Lake Elmo, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lake Elmo, Minnesota, shaded from 870 ft on the south side to 1,070 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,070 ft 325 m1,020 ft 310 m1,000 ft 305 m950 ft 290 m900 ft 275 m870 ft 265 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Lake Elmo sits at about 930 ft (285 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
930 ft 285 m
most residents: 900–1,010 ft
Lowest
870 ft 265 m
on the south side
Highest
1,070 ft 325 m
on the southwest side
Average
950 ft 290 m
all land inside city limits

Lake Elmo spans about 200 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
930 ft285 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
1,070 ft325 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the south side
870 ft265 m
Town center
USGS map point for Lake Elmo
910 ft280 m
Airport (21D)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.4 mi east of the city limits
933 ft284 m
Average of all land950 ft290 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lake Elmo, Minnesota, shaded from 870 ft on the south side to 1,070 ft on the southwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Washington County, Minnesota, United States
Population
14,161 2024 est.
Land area
22.1 sq mi + 2.1 sq mi water
Density
641 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.9958° N, 92.8794° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Lake Elmo (21D) 933 ft
ZIP codes 1
55042
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Oakdale1,020 ft
  2. North St. Paul980 ft
  3. Landfall970 ft
  4. Willernie970 ft
  5. Pine Springs960 ft
  6. Lake Elmo930 ft
  7. West Lakeland Township920 ft
  8. Baytown Township920 ft
  9. Oak Park Heights920 ft
  10. Stillwater900 ft
  11. Bayport750 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Bissels Mounds1,010 ft
  • Pilot Knob950 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • 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. All public domain.