Trail Township, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Trail Township, South Dakota, shaded from 2,420 ft on the west side to 2,680 ft on the east side
Elevation
2,680 ft 815 m2,610 ft 795 m2,580 ft 785 m2,520 ft 765 m2,450 ft 745 m2,420 ft 740 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.
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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Trail Township sits at about 2,550 ft (780 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside township boundaries (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
2,550 ft 780 m
few residents
Lowest
2,420 ft 740 m
on the west side
Highest
2,680 ft 815 m
on the east side
Average
2,550 ft 780 m
all land inside township boundaries

Trail Township spans about 260 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 (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
2,550 ft780 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the east side
2,680 ft815 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the west side
2,420 ft740 m
Airport (LEM)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.4 mi east of the township boundaries
2,573 ft784 m
Average of all land2,550 ft780 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.9 mi west to east through the middle of Trail Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Trail Township, South Dakota, shaded from 2,420 ft on the west side to 2,680 ft on the east side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Perkins County, South Dakota, United States
Population
18 2024 est.
Land area
16.0 sq mi
Density
1.1 per sq mi
Coordinates
45.9277° N, 102.2491° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Grand River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Lemmon Municipal (LEM) 2,573 ft
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Clermont Township, ND2,590 ft
  2. Lemmon2,570 ft
  3. Lincoln Township, Perkins County2,560 ft
  4. Liberty Township, Perkins County2,560 ft
  5. Trail Township2,550 ft
  6. Haynes, ND2,550 ft
  7. Gilstrap Township, ND2,520 ft
  8. White Butte Township2,510 ft
  9. Orange Township, ND2,500 ft
  10. Flat Creek Township2,460 ft
  11. De Witt Township2,280 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Castle Butte2,920 ft
  • White Butte, Perkins County2,910 ft
  • Kid Rich Butte2,770 ft
  • Wolf Butte2,750 ft
  • Thunder Hawk Butte2,710 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the township boundaries; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census township boundaries (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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.