Ramsey County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ramsey County, Minnesota, shaded from 690 ft on the southeast side to 1,090 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,090 ft 335 m990 ft 305 m940 ft 290 m840 ft 255 m740 ft 225 m690 ft 210 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
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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

Ramsey County averages about 910 ft (275 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 690 ft on the southeast side to 1,090 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
910 ft 275 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,090 ft 335 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
690 ft 210 m
on the southeast side

Ramsey County spans about 400 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 land910 ft275 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
1,090 ft335 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
690 ft210 m

Elevation profile, west to east

11 mi west to east through St. Paul.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ramsey County, Minnesota, shaded from 690 ft on the southeast side to 1,090 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Minnesota, United States
Population
542,015 2024 est.
Land area
152.3 sq mi + 17.8 sq mi water
Density
3,560 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. Washington County930 ft
  2. Dakota County920 ft
  3. Hennepin County920 ft
  4. Ramsey County910 ft
  5. Anoka County900 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 18 towns in Ramsey County by typical elevation
  1. North St. Paul980 ft
  2. Gem Lake960 ft
  3. Lauderdale960 ft
  4. Falcon Heights950 ft
  5. St. Anthony partly950 ft
  6. White Bear Lake950 ft
  7. Maplewood940 ft
  8. Roseville930 ft
  9. White Bear Township930 ft
  10. North Oaks920 ft
  11. New Brighton920 ft
  12. Vadnais Heights910 ft
  13. Little Canada910 ft
  14. Arden Hills910 ft
  15. Shoreview910 ft
  16. Mounds View910 ft
  17. Spring Lake Park partly910 ft
  18. St. Paul900 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.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 690 ft at 44.9254° N, 93.0415° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.