Crow Wing County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Crow Wing County, Minnesota, shaded from 1,140 ft on the southwest side to 1,490 ft on the north side
Elevation
1,490 ft 455 m1,400 ft 430 m1,360 ft 415 m1,270 ft 390 m1,190 ft 360 m1,140 ft 350 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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County area
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Elevation Data

Crow Wing County averages about 1,260 ft (385 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,140 ft on the southwest side to 1,490 ft on the north side.

Average elevation
1,260 ft 385 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,490 ft 455 m
on the north side
Lowest
1,140 ft 350 m
on the southwest side

Crow Wing County spans about 350 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 land1,260 ft385 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the north side
1,490 ft455 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
1,140 ft350 m

Elevation profile, south to north

45 mi south to north through Brainerd.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Crow Wing County, Minnesota, shaded from 1,140 ft on the southwest side to 1,490 ft on the north side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Minnesota, United States
Population
68,642 2024 est.
Land area
998.5 sq mi + 158.2 sq mi water
Density
69 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Cass County1,340 ft
  2. Aitkin County1,270 ft
  3. Crow Wing County1,260 ft
  4. Morrison County1,220 ft
  5. Mille Lacs County1,170 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Warren Hill1,457 ft
All 47 towns in Crow Wing County by typical elevation
  1. Gail Lake Township1,380 ft
  2. Manhattan Beach1,300 ft
  3. Platte Lake Township1,300 ft
  4. Fifty Lakes1,300 ft
  5. Emily1,290 ft
  6. Garrison Township1,290 ft
  7. Timothy Township1,290 ft
  8. Little Pine Township1,280 ft
  9. Maple Grove Township1,280 ft
  10. Roosevelt Township1,280 ft
  11. Pequot Lakes1,280 ft
  12. Deerwood1,270 ft
  13. Bay Lake Township1,270 ft
  14. Ross Lake Township1,270 ft
  15. Cuyuna1,270 ft
  16. Deerwood Township1,270 ft
  17. Jenkins1,260 ft
  18. Crosby1,260 ft
  19. Daggett Brook Township1,260 ft
  20. Long Lake Township1,260 ft
  21. Garrison1,260 ft
  22. Ironton1,260 ft
  23. Irondale Township1,260 ft
  24. Jenkins Township1,250 ft
  25. Nokay Lake Township1,250 ft
  26. Ideal Township1,250 ft
  27. Breezy Point1,240 ft
  28. Perry Lake Township1,240 ft
  29. Crosslake1,240 ft
  30. Fairfield Township1,240 ft
  31. Oak Lawn Township1,230 ft
  32. St. Mathias Township1,230 ft
  33. Trommald1,230 ft
  34. Wolford Township1,220 ft
  35. Riverton1,220 ft
  36. Mission Township1,220 ft
  37. Pelican Township, Crow Wing County1,220 ft
  38. Nisswa1,220 ft
  39. Center Township1,220 ft
  40. Lake Edward Township1,220 ft
  41. Merrifield1,210 ft
  42. Crow Wing Township1,210 ft
  43. Rabbit Lake Township1,210 ft
  44. Brainerd1,210 ft
  45. Baxter1,210 ft
  46. Fort Ripley Township1,180 ft
  47. Fort Ripley1,160 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.
  • 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.