Vilas County, WI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Vilas County, Wisconsin, shaded from 1,550 ft on the southwest side to 1,900 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,900 ft 580 m1,810 ft 555 m1,770 ft 540 m1,680 ft 515 m1,590 ft 485 m1,550 ft 475 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.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Vilas County averages about 1,670 ft (510 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,550 ft on the southwest side to 1,900 ft on the east side.

Average elevation
1,670 ft 510 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,900 ft 580 m
on the east side
Lowest
1,550 ft 475 m
on the southwest side

Vilas County spans about 350 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 land1,670 ft510 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the east side
1,900 ft580 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
1,550 ft475 m

Elevation profile, west to east

48 mi west to east through Lac du Flambeau.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Vilas County, Wisconsin, shaded from 1,550 ft on the southwest side to 1,900 ft on the east side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Wisconsin, United States
Population
23,948 2024 est.
Land area
857.7 sq mi + 160.0 sq mi water
Density
28 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Superior Upland
Drains to
Gulf of America 79%, Great Lakes 21%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Vilas County1,670 ft
  2. Oneida County1,600 ft
  3. Forest County1,590 ft
  4. Iron County, MI1,540 ft
  5. Price County1,530 ft
  6. Iron County1,520 ft
  7. Gogebic County, MI1,470 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Military Hill1,850 ft
All 18 towns in Vilas County by typical elevation
  1. Phelps1,740 ft
  2. Land O'Lakes1,710 ft
  3. Conover1,680 ft
  4. Presque Isle1,670 ft
  5. Plum Lake1,670 ft
  6. Sayner1,670 ft
  7. Washington, Vilas County1,660 ft
  8. Boulder Junction1,650 ft
  9. Winchester, Vilas County1,650 ft
  10. Boulder Junction, Vilas County1,650 ft
  11. Cloverland1,640 ft
  12. Lincoln1,640 ft
  13. Eagle River1,640 ft
  14. St. Germain1,630 ft
  15. Arbor Vitae1,630 ft
  16. Manitowish Waters1,610 ft
  17. Lac du Flambeau, Vilas County1,600 ft
  18. Lac du Flambeau1,600 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 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • 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.