Roy Lake, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Roy Lake, Minnesota, shaded from 1,490 ft on the southeast side to 1,560 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,560 ft 475 m1,540 ft 470 m1,530 ft 465 m1,520 ft 460 m1,500 ft 455 m1,490 ft 455 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Roy Lake sits at about 1,500 ft (460 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
1,500 ft 460 m
few residents
Lowest
1,490 ft 455 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,560 ft 475 m
on the southeast side
Average
1,510 ft 460 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Roy Lake spans about 70 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 (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
1,500 ft460 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
1,560 ft475 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
1,490 ft455 m
Town center
USGS map point for Roy Lake
1,510 ft460 m
Average of all land1,510 ft460 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Roy Lake, Minnesota, shaded from 1,490 ft on the southeast side to 1,560 ft on the southeast side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Clearwater and Mahnomen counties, Minnesota, United States
Population
30 2020 Census
Land area
0.4 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
67 per sq mi
Coordinates
47.3252° N, 95.5517° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Wild Rice River → Red River → Canada
ZIP codes 1
56557
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. West Roy Lake1,500 ft
  2. Roy Lake1,500 ft
  3. Clover Township, Mahnomen County1,500 ft
  4. Naytahwaush1,500 ft
  5. Twin Lakes Township, Mahnomen County1,500 ft
  6. South End1,490 ft
  7. Rice Lake, Clearwater County1,490 ft
  8. La Prairie Township1,490 ft
  9. Twin Lakes1,450 ft
  10. The Ranch1,450 ft
  11. Pine Bend1,450 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Jack Pine Hill1,950 ft
  • Hogback Hill1,920 ft
  • Anchor Hill1,897 ft
  • Strawberry Mountain1,840 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census CDP boundary (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.
  • Roy Lake is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.