Lake County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
2,080 ft 635 m1,710 ft 520 m1,530 ft 465 m1,160 ft 355 m790 ft 240 m600 ft 185 m
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USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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
Lake County averages about 1,570 ft (480 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 600 ft on the southwest side to 2,081 ft on Stony Tower Hill.
Average elevation
1,570 ft 480 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,081 ft 634 m
on Stony Tower Hill
Lowest
600 ft 185 m
on the southwest side
Lake County spans about 1,480 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 | 1,570 ft480 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on Stony Tower Hill (NGS survey height) | 2,081 ft634 m |
| Lowest point Inside the county, on the southwest side | 600 ft185 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
87 mi south to north through Two Harbors.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in Minnesota, United States
- Population
- 10,698 2024 est.
- Land area
- 2,109.1 sq mi + 881.8 sq mi water
- Density
- 5.1 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Central UTC−6 / −5
- Landform region
- Superior Upland
- Drains to
- Great Lakes 50%, Canada 50%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average
- Cook County1,620 ft
- Lake County1,570 ft
- St. Louis County1,380 ft
- Ashland County, WI1,230 ft
- Bayfield County, WI1,110 ft
- Douglas County, WI1,060 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in Minnesota6th highest of 87
- Counties in the United States799th highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Stony Tower Hill2,081 ft
- Peabody Hill2,020 ft
- Mount Weber1,950 ft
- Disappointment Mountain1,820 ft
- Jack Pine Mountain1,818 ft
All 10 towns in Lake County by typical elevation
- Stony River Township1,790 ft
- Finland1,480 ft
- Fall Lake Township1,410 ft
- Crystal Bay Township1,320 ft
- Beaver Bay Township1,090 ft
- Silver Bay990 ft
- Silver Creek Township, Lake County940 ft
- Two Harbors700 ft
- Beaver Bay700 ft
- Knife River640 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.
- 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.