Milwaukee, WI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, shaded from 580 ft near the middle to 820 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
820 ft 250 m760 ft 230 m730 ft 225 m670 ft 205 m610 ft 185 m580 ft 175 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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.
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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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Milwaukee sits at about 680 ft (210 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
680 ft 210 m
most residents: 630–760 ft
Lowest
580 ft 175 m
near the middle
Highest
820 ft 250 m
on the southwest side
Average
700 ft 210 m
all land inside city limits

Milwaukee spans about 240 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
680 ft210 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
820 ft250 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, near the middle
580 ft175 m
Town center
USGS map point for Milwaukee
610 ft185 m
Airport (MKE)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
728 ft222 m
Average of all land700 ft210 m

Elevation profile, south to north

12 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, shaded from 580 ft near the middle to 820 ft on the southwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States
Population
563,531 2024 est.
Land area
96.2 sq mi + 0.6 sq mi water
Density
5,860 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.0389° N, 87.9065° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Airport
General Mitchell International (MKE) 728 ft
ZIP codes 28
53202 53203 53204 53205 53206 53207 53208 53209 53210 53211 53212 53213 53214 53215 53216 53218 53219 53220 53221 53222 53223 53224 53225 53226 53227 53228 53233 53295
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Greenfield770 ft
  2. Greendale760 ft
  3. West Allis740 ft
  4. Wauwatosa730 ft
  5. Cudahy700 ft
  6. Milwaukee680 ft
  7. St. Francis680 ft
  8. Shorewood670 ft
  9. West Milwaukee660 ft
  10. Glendale650 ft
  11. Whitefish Bay650 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Holy Hill1,350 ft
  • Fox Hill1,240 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (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 and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.