Minnesota Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Minnesota, shaded from 600 ft on the northeast side to 2,298 ft on Eagle Mountain
Elevation
2,300 ft 700 m1,870 ft 570 m1,660 ft 505 m1,230 ft 375 m810 ft 245 m600 ft 180 m
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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.
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State area
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Elevation Data

Minnesota averages about 1,220 ft (370 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 600 ft on the northeast side to 2,298 ft on Eagle Mountain.

Average elevation
1,220 ft 370 m
all land in Minnesota
Highest
2,298 ft 700 m
on Eagle Mountain
Lowest
600 ft 180 m
on the northeast side

Minnesota spans about 1,700 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 land1,220 ft370 m
Highest point
In Minnesota, on Eagle Mountain (NGS survey height)
2,298 ft700 m
Lowest point
In Minnesota, on the northeast side
600 ft180 m

Elevation profile, south to north

355 mi south to north through Minneapolis.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Minnesota, shaded from 600 ft on the northeast side to 2,298 ft on Eagle Mountain
State boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
State in the West North Central division of the Midwest region, United States
Population
5,793,151 2024 est.
Land area
79,631.8 sq mi + 7,311.4 sq mi water
Density
73 per sq mi
Counties
87
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform regions
Central Lowland 85%, Superior Upland 15%
Drains to
Gulf of America 56%, Canada 38%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring states sharing a border, by average

  1. South Dakota2,200 ft
  2. North Dakota1,830 ft
  3. Minnesota1,220 ft
  4. Wisconsin1,080 ft
  5. Iowa1,070 ft
  6. Michigan900 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • States in the United States23rd highest of 52

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Eagle Mountain, Cook County2,298 ft
  • Lima Mountain2,230 ft
  • Brule Mountain2,210 ft
  • Pine Mountain2,190 ft
  • Kelso Mountain2,080 ft
All 87 counties by average elevation
  1. Pipestone County1,720 ft
  2. Lincoln County1,700 ft
  3. Cook County1,620 ft
  4. Nobles County1,600 ft
  5. Murray County1,600 ft
  6. Lake County1,570 ft
  7. Rock County1,540 ft
  8. Hubbard County1,450 ft
  9. Becker County1,450 ft
  10. Jackson County1,430 ft
  11. Clearwater County1,420 ft
  12. St. Louis County1,380 ft
  13. Douglas County1,380 ft
  14. Itasca County1,360 ft
  15. Otter Tail County1,360 ft
  16. Cottonwood County1,350 ft
  17. Wadena County1,350 ft
  18. Mahnomen County1,350 ft
  19. Cass County1,340 ft
  20. Todd County1,330 ft
  21. Lyon County1,310 ft
  22. Mower County1,300 ft
  23. Beltrami County1,270 ft
  24. Pope County1,270 ft
  25. Aitkin County1,270 ft
  26. Crow Wing County1,260 ft
  27. Dodge County1,250 ft
  28. Freeborn County1,250 ft
  29. Morrison County1,220 ft
  30. Koochiching County1,220 ft
  31. Steele County1,210 ft
  32. Martin County1,200 ft
  33. Stearns County1,200 ft
  34. Fillmore County1,190 ft
  35. Carlton County1,190 ft
  36. Olmsted County1,170 ft
  37. Mille Lacs County1,170 ft
  38. Lake of the Woods County1,170 ft
  39. Kandiyohi County1,170 ft
  40. Grant County1,140 ft
  41. Stevens County1,130 ft
  42. Meeker County1,130 ft
  43. Yellow Medicine County1,120 ft
  44. Pennington County1,120 ft
  45. Benton County1,120 ft
  46. Faribault County1,120 ft
  47. Waseca County1,110 ft
  48. Big Stone County1,100 ft
  49. Red Lake County1,090 ft
  50. Watonwan County1,090 ft
  51. Roseau County1,090 ft
  52. Winona County1,090 ft
  53. Rice County1,080 ft
  54. Kanabec County1,080 ft
  55. Pine County1,070 ft
  56. Redwood County1,070 ft
  57. Lac qui Parle County1,070 ft
  58. Swift County1,070 ft
  59. Renville County1,060 ft
  60. Goodhue County1,060 ft
  61. Traverse County1,050 ft
  62. McLeod County1,040 ft
  63. Chippewa County1,030 ft
  64. Clay County1,030 ft
  65. Marshall County1,020 ft
  66. Brown County1,020 ft
  67. Wabasha County1,010 ft
  68. Le Sueur County1,010 ft
  69. Polk County1,010 ft
  70. Houston County1,010 ft
  71. Sibley County1,000 ft
  72. Blue Earth County1,000 ft
  73. Wright County1,000 ft
  74. Wilkin County990 ft
  75. Norman County990 ft
  76. Sherburne County980 ft
  77. Nicollet County970 ft
  78. Carver County960 ft
  79. Isanti County950 ft
  80. Scott County940 ft
  81. Washington County930 ft
  82. Dakota County920 ft
  83. Hennepin County920 ft
  84. Chisago County910 ft
  85. Ramsey County910 ft
  86. Kittson County910 ft
  87. Anoka County900 ft
All 12 tribal lands by average elevation
  1. Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community2,590 ft
  2. White Earth Reservation1,430 ft
  3. Minnesota Chippewa Trust Land1,400 ft
  4. Leech Lake Reservation1,330 ft
  5. Bois Forte Reservation1,320 ft
  6. Fond du Lac Reservation1,300 ft
  7. Mille Lacs Reservation1,270 ft
  8. Red Lake Reservation1,190 ft
  9. Grand Portage Reservation1,130 ft
  10. Lower Sioux Indian Community960 ft
  11. Upper Sioux Community920 ft
  12. Prairie Island Indian Community780 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census state boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 9 arc-second (≈910 ft, 278 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring states 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 state 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).
  • Counties: each one's average on its own grid (1 arc-second, coarser for the largest), the same figure its own page shows.
  • 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.