Itasca County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

1,740 ft 530 m1,620 ft 495 m1,550 ft 475 m1,420 ft 435 m1,300 ft 395 m1,230 ft 375 m

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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.
County area: Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Itasca County averages about 1,360 ft (415 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,230 ft on the southeast side to 1,740 ft on Big Thunder Peak.

Average elevation

1,360 ft 415 m

all land inside the county

Highest

1,740 ft 530 m

on Big Thunder Peak

Lowest

1,230 ft 375 m

on the southeast side

Itasca County spans about 510 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.

Figure	Elevation
Average of all land	1,360 ft415 m
Highest point Inside the county, on Big Thunder Peak (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)	1,740 ft530 m
Lowest point Inside the county, on the southeast side	1,230 ft375 m

Elevation profile, west to east

35 mi west to east through Grand Rapids.

Topographic Map

Location: County in Minnesota, United States
Population: 45,442 2024 est.
Land area: 2,667.5 sq mi + 260.3 sq mi water
Density: 17 per sq mi
Time zone: Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region: Central Lowland 95%
Drains to: Gulf of America 63%, Canada 38%

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

St. Louis County1,380 ft
Itasca County1,360 ft
Cass County1,340 ft
Beltrami County1,270 ft
Aitkin County1,270 ft
Koochiching County1,220 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Counties in Minnesota14th highest of 87
Counties in the United States949th highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

Big Thunder Peak1,740 ft
Bengal Hill1,510 ft
Blueberry Hill1,490 ft

All 58 towns in Itasca County by typical elevation

Keewatin1,470 ft
Nashwauk1,460 ft
Nashwauk Township1,460 ft
Ardenhurst Township1,420 ft
Marble1,420 ft
Bearville Township1,420 ft
Goodland1,410 ft
Lake Jessie Township1,410 ft
Nore Township1,400 ft
Goodland Township1,400 ft
Calumet1,400 ft
Moose Park Township1,400 ft
Spang Township1,390 ft
Effie1,390 ft
Greenway Township1,380 ft
Oteneagen Township1,380 ft
Alvwood Township1,380 ft
Marcell Township1,370 ft
Carpenter Township1,370 ft
Balsam Township1,370 ft
Stokes Township, Itasca County1,360 ft
Taconite1,360 ft
Lone Pine Township1,360 ft
Grattan Township1,360 ft
Pomroy Township, Itasca County1,350 ft
Good Hope Township1,350 ft
Wabana Township1,350 ft
Max Township1,350 ft
Bovey1,350 ft
Bowstring Township1,350 ft
Wirt Township1,350 ft
Sand Lake Township1,350 ft
Squaw Lake1,340 ft
Coleraine1,340 ft
Bigfork Township1,330 ft
Inger1,330 ft
Kinghurst Township1,330 ft
Third River Township1,320 ft
Lawrence Township1,320 ft
Trout Lake Township1,320 ft
Arbo Township1,320 ft
Bigfork1,320 ft
Deer River Township1,310 ft
Morse Township, Itasca County1,310 ft
Harris Township1,310 ft
Grand Rapids1,300 ft
Ball Club1,300 ft
Deer River1,290 ft
Cohasset1,290 ft
La Prairie1,280 ft
Warba1,280 ft
Feeley Township1,280 ft
Blackberry Township1,280 ft
Zemple1,280 ft
Wildwood Township1,270 ft
Sago Township1,270 ft
Splithand Township1,270 ft
Wawina Township1,260 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 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; 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, 1,150 ft at 47.4068° N, 93.0924° 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.