Bayfield County, WI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bayfield County, Wisconsin, shaded from 600 ft on the northeast side to 1,700 ft on Mount Telemark
Elevation
1,700 ft 520 m1,430 ft 435 m1,290 ft 395 m1,010 ft 310 m740 ft 225 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

Bayfield County averages about 1,110 ft (340 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 600 ft on the northeast side to 1,700 ft on Mount Telemark.

Average elevation
1,110 ft 340 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,700 ft 520 m
on Mount Telemark
Lowest
600 ft 185 m
on the northeast side

Bayfield County spans about 1,100 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 land1,110 ft340 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Mount Telemark (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
1,700 ft520 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
600 ft185 m

Elevation profile, west to east

34 mi west to east through Washburn.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bayfield County, Wisconsin, shaded from 600 ft on the northeast side to 1,700 ft on Mount Telemark
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in Wisconsin, United States
Population
16,838 2024 est.
Land area
1,477.9 sq mi + 563.8 sq mi water
Density
11 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Superior Upland 99%
Drains to
Great Lakes 79%, Gulf of America 17%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Lake County, MN1,570 ft
  2. Sawyer County1,370 ft
  3. Ashland County1,230 ft
  4. Bayfield County1,110 ft
  5. Douglas County1,060 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Mount Telemark1,700 ft
  • Smoky Hill, Bayfield County1,506 ft
  • Mount Valhalla1,380 ft
  • Mount Ashwabay1,330 ft
All 35 towns in Bayfield County by typical elevation
  1. Namakagon1,410 ft
  2. Cable1,370 ft
  3. Cable, Bayfield County1,370 ft
  4. Drummond1,360 ft
  5. Drummond, Bayfield County1,320 ft
  6. Grand View1,200 ft
  7. Barnes1,190 ft
  8. Hughes1,140 ft
  9. Iron River1,130 ft
  10. Iron River, Bayfield County1,120 ft
  11. Delta1,120 ft
  12. Lincoln, Bayfield County1,090 ft
  13. Grand View, Bayfield County1,050 ft
  14. Oulu1,000 ft
  15. Tripp990 ft
  16. Mason980 ft
  17. Keystone970 ft
  18. Kelly930 ft
  19. Town of Washburn930 ft
  20. Village of Mason930 ft
  21. Bayfield900 ft
  22. Pilsen870 ft
  23. Barksdale780 ft
  24. Russell780 ft
  25. Bayview760 ft
  26. Orienta740 ft
  27. Clover730 ft
  28. Eileen720 ft
  29. City of Bayfield720 ft
  30. Washburn700 ft
  31. Port Wing690 ft
  32. Bell680 ft
  33. Port Wing, Bayfield County670 ft
  34. Herbster660 ft
  35. Cornucopia640 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; 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, 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.
  • 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, 600 ft at 46.7918° N, 91.3740° 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.