Geauga County, OH Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Geauga County, Ohio, shaded from 770 ft on the northwest side to 1,386 ft on Sugarloaf
Elevation
1,390 ft 420 m1,230 ft 375 m1,150 ft 350 m1,000 ft 305 m850 ft 260 m770 ft 235 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
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County area
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Elevation Data

Geauga County averages about 1,160 ft (355 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 770 ft on the northwest side to 1,386 ft on Sugarloaf.

Average elevation
1,160 ft 355 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,386 ft 422 m
on Sugarloaf
Lowest
770 ft 235 m
on the northwest side

Geauga County spans about 620 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 land1,160 ft355 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Sugarloaf (NGS survey height)
1,386 ft422 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
770 ft235 m

Elevation profile, west to east

20 mi west to east through Bainbridge Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Geauga County, Ohio, shaded from 770 ft on the northwest side to 1,386 ft on Sugarloaf
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Ohio, United States
Population
95,362 2024 est.
Land area
400.4 sq mi + 8.0 sq mi water
Density
238 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Great Lakes
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Geauga County1,160 ft
  2. Portage County1,100 ft
  3. Trumbull County970 ft
  4. Ashtabula County900 ft
  5. Cuyahoga County870 ft
  6. Lake County770 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Ohio3rd highest of 88
  • Counties in the United States1,171st highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Sugarloaf, Geauga County1,386 ft
  • Ballards Hill1,340 ft
  • McConougheys Hill1,310 ft
  • Wooddin Hill1,310 ft
  • Little Mountain1,260 ft
All 26 towns in Geauga County by typical elevation
  1. Burton1,270 ft
  2. Montville Township, Geauga County1,240 ft
  3. Munson Township1,230 ft
  4. Claridon Township1,230 ft
  5. Hambden Township1,220 ft
  6. Chardon1,210 ft
  7. Newbury Township1,210 ft
  8. Burton Township1,200 ft
  9. Auburn Township1,200 ft
  10. Troy Township, Geauga County1,190 ft
  11. Aquilla1,190 ft
  12. Bass Lake1,170 ft
  13. South Russell1,170 ft
  14. Chardon Township1,160 ft
  15. Chesterland1,160 ft
  16. Huntsburg Township1,160 ft
  17. Middlefield1,150 ft
  18. Middlefield Township1,150 ft
  19. Bainbridge Township1,130 ft
  20. Parkman Township1,120 ft
  21. Chester Township1,110 ft
  22. Bainbridge1,110 ft
  23. Parkman1,110 ft
  24. Thompson Township1,100 ft
  25. Russell Township1,090 ft
  26. Hunting Valley partly960 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; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. 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.