Pope County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pope County, Minnesota, shaded from 1,040 ft on the southwest side to 1,460 ft on the north side
Elevation
1,460 ft 445 m1,360 ft 415 m1,310 ft 400 m1,200 ft 365 m1,100 ft 335 m1,040 ft 320 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

Pope County averages about 1,270 ft (385 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,040 ft on the southwest side to 1,460 ft on the north side.

Average elevation
1,270 ft 385 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,460 ft 445 m
on the north side
Lowest
1,040 ft 320 m
on the southwest side

Pope County spans about 420 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 land1,270 ft385 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the north side
1,460 ft445 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
1,040 ft320 m

Elevation profile, south to north

24 mi south to north through Glenwood.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pope County, Minnesota, shaded from 1,040 ft on the southwest side to 1,460 ft on the north side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Minnesota, United States
Population
11,495 2024 est.
Land area
674.6 sq mi + 42.4 sq mi water
Density
17 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Douglas County1,380 ft
  2. Pope County1,270 ft
  3. Stearns County1,200 ft
  4. Kandiyohi County1,170 ft
  5. Stevens County1,130 ft
  6. Swift County1,070 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Blue Mounds1,340 ft
All 29 towns in Pope County by typical elevation
  1. Reno Township1,390 ft
  2. Leven Township1,370 ft
  3. Villard1,360 ft
  4. Westport Township1,360 ft
  5. Lowry1,360 ft
  6. Sedan1,350 ft
  7. Grove Lake Township1,340 ft
  8. Farwell1,340 ft
  9. Westport1,330 ft
  10. Bangor Township1,330 ft
  11. Glenwood Township1,330 ft
  12. Chippewa Falls Township1,320 ft
  13. Lake Johanna Township1,310 ft
  14. Ben Wade Township1,300 ft
  15. Barsness Township1,260 ft
  16. Nora Township, Pope County1,250 ft
  17. White Bear Lake Township1,240 ft
  18. Rolling Forks Township1,240 ft
  19. Gilchrist Township1,240 ft
  20. Langhei Township1,210 ft
  21. Blue Mounds Township1,200 ft
  22. Starbuck1,190 ft
  23. Glenwood1,180 ft
  24. Minnewaska Township1,170 ft
  25. New Prairie Township1,160 ft
  26. Long Beach1,150 ft
  27. Cyrus1,150 ft
  28. Walden Township, Pope County1,120 ft
  29. Hoff Township1,070 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.