Red Lake County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Red Lake County, Minnesota, shaded from 880 ft on the west side to 1,200 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,200 ft 365 m1,120 ft 340 m1,080 ft 330 m1,000 ft 305 m920 ft 280 m880 ft 270 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

Red Lake County averages about 1,090 ft (335 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 880 ft on the west side to 1,200 ft on the southeast side.

Average elevation
1,090 ft 335 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,200 ft 365 m
on the southeast side
Lowest
880 ft 270 m
on the west side

Red Lake County spans about 320 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 land1,090 ft335 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,200 ft365 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the west side
880 ft270 m

Elevation profile, west to east

36 mi west to east through Red Lake Falls.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Red Lake County, Minnesota, shaded from 880 ft on the west side to 1,200 ft on the southeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Minnesota, United States
Population
3,882 2024 est.
Land area
432.4 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
9.0 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. Pennington County1,120 ft
  2. Red Lake County1,090 ft
  3. Polk County1,010 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 17 towns in Red Lake County by typical elevation
  1. Lambert Township1,160 ft
  2. Equality Township1,160 ft
  3. Oklee1,150 ft
  4. Garnes Township1,150 ft
  5. Poplar River Township1,130 ft
  6. Brooks1,130 ft
  7. Plummer1,120 ft
  8. Emardville Township1,120 ft
  9. Terrebonne Township1,090 ft
  10. River Township1,090 ft
  11. Gervais Township1,070 ft
  12. Lake Pleasant Township1,050 ft
  13. Browns Creek Township1,050 ft
  14. Red Lake Falls1,040 ft
  15. Red Lake Falls Township1,030 ft
  16. Wylie Township990 ft
  17. Louisville Township, Red Lake County970 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.