Grant County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Grant County, Minnesota, shaded from 1,000 ft on the northwest side to 1,400 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,400 ft 430 m1,300 ft 395 m1,250 ft 380 m1,150 ft 350 m1,050 ft 320 m1,000 ft 305 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
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Grant County averages about 1,140 ft (350 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,000 ft on the northwest side to 1,400 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation
1,140 ft 350 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,400 ft 430 m
on the northeast side
Lowest
1,000 ft 305 m
on the northwest side

Grant County spans about 400 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 land1,140 ft350 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
1,400 ft430 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
1,000 ft305 m

Elevation profile, west to east

24 mi west to east through Elbow Lake.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Grant County, Minnesota, shaded from 1,000 ft on the northwest side to 1,400 ft on the northeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Minnesota, United States
Population
6,109 2024 est.
Land area
547.8 sq mi + 27.7 sq mi water
Density
11 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Canada 67%, Gulf of America 33%
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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. Grant County1,140 ft
  4. Stevens County1,130 ft
  5. Traverse County1,050 ft
  6. Wilkin County990 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 23 towns in Grant County by typical elevation
  1. Ashby1,280 ft
  2. Hoffman1,250 ft
  3. Pelican Lake Township1,230 ft
  4. Elk Lake Township1,230 ft
  5. Land Township1,220 ft
  6. Sanford Township1,210 ft
  7. Elbow Lake1,210 ft
  8. Lien Township1,200 ft
  9. Pomme de Terre Township1,190 ft
  10. Erdahl Township1,190 ft
  11. Barrett1,180 ft
  12. Roseville Township, Grant County1,160 ft
  13. Wendell1,150 ft
  14. Stony Brook Township1,140 ft
  15. Elbow Lake Township1,120 ft
  16. Delaware Township1,110 ft
  17. Macsville Township1,100 ft
  18. Herman1,070 ft
  19. Lawrence Township, Grant County1,060 ft
  20. Logan Township, Grant County1,050 ft
  21. Norcross1,040 ft
  22. Gorton Township1,030 ft
  23. North Ottawa Township1,020 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.
  • 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, 1,000 ft at 46.0132° N, 96.2599° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.