Gnesen Township, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Gnesen Township, Minnesota, shaded from 1,320 ft on the southeast side to 1,530 ft on the north side
Elevation
1,530 ft 470 m1,480 ft 450 m1,450 ft 445 m1,400 ft 425 m1,340 ft 410 m1,320 ft 400 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.
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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Gnesen Township sits at about 1,380 ft (420 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,380 ft 420 m
most residents: 1,360–1,410 ft
Lowest
1,320 ft 400 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,530 ft 470 m
on the north side
Average
1,410 ft 430 m
all land inside township boundaries

Gnesen Township spans about 210 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
1,380 ft420 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the north side
1,530 ft470 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southeast side
1,320 ft400 m
Airport (DLH)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.7 mi south of the township boundaries
1,428 ft435 m
Average of all land1,410 ft430 m

Elevation profile, south to north

12 mi south to north through the middle of Gnesen Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Gnesen Township, Minnesota, shaded from 1,320 ft on the southeast side to 1,530 ft on the north side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Township in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States
Population
1,938 2024 est.
Land area
63.1 sq mi + 8.8 sq mi water
Density
31 per sq mi
Coordinates
46.9845° N, 92.1173° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Superior Upland
Drains to
Saint Marys River → Niagara River
Airport
Duluth International (DLH) 1,428 ft
ZIP codes 1
55803
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. North Star Township, St. Louis County1,480 ft
  2. Canosia Township1,430 ft
  3. Rice Lake1,390 ft
  4. Hermantown1,380 ft
  5. Fredenberg Township1,380 ft
  6. Grand Lake Township1,380 ft
  7. Gnesen Township1,380 ft
  8. Normanna Township1,310 ft
  9. Lakewood Township1,150 ft
  10. Duluth Township980 ft
  11. Duluth860 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Moose Mountain, St. Louis County1,147 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the township boundaries, 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 township boundaries (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • 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, 1,320 ft at 46.9410° N, 92.0485° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.