Wayne County, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wayne County, Michigan, shaded from 560 ft near the middle to 990 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
990 ft 305 m890 ft 270 m830 ft 255 m730 ft 220 m620 ft 190 m560 ft 170 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Wayne County averages about 640 ft (195 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 560 ft near the middle to 990 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
640 ft 195 m
all land inside the county
Highest
990 ft 305 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
560 ft 170 m
near the middle

Wayne County spans about 430 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 land640 ft195 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
990 ft305 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, near the middle
560 ft170 m

Elevation profile, west to east

27 mi west to east through Detroit.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wayne County, Michigan, shaded from 560 ft near the middle to 990 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Michigan, United States
Population
1,771,063 2024 est.
Land area
611.8 sq mi + 60.5 sq mi water
Density
2,895 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland 98%
Drains to
Great Lakes
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Oakland County930 ft
  2. Washtenaw County880 ft
  3. Macomb County680 ft
  4. Wayne County640 ft
  5. Monroe County640 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 43 towns in Wayne County by typical elevation
  1. Northville partly870 ft
  2. Northville Township830 ft
  3. Plymouth Township750 ft
  4. Plymouth720 ft
  5. Canton Township690 ft
  6. Van Buren Township680 ft
  7. Belleville670 ft
  8. Sumpter Township670 ft
  9. Livonia660 ft
  10. Westland660 ft
  11. Romulus650 ft
  12. Wayne650 ft
  13. Highland Park640 ft
  14. Garden City640 ft
  15. Redford Township630 ft
  16. Inkster630 ft
  17. Hamtramck630 ft
  18. Detroit620 ft
  19. Dearborn Heights620 ft
  20. Huron Township620 ft
  21. Taylor610 ft
  22. Dearborn600 ft
  23. Brownstown Township600 ft
  24. Woodhaven600 ft
  25. Allen Park600 ft
  26. Riverview600 ft
  27. Southgate590 ft
  28. Flat Rock590 ft
  29. Grosse Ile Township590 ft
  30. Harper Woods590 ft
  31. Melvindale590 ft
  32. Trenton590 ft
  33. Village of Grosse Pointe Shores590 ft
  34. Grosse Pointe Farms590 ft
  35. Lincoln Park590 ft
  36. Rockwood590 ft
  37. Grosse Pointe580 ft
  38. Grosse Pointe Woods580 ft
  39. Ecorse580 ft
  40. Wyandotte580 ft
  41. River Rouge580 ft
  42. Grosse Pointe Park580 ft
  43. Gibraltar580 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 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; 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, 560 ft at 42.2835° N, 83.1304° 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.