Plymouth, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Plymouth, Minnesota, shaded from 870 ft on the northeast side to 1,070 ft on the west 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
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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

Plymouth sits at about 970 ft (295 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
970 ft 295 m
most residents: 910–1,010 ft
Lowest
870 ft 265 m
on the northeast side
Highest
1,070 ft 325 m
on the west side
Average
960 ft 295 m
all land inside city limits

Plymouth 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
970 ft295 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
1,070 ft325 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the northeast side
870 ft265 m
Town center
USGS map point for Plymouth
980 ft300 m
Airport (MSP)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 11 mi southeast of the city limits
842 ft257 m
Average of all land960 ft295 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.9 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Plymouth, Minnesota, shaded from 870 ft on the northeast side to 1,070 ft on the west side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States
Population
78,551 2024 est.
Land area
32.7 sq mi + 2.6 sq mi water
Density
2,401 per sq mi
Coordinates
45.0105° N, 93.4555° 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 4
55441 55442 55446 55447
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Long Lake980 ft
  2. Plymouth970 ft
  3. Wayzata960 ft
  4. Woodland950 ft
  5. Maple Grove930 ft
  6. Hopkins920 ft
  7. New Hope910 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 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.