Solway, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Solway, Minnesota, shaded from 1,430 ft on the northwest side to 1,460 ft near the middle
Elevation
1,460 ft 445 m1,460 ft 445 m1,450 ft 440 m1,440 ft 440 m1,430 ft 435 m1,430 ft 435 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Solway sits at about 1,450 ft (440 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,450 ft 440 m
nearly all residents at this height
Lowest
1,430 ft 435 m
on the northwest side
Highest
1,460 ft 445 m
near the middle
Average
1,440 ft 440 m
all land inside city limits

Solway spans about 30 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
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
1,450 ft440 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, near the middle
1,460 ft445 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
1,430 ft435 m
Town center
USGS map point for Solway
1,450 ft440 m
Airport (BJI)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 8.6 mi east of the city limits
1,391 ft424 m
Average of all land1,440 ft440 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Solway, Minnesota, shaded from 1,430 ft on the northwest side to 1,460 ft near the middle
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Beltrami County, Minnesota, United States
Population
72 2024 est.
Land area
1.0 sq mi
Density
70 per sq mi
Coordinates
47.5200° N, 95.1292° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Bemidji Regional (BJI) 1,391 ft
ZIP codes 1
56678
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Moose Creek Township1,480 ft
  2. Shevlin Township1,460 ft
  3. Dudley Township1,450 ft
  4. Shevlin1,450 ft
  5. Solway1,450 ft
  6. Jones Township1,430 ft
  7. Lammers Township1,430 ft
  8. Buzzle Township1,420 ft
  9. Eckles Township1,390 ft
  10. Wilton1,390 ft
  11. Grant Valley Township1,380 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census city limits (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.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.