Douglas County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Douglas County, Minnesota, shaded from 1,170 ft on the southwest side to 1,630 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,630 ft 495 m1,510 ft 460 m1,460 ft 445 m1,340 ft 410 m1,230 ft 375 m1,170 ft 355 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Douglas County averages about 1,380 ft (420 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,170 ft on the southwest side to 1,630 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
1,380 ft 420 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,630 ft 495 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
1,170 ft 355 m
on the southwest side

Douglas County spans about 460 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 land1,380 ft420 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
1,630 ft495 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
1,170 ft355 m

Elevation profile, west to east

30 mi west to east through Alexandria.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Douglas County, Minnesota, shaded from 1,170 ft on the southwest side to 1,630 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Minnesota, United States
Population
39,933 2024 est.
Land area
636.9 sq mi + 83.3 sq mi water
Density
63 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. Douglas County1,380 ft
  2. Otter Tail County1,360 ft
  3. Todd County1,330 ft
  4. Pope County1,270 ft
  5. Stearns County1,200 ft
  6. Grant County1,140 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Tower Hill, Douglas County1,580 ft
  • Lookout Mountain, Douglas County1,520 ft
  • Runestone Hill1,440 ft
All 31 towns in Douglas County by typical elevation
  1. Garfield1,420 ft
  2. Leaf Valley Township1,410 ft
  3. Miltona Township1,410 ft
  4. Forada1,410 ft
  5. Hudson Township1,410 ft
  6. Alexandria1,410 ft
  7. Miltona1,400 ft
  8. Spruce Hill Township1,400 ft
  9. Alexandria Township1,400 ft
  10. Ida Township1,400 ft
  11. Holmes City Township1,400 ft
  12. Brandon1,390 ft
  13. Lake Mary Township1,390 ft
  14. LaGrand Township1,390 ft
  15. Carlos Township1,390 ft
  16. Moe Township1,380 ft
  17. Brandon Township1,380 ft
  18. Millerville Township1,380 ft
  19. Millerville1,380 ft
  20. Carlos1,370 ft
  21. Evansville1,370 ft
  22. Nelson1,370 ft
  23. Orange Township1,370 ft
  24. Osakis Township1,360 ft
  25. Belle River Township1,360 ft
  26. Solem Township1,350 ft
  27. Evansville Township1,340 ft
  28. Osakis1,340 ft
  29. Urness Township1,330 ft
  30. Kensington1,330 ft
  31. Lund Township1,320 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.