Ashland County, WI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ashland County, Wisconsin, shaded from 600 ft on the west side to 1,872 ft on Mount Whittlesey
Elevation
1,870 ft 570 m1,550 ft 475 m1,400 ft 425 m1,080 ft 330 m760 ft 230 m600 ft 185 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.
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County area
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Elevation Data

Ashland County averages about 1,230 ft (375 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 600 ft on the west side to 1,872 ft on Mount Whittlesey.

Average elevation
1,230 ft 375 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,872 ft 571 m
on Mount Whittlesey
Lowest
600 ft 185 m
on the west side

Ashland County spans about 1,270 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 land1,230 ft375 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Mount Whittlesey (NGS survey height)
1,872 ft571 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the west side
600 ft185 m

Elevation profile, south to north

45 mi south to north through Ashland.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ashland County, Wisconsin, shaded from 600 ft on the west side to 1,872 ft on Mount Whittlesey
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in Wisconsin, United States
Population
16,196 2024 est.
Land area
1,045.0 sq mi + 1,247.4 sq mi water
Density
15 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Superior Upland 97%
Drains to
Gulf of America 50%, Great Lakes 50%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Cook County, MN1,620 ft
  2. Lake County, MN1,570 ft
  3. Price County1,530 ft
  4. Iron County1,520 ft
  5. Gogebic County, MI1,470 ft
  6. Sawyer County1,370 ft
  7. Ashland County1,230 ft
  8. Ontonagon County, MI1,120 ft
  9. Bayfield County1,110 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Mount Whittlesey1,872 ft
  • Saint Peters Dome1,560 ft
All 26 towns in Ashland County by typical elevation
  1. Peeksville1,570 ft
  2. Chippewa1,570 ft
  3. Agenda1,560 ft
  4. Glidden1,540 ft
  5. Jacobs1,530 ft
  6. Butternut1,510 ft
  7. Gordon, Ashland County1,510 ft
  8. Shanagolden1,510 ft
  9. Clam Lake1,430 ft
  10. Morse1,340 ft
  11. Mellen1,260 ft
  12. Town of Ashland1,090 ft
  13. Birch Hill1,080 ft
  14. Marengo960 ft
  15. Franks Field800 ft
  16. White River790 ft
  17. Marengo, Ashland County770 ft
  18. Jolmaville770 ft
  19. Gingles760 ft
  20. Ashland680 ft
  21. La Pointe660 ft
  22. Sanborn640 ft
  23. New Odanah630 ft
  24. Bayfront630 ft
  25. Diaperville610 ft
  26. Odanah610 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 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Highest ground: the single highest 3DEP cell, 1,870 ft at 46.3021° N, 90.6029° W, has no federal (GNIS) summit name within 980 ft (300 m), so the high point shown is the highest of the 25 highest cells with a GNIS summit within 1,640 ft (500 m).
  • 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.