THE KEWEENAW COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Superior Mineral Ranges setting.
Keweenaw County has 540.1 square miles of land in Michigan. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Keweenaw County: Superior Mineral Ranges, Keweenaw-Baraga Moraines.
Glacial hills, till plains, sandy outwash and old lake basins create a varied northern landscape. Conifer and hardwood forests surround many lakes across these glacially shaped uplands.
Regional context: Northern Lakes and Forests ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Keweenaw County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Superior Mineral Ranges79.6%
- Keweenaw-Baraga Moraines20.4%
Finding your parcel within Keweenaw County
The atlas lists 11 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Keweenaw County, including Eagle Harbor, Houghton, Grant. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Keweenaw County by land and water
The Census records 5,426.2 square miles of water within Keweenaw County, or 90.9% of its total area. That share is close to Keweenaw County’s 90.9%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Keweenaw County has 439.1 times the land area of nearby Mohawk CDP (1.23 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Alger County, Houghton County, Marquette County, Ontonagon County within Michigan. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

