Hayward, WI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hayward, Wisconsin, shaded from 1,150 ft on the west side to 1,530 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,530 ft 465 m1,430 ft 435 m1,390 ft 420 m1,290 ft 395 m1,200 ft 365 m1,150 ft 350 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Hayward sits at about 1,270 ft (385 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,270 ft 385 m
most residents: 1,190–1,390 ft
Lowest
1,150 ft 350 m
on the west side
Highest
1,530 ft 465 m
on the southeast side
Average
1,320 ft 405 m
all land inside town boundaries

Hayward spans about 380 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
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
1,270 ft385 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southeast side
1,530 ft465 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the west side
1,150 ft350 m
Airport (HYR)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
1,216 ft371 m
Average of all land1,320 ft405 m

Elevation profile, west to east

12 mi west to east through the middle of Hayward.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hayward, Wisconsin, shaded from 1,150 ft on the west side to 1,530 ft on the southeast side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Sawyer County, Wisconsin, United States
Population
3,929 2024 est.
Land area
56.9 sq mi + 6.5 sq mi water
Density
69 per sq mi
Coordinates
45.9964° N, 91.4300° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Superior Upland
Drains to
Namekagon River → Saint Croix River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Sawyer County (HYR) 1,216 ft
ZIP codes 1
54843
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Round Lake1,370 ft
  2. Little Round Lake1,360 ft
  3. Bass Lake1,330 ft
  4. Chief Lake1,320 ft
  5. Sand Lake1,320 ft
  6. Reserve1,310 ft
  7. Lenroot1,270 ft
  8. Hayward1,270 ft
  9. City of Hayward1,200 ft
  10. Bass Lake, Washburn County1,180 ft
  11. Stinnett1,150 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Meteor Hill1,800 ft
  • Mount Telemark1,700 ft
  • Smoky Hill, Bayfield County1,506 ft
  • County Hill1,390 ft
  • Crystal Mountain1,280 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town boundaries, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census town 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, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.