740 ft 225 m
most residents: 600–920 ft
Lowest
590 ft 180 m
on the north side
Highest
1,170 ft 355 m
on the southeast side
Average
740 ft 225 m
all land inside township boundaries
Solon Township, Leelanau County spans about 580 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 740 ft225 m |
| Highest point Inside township boundaries, on the southeast side | 1,170 ft355 m |
| Lowest point Inside township boundaries, on the north side | 590 ft180 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Solon Township, Leelanau County | 630 ft190 m |
| Airport (TVC) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.9 mi southeast of the township boundaries | 624 ft190 m |
| Average of all land | 740 ft225 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
6.1 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Township in Leelanau County, Michigan, United States
- Population
- 1,601 2024 est.
- Land area
- 26.4 sq mi + 3.3 sq mi water
- Density
- 61 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 44.8094° N, 85.7612° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Central Lowland
- Airport
- Cherry Capital (TVC) 624 ft
- ZIP codes 2
- 49621 49684
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Long Lake Township890 ft
- Hardwood Acres890 ft
- Kasson Township880 ft
- Almira Township850 ft
- Centerville Township780 ft
- Elmwood Township750 ft
- Solon Township, Leelanau County740 ft
- Maple City730 ft
- Bingham Township, Leelanau County730 ft
- Greilickville630 ft
- Cedar600 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Michigan1,198th highest of 1,985
- Towns in Leelanau County5th highest of 21
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Varney Hill1,120 ft
- Warner Hill1,120 ft
- Sugarloaf Mountain, Leelanau County1,060 ft
- Hickory Hill1,050 ft
- Fouch 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.