Pennington County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pennington County, Minnesota, shaded from 970 ft on the west side to 1,190 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,190 ft 360 m1,130 ft 345 m1,110 ft 335 m1,050 ft 320 m1,000 ft 305 m970 ft 295 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

Pennington County averages about 1,120 ft (340 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 970 ft on the west side to 1,190 ft on the east side.

Average elevation
1,120 ft 340 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,190 ft 360 m
on the east side
Lowest
970 ft 295 m
on the west side

Pennington County spans about 220 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 land1,120 ft340 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the east side
1,190 ft360 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the west side
970 ft295 m

Elevation profile, west to east

42 mi west to east through Thief River Falls.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pennington County, Minnesota, shaded from 970 ft on the west side to 1,190 ft on the east side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Minnesota, United States
Population
13,652 2024 est.
Land area
616.5 sq mi + 1.7 sq mi water
Density
22 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Canada
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Clearwater County1,420 ft
  2. Beltrami County1,270 ft
  3. Pennington County1,120 ft
  4. Red Lake County1,090 ft
  5. Marshall County1,020 ft
  6. Polk County1,010 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 24 towns in Pennington County by typical elevation
  1. Reiner Township1,180 ft
  2. Star Township1,170 ft
  3. Goodridge Township1,170 ft
  4. Goodridge1,170 ft
  5. Hickory Township1,170 ft
  6. Highlanding Township1,160 ft
  7. Cloverleaf Township1,160 ft
  8. Deer Park Township1,160 ft
  9. Kratka Township1,150 ft
  10. Mayfield Township1,150 ft
  11. Silverton Township1,150 ft
  12. Smiley Township1,130 ft
  13. Norden Township1,130 ft
  14. Thief River Falls1,130 ft
  15. Wyandotte Township1,130 ft
  16. North Township1,130 ft
  17. Rocksbury Township1,120 ft
  18. Sanders Township1,100 ft
  19. River Falls Township1,090 ft
  20. St. Hilaire1,090 ft
  21. Black River Township1,070 ft
  22. Numedal Township1,060 ft
  23. Bray Township1,020 ft
  24. Polk Centre Township1,010 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.
  • 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.