The Lakes, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of The Lakes, Minnesota, shaded from 1,460 ft on the northeast side to 1,610 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,610 ft 490 m1,570 ft 480 m1,550 ft 475 m1,520 ft 460 m1,480 ft 450 m1,460 ft 445 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
Click or tap anywhere
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

The Lakes sits at about 1,500 ft (460 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,500 ft 460 m
most residents: 1,490–1,570 ft
Lowest
1,460 ft 445 m
on the northeast side
Highest
1,610 ft 490 m
on the west side
Average
1,520 ft 465 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

The Lakes spans about 150 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
1,500 ft460 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
1,610 ft490 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side
1,460 ft445 m
Town center
USGS map point for The Lakes
1,510 ft460 m
Airport (TKC)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.7 mi north of the CDP boundary
1,336 ft407 m
Average of all land1,520 ft465 m

Elevation profile, west to east

8.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of The Lakes, Minnesota, shaded from 1,460 ft on the northeast side to 1,610 ft on the west side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Murray County, Minnesota, United States
Population
590 2020 Census
Land area
33.7 sq mi + 9.8 sq mi water
Density
18 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.1383° N, 95.6653° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Des Moines River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Tracy Municipal (TKC) 1,336 ft
ZIP codes 4
56123 56132 56172 56175
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Mason Township1,560 ft
  2. Lake Sarah Township1,540 ft
  3. Garvin1,530 ft
  4. Murray Township1,520 ft
  5. Currie1,510 ft
  6. The Lakes1,500 ft
  7. Shetek Township1,500 ft
  8. Dovray Township1,460 ft
  9. Monroe Township1,420 ft
  10. Holly Township1,410 ft
  11. Tracy1,390 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Stony Point1,970 ft
  • Poverty Hill1,730 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 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.
  • The Lakes 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.