Traverse County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Traverse County, Minnesota, shaded from 960 ft on the north side to 1,200 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,200 ft 365 m1,140 ft 350 m1,110 ft 340 m1,050 ft 320 m990 ft 300 m960 ft 290 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

Traverse County averages about 1,050 ft (320 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 960 ft on the north side to 1,200 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
1,050 ft 320 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,200 ft 365 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
960 ft 290 m
on the north side

Traverse County spans about 240 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 land1,050 ft320 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
1,200 ft365 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the north side
960 ft290 m

Elevation profile, south to north

30 mi south to north through Wheaton.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Traverse County, Minnesota, shaded from 960 ft on the north side to 1,200 ft on the southwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Minnesota, United States
Population
3,134 2024 est.
Land area
573.9 sq mi + 12.0 sq mi water
Density
5.5 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Canada 88%, Gulf of America 13%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Roberts County, SD1,330 ft
  2. Grant County1,140 ft
  3. Stevens County1,130 ft
  4. Big Stone County1,100 ft
  5. Traverse County1,050 ft
  6. Richland County, ND1,030 ft
  7. Wilkin County990 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 19 towns in Traverse County by typical elevation
  1. Arthur Township, Traverse County1,150 ft
  2. Parnell Township, Traverse County1,110 ft
  3. Leonardsville Township1,100 ft
  4. Folsom Township1,100 ft
  5. Walls Township1,080 ft
  6. Tara Township, Traverse County1,080 ft
  7. Dollymount Township1,050 ft
  8. Dumont1,040 ft
  9. Croke Township1,040 ft
  10. Clifton Township, Traverse County1,030 ft
  11. Wheaton1,020 ft
  12. Lake Valley Township1,020 ft
  13. Redpath Township1,010 ft
  14. Monson Township1,000 ft
  15. Taylor Township, Traverse County1,000 ft
  16. Tintah Township1,000 ft
  17. Tintah1,000 ft
  18. Windsor Township990 ft
  19. Browns Valley980 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.