Cook County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cook County, Minnesota, shaded from 600 ft on the shore of Lake Superior to 2,298 ft on Eagle Mountain
Elevation
2,300 ft 700 m1,870 ft 570 m1,660 ft 505 m1,240 ft 375 m810 ft 250 m600 ft 185 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.
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

Cook County averages about 1,620 ft (495 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 600 ft on the shore of Lake Superior to 2,298 ft on Eagle Mountain.

Average elevation
1,620 ft 495 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,298 ft 700 m
on Eagle Mountain
Lowest
600 ft 185 m
on the shore of Lake Superior

Cook County 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 land1,620 ft495 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Eagle Mountain (NGS survey height)
2,298 ft700 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the shore of Lake Superior
600 ft185 m

Elevation profile, south to north

55 mi south to north through Grand Marais.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cook County, Minnesota, shaded from 600 ft on the shore of Lake Superior to 2,298 ft on Eagle Mountain
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in Minnesota, United States
Population
5,571 2024 est.
Land area
1,452.6 sq mi + 1,887.2 sq mi water
Density
3.8 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Superior Upland 99%
Drains to
Great Lakes 88%, Canada 13%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Cook County1,620 ft
  2. Lake County1,570 ft
  3. Ashland County, WI1,230 ft
  4. Ontonagon County, MI1,120 ft
  5. Keweenaw County, MI850 ft

Rankings by average elevation

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 5 towns in Cook County by typical elevation
  1. Lutsen Township950 ft
  2. Schroeder Township930 ft
  3. Grand Marais710 ft
  4. Tofte Township710 ft
  5. Lutsen690 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 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 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.
  • 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, 600 ft at 47.9715° N, 89.5632° 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.