Garden City, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Garden City, Minnesota, shaded from 880 ft on the northeast side to 1,020 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,020 ft 310 m990 ft 300 m970 ft 295 m930 ft 285 m900 ft 275 m880 ft 270 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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
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

Garden City sits at about 900 ft (275 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
900 ft 275 m
most residents: 890–980 ft
Lowest
880 ft 270 m
on the northeast side
Highest
1,020 ft 310 m
on the east side
Average
950 ft 290 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Garden City spans about 140 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
900 ft275 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
1,020 ft310 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side
880 ft270 m
Town center
USGS map point for Garden City
920 ft280 m
Average of all land950 ft290 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.7 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Garden City, Minnesota, shaded from 880 ft on the northeast side to 1,020 ft on the east side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States
Population
339 2020 Census
Land area
1.8 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
189 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.0472° N, 94.1650° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Minnesota River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
56034
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Vernon Center1,030 ft
  2. Ceresco Township1,020 ft
  3. Vernon Center Township1,010 ft
  4. Good Thunder1,000 ft
  5. Lyra Township1,000 ft
  6. Lincoln Township1,000 ft
  7. Lake Crystal990 ft
  8. Garden City Township980 ft
  9. Rapidan Township980 ft
  10. Garden City900 ft
  11. South Bend Township850 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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.
  • Garden City 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. All public domain.