Rock County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rock County, Minnesota, shaded from 1,360 ft on the south side to 1,790 ft on the north side
Elevation
1,790 ft 545 m1,690 ft 515 m1,630 ft 495 m1,520 ft 465 m1,410 ft 430 m1,360 ft 415 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

Rock County averages about 1,540 ft (470 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,360 ft on the south side to 1,790 ft on the north side.

Average elevation
1,540 ft 470 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,790 ft 545 m
on the north side
Lowest
1,360 ft 415 m
on the south side

Rock County spans about 430 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 land1,540 ft470 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the north side
1,790 ft545 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
1,360 ft415 m

Elevation profile, south to north

24 mi south to north through Luverne.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rock County, Minnesota, shaded from 1,360 ft on the south side to 1,790 ft on the north side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Minnesota, United States
Population
9,525 2024 est.
Land area
482.5 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
20 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. Pipestone County1,720 ft
  2. Nobles County1,600 ft
  3. Murray County1,600 ft
  4. Minnehaha County, SD1,540 ft
  5. Rock County1,540 ft
  6. Lyon County, IA1,410 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • The Mound, Rock County1,700 ft
All 20 towns in Rock County by typical elevation
  1. Denver Township1,700 ft
  2. Rose Dell Township1,620 ft
  3. Springwater Township1,600 ft
  4. Hardwick1,600 ft
  5. Battle Plain Township1,570 ft
  6. Kenneth1,570 ft
  7. Jasper partly1,570 ft
  8. Mound Township1,570 ft
  9. Magnolia1,530 ft
  10. Vienna Township1,510 ft
  11. Magnolia Township1,490 ft
  12. Steen1,490 ft
  13. Beaver Creek Township1,490 ft
  14. Luverne Township1,480 ft
  15. Martin Township1,480 ft
  16. Hills1,470 ft
  17. Kanaranzi Township1,470 ft
  18. Luverne1,470 ft
  19. Beaver Creek1,470 ft
  20. Clinton Township, Rock County1,460 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.