Trenton, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Trenton, Michigan, shaded from 570 ft on the north side to 630 ft on the north side
Elevation
630 ft 190 m610 ft 185 m610 ft 185 m590 ft 180 m580 ft 175 m570 ft 175 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Trenton sits at about 590 ft (180 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
590 ft 180 m
most residents: 580–600 ft
Lowest
570 ft 175 m
on the north side
Highest
630 ft 190 m
on the north side
Average
590 ft 180 m
all land inside city limits

Trenton spans about 60 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
590 ft180 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
630 ft190 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
570 ft175 m
Town center
USGS map point for Trenton
600 ft180 m
Airport (DTW)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 8.0 mi northwest of the city limits
645 ft197 m
Average of all land590 ft180 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.5 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Trenton, Michigan, shaded from 570 ft on the north side to 630 ft on the north side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Wayne County, Michigan, United States
Population
17,957 2024 est.
Land area
7.2 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
2,479 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.1395° N, 83.1783° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Drains to
Niagara River
Airport
Detroit Metro Wayne County (DTW) 645 ft
ZIP codes 1
48183
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Brownstown Township600 ft
  2. Woodhaven600 ft
  3. Riverview600 ft
  4. Southgate590 ft
  5. Flat Rock590 ft
  6. Grosse Ile Township590 ft
  7. Trenton590 ft
  8. South Rockwood590 ft
  9. Rockwood590 ft
  10. Wyandotte580 ft
  11. Gibraltar580 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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, 570 ft at 42.1257° N, 83.1929° 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 and Watershed Boundary Dataset; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.