Elbow Lake, Becker County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
1,670 ft 510 m1,630 ft 495 m1,600 ft 490 m1,560 ft 475 m1,520 ft 465 m1,500 ft 455 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Elbow Lake, Becker County sits at about 1,560 ft (475 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
1,560 ft 475 m
most residents: 1,500–1,630 ft
Lowest
1,500 ft 455 m
on the east side
Highest
1,670 ft 510 m
on the west side
Average
1,580 ft 485 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Elbow Lake, Becker County spans about 170 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 | 1,560 ft475 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side | 1,670 ft510 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side | 1,500 ft455 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Elbow Lake, Becker County | 1,600 ft490 m |
| Average of all land | 1,580 ft485 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
0.4 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Becker County, Minnesota, United States
- Population
- 118 2020 Census
- Land area
- 1.3 sq mi
- Density
- 88 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 47.1483° N, 95.5461° W
- Time zone
- Central UTC−6 / −5
- Landform region
- Central Lowland
- Drains to
- Otter Tail River → Red River → Canada
- ZIP codes 1
- 56589
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Long Lost Lake Township1,660 ft
- Forest Township, Becker County1,620 ft
- Round Lake Township1,570 ft
- Elbow Lake, Becker County1,560 ft
- Eagle View Township1,550 ft
- Oakland Township, Mahnomen County1,500 ft
- Naytahwaush1,500 ft
- Twin Lakes Township, Mahnomen County1,500 ft
- Little Elbow Township1,490 ft
- Maple Grove Township, Becker County1,490 ft
- Twin Lakes1,450 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Minnesota99th highest of 2,692
- Towns in Becker County6th highest of 48
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Jack Pine Hill1,950 ft
- Norris Hill1,920 ft
- Hogback Hill1,920 ft
- Anchor Hill1,897 ft
- Strawberry Mountain1,840 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
- Elbow Lake, Becker County is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
- Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.