Lorain County, OH Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lorain County, Ohio, shaded from 570 ft near the middle to 1,120 ft on the south side
Elevation
1,120 ft 345 m990 ft 300 m920 ft 280 m780 ft 240 m640 ft 195 m570 ft 175 m
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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

Lorain County averages about 790 ft (240 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 570 ft near the middle to 1,120 ft on the south side.

Average elevation
790 ft 240 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,120 ft 345 m
on the south side
Lowest
570 ft 175 m
near the middle

Lorain County spans about 550 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 land790 ft240 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the south side
1,120 ft345 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, near the middle
570 ft175 m

Elevation profile, south to north

49 mi south to north through Lorain.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lorain County, Ohio, shaded from 570 ft near the middle to 1,120 ft on the south side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Ohio, United States
Population
322,030 2024 est.
Land area
490.5 sq mi + 432.2 sq mi water
Density
656 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Great Lakes
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Ashland County1,130 ft
  2. Medina County1,050 ft
  3. Huron County890 ft
  4. Cuyahoga County870 ft
  5. Lorain County790 ft
  6. Erie County670 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Ohio69th highest of 88
  • Counties in the United States1,826th highest of 3,151
All 36 towns in Lorain County by typical elevation
  1. Huntington Township, Lorain County970 ft
  2. Rochester Township940 ft
  3. Rochester930 ft
  4. Brighton Township900 ft
  5. Camden Township860 ft
  6. Kipton860 ft
  7. Grafton Township860 ft
  8. Wellington850 ft
  9. Wellington Township850 ft
  10. Penfield Township850 ft
  11. Pheasant Run840 ft
  12. Henrietta Township820 ft
  13. LaGrange Township820 ft
  14. LaGrange820 ft
  15. Pittsfield Township810 ft
  16. Grafton810 ft
  17. Oberlin810 ft
  18. Eaton Estates800 ft
  19. Columbia Township800 ft
  20. Eaton Township790 ft
  21. New Russia Township790 ft
  22. South Amherst780 ft
  23. Carlisle Township750 ft
  24. Elyria Township750 ft
  25. Elyria730 ft
  26. Amherst Township730 ft
  27. North Ridgeville720 ft
  28. Sheffield Township690 ft
  29. Avon690 ft
  30. Amherst680 ft
  31. Brownhelm Township640 ft
  32. Sheffield640 ft
  33. Avon Lake620 ft
  34. Lorain620 ft
  35. Vermilion610 ft
  36. Sheffield Lake600 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.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 570 ft at 41.4560° N, 82.1093° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.