Willow River, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Willow River, Minnesota, shaded from 1,020 ft on the southwest side to 1,070 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,070 ft 330 m1,060 ft 325 m1,050 ft 320 m1,040 ft 315 m1,030 ft 315 m1,020 ft 310 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Willow River sits at about 1,040 ft (320 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,040 ft 320 m
most residents: 1,030–1,060 ft
Lowest
1,020 ft 310 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,070 ft 325 m
on the northeast side
Average
1,050 ft 320 m
all land inside city limits

Willow River spans about 50 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
1,040 ft320 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northeast side
1,070 ft325 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
1,020 ft310 m
Town center
USGS map point for Willow River
1,040 ft315 m
Airport (MZH)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.0 mi north of the city limits
1,076 ft328 m
Average of all land1,050 ft320 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Willow River, Minnesota, shaded from 1,020 ft on the southwest side to 1,070 ft on the northeast side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Pine County, Minnesota, United States
Population
396 2024 est.
Land area
1.9 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
204 per sq mi
Coordinates
46.3183° N, 92.8413° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Superior Upland
Drains to
Kettle River → Saint Croix River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Moose Lake Carlton County (MZH) 1,076 ft
ZIP codes 1
55795
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Birch Creek Township1,240 ft
  2. Denham1,200 ft
  3. Bremen Township1,140 ft
  4. Norman Township1,130 ft
  5. Finlayson1,120 ft
  6. Windemere Township1,090 ft
  7. Sturgeon Lake1,070 ft
  8. Sturgeon Lake Township1,070 ft
  9. Kettle River Township1,070 ft
  10. Willow River1,040 ft
  11. Rutledge1,030 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.