Bowstring Township, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bowstring Township, Minnesota, shaded from 1,320 ft on the west side to 1,430 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,430 ft 435 m1,400 ft 425 m1,390 ft 420 m1,360 ft 415 m1,330 ft 405 m1,320 ft 400 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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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

Bowstring Township sits at about 1,350 ft (410 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,350 ft 410 m
most residents: 1,320–1,380 ft
Lowest
1,320 ft 400 m
on the west side
Highest
1,430 ft 435 m
on the northwest side
Average
1,340 ft 410 m
all land inside township boundaries

Bowstring Township spans about 110 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
1,350 ft410 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northwest side
1,430 ft435 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the west side
1,320 ft400 m
Town center
USGS map point for Bowstring Township
1,350 ft410 m
Average of all land1,340 ft410 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bowstring Township, Minnesota, shaded from 1,320 ft on the west side to 1,430 ft on the northwest side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States
Population
210 2024 est.
Land area
26.5 sq mi + 9.3 sq mi water
Density
7.9 per sq mi
Coordinates
47.5430° N, 93.7966° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Big Fork River → Rainy River → Canada
ZIP codes 2
56636 56637
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Lake Jessie Township1,410 ft
  2. Oteneagen Township1,380 ft
  3. Marcell Township1,370 ft
  4. Stokes Township, Itasca County1,360 ft
  5. Max Township1,350 ft
  6. Bowstring Township1,350 ft
  7. Sand Lake Township1,350 ft
  8. Inger1,330 ft
  9. Deer River Township1,310 ft
  10. Morse Township, Itasca County1,310 ft
  11. Deer River1,290 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.