Babbitt, MN Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
1,910 ft 580 m1,770 ft 540 m1,700 ft 520 m1,570 ft 475 m1,430 ft 435 m1,360 ft 415 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Babbitt sits at about 1,490 ft (455 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
1,490 ft 455 m
most residents: 1,480–1,520 ft
Lowest
1,360 ft 415 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,910 ft 580 m
on the south side
Average
1,570 ft 480 m
all land inside city limits
Babbitt spans about 550 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 | 1,490 ft455 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the south side | 1,910 ft580 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the southeast side | 1,360 ft415 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Babbitt | 1,480 ft450 m |
| Average of all land | 1,570 ft480 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
12 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States
- Population
- 1,370 2024 est.
- Land area
- 106.0 sq mi + 0.8 sq mi water
- Density
- 13 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 47.7085° N, 91.9446° W
- Time zone
- Central UTC−6 / −5
- Landform region
- Superior Upland
- Drains to
- Saint Louis River
- ZIP codes 2
- 55706 55732
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Eagles Nest Township1,510 ft
- Babbitt1,490 ft
- Hoyt Lakes1,480 ft
- Soudan1,460 ft
- Kugler Township1,450 ft
- Ely1,450 ft
- Morse Township1,440 ft
- Waasa Township1,440 ft
- Embarrass Township1,440 ft
- Breitung Township1,430 ft
- Winton1,330 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Minnesota178th highest of 2,692
- Towns in St. Louis County12th highest of 103
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Peabody Hill2,020 ft
- Mount Weber1,950 ft
- Jack Pine Mountain1,818 ft
- Jasper Peak1,700 ft
- Moose Mountain, St. Louis County1,660 ft
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, 1,360 ft at 47.6618° N, 91.9068° 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, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.