Medicine Lake, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Medicine Lake, Minnesota, shaded from 890 ft on the north side to 920 ft on the north side
Elevation
920 ft 280 m910 ft 280 m910 ft 275 m900 ft 275 m890 ft 270 m890 ft 270 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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

Medicine Lake sits at about 890 ft (270 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside city limits (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
890 ft 270 m
few residents
Lowest
890 ft 270 m
on the north side
Highest
920 ft 280 m
on the north side
Average
890 ft 275 m
all land inside city limits

Medicine Lake spans about 30 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 (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
890 ft270 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
920 ft280 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
890 ft270 m
Airport (MSP)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 12 mi southeast of the city limits
842 ft257 m
Average of all land890 ft275 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.8 mi south to north through the middle of Medicine Lake.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Medicine Lake, Minnesota, shaded from 890 ft on the north side to 920 ft on the north side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States
Population
1,343 2024 est.
Land area
0.2 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
7,763 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.9958° N, 93.4180° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Minneapolis-st Paul Intl/wold-chamberlain (MSP) 842 ft
ZIP codes 1
55441
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Plymouth970 ft
  2. Wayzata960 ft
  3. Woodland950 ft
  4. Maple Grove930 ft
  5. Hopkins920 ft
  6. New Hope910 ft
  7. St. Louis Park910 ft
  8. Golden Valley890 ft
  9. Medicine Lake890 ft
  10. Robbinsdale880 ft
  11. Crystal880 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Gilboa1,010 ft
  • Sunset Hill960 ft
  • Pilot Knob950 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the city limits; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • 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.