Goodhue County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Goodhue County, Minnesota, shaded from 670 ft on the northeast side to 1,270 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,270 ft 390 m1,120 ft 340 m1,050 ft 320 m890 ft 275 m740 ft 225 m670 ft 205 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
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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

Goodhue County averages about 1,060 ft (320 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 670 ft on the northeast side to 1,270 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
1,060 ft 320 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,270 ft 390 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
670 ft 205 m
on the northeast side

Goodhue County spans about 600 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 land1,060 ft320 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
1,270 ft390 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
670 ft205 m

Elevation profile, south to north

14 mi south to north through Red Wing.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Goodhue County, Minnesota, shaded from 670 ft on the northeast side to 1,270 ft on the southwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Minnesota, United States
Population
47,982 2024 est.
Land area
756.7 sq mi + 22.8 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. Dodge County1,250 ft
  2. Olmsted County1,170 ft
  3. Rice County1,080 ft
  4. Goodhue County1,060 ft
  5. Pierce County, WI1,030 ft
  6. Wabasha County1,010 ft
  7. Pepin County, WI920 ft
  8. Dakota County920 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Kohn Hill1,160 ft
  • Sugarloaf Hill1,160 ft
  • Coon Hill1,050 ft
All 32 towns in Goodhue County by typical elevation
  1. Kenyon Township1,200 ft
  2. Cherry Grove Township1,190 ft
  3. Roscoe Township1,180 ft
  4. Kenyon1,160 ft
  5. Holden Township1,150 ft
  6. Belle Creek Township1,140 ft
  7. Wanamingo Township1,140 ft
  8. Goodhue1,140 ft
  9. Minneola Township1,140 ft
  10. Leon Township1,130 ft
  11. Goodhue Township1,130 ft
  12. Bellechester1,110 ft
  13. Zumbrota Township1,110 ft
  14. Pine Island Township1,090 ft
  15. Belvidere Township1,080 ft
  16. Cannon Falls Township1,060 ft
  17. Warsaw Township, Goodhue County1,050 ft
  18. Wanamingo1,050 ft
  19. Hay Creek Township1,030 ft
  20. Vasa Township1,030 ft
  21. Zumbrota1,030 ft
  22. Featherstone Township1,020 ft
  23. Pine Island1,010 ft
  24. Dennison1,000 ft
  25. Welch Township970 ft
  26. Stanton Township890 ft
  27. Cannon Falls850 ft
  28. Wacouta Township830 ft
  29. Red Wing820 ft
  30. Florence Township740 ft
  31. Frontenac720 ft
  32. Lake City partly710 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.