Montana Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

12,760 ft 3,890 m10,030 ft 3,055 m8,660 ft 2,640 m5,920 ft 1,805 m3,180 ft 970 m1,810 ft 550 m

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USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau

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How to use this mapviews, tools and data

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.
Click or tap anywhere: The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure: Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
State area: Fades everything outside the official state boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Montana averages about 4,150 ft (1,265 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,810 ft on the northwest side to 12,760 ft on Granite Peak.

Average elevation

4,150 ft 1,265 m

all land in Montana

Highest

12,760 ft 3,890 m

on Granite Peak

Lowest

1,810 ft 550 m

on the northwest side

Montana spans about 10,950 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.

Figure	Elevation
Average of all land	4,150 ft1,265 m
Highest point In Montana, on Granite Peak (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)	12,760 ft3,890 m
Lowest point In Montana, on the northwest side	1,810 ft550 m

Elevation profile, south to north

276 mi south to north through Billings.

Topographic Map

Location: State in the Mountain division of the West region, United States
Population: 1,137,233 2024 est.
Land area: 145,550.3 sq mi + 1,493.0 sq mi water
Density: 8 per sq mi
Counties: 54
Time zone: Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform regions: Great Plains 63%, Northern Rocky Mountains 34%
Drains to: Gulf of America 81%, Pacific Ocean 17%

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring states sharing a border, by average

Wyoming6,390 ft
Idaho5,270 ft
Montana4,150 ft
South Dakota2,200 ft
North Dakota1,830 ft

Rankings by average elevation

States in the United States8th highest of 52

Peaks and hills highest inside

Granite Peak12,760 ft
Mount Wood12,640 ft
Castle Mountain12,618 ft
Whitetail Peak12,510 ft
Silver Run Peak12,510 ft

All 54 counties by average elevation

Beaverhead County7,070 ft
Park County6,970 ft
Madison County6,660 ft
Gallatin County6,300 ft
Granite County6,120 ft
Ravalli County5,890 ft
Jefferson County5,890 ft
Meagher County5,870 ft
Powell County5,690 ft
Sweet Grass County5,620 ft
Carbon County5,560 ft
Lewis and Clark County5,360 ft
Broadwater County5,080 ft
Stillwater County5,070 ft
Judith Basin County5,050 ft
Flathead County4,980 ft
Missoula County4,960 ft
Wheatland County4,830 ft
Glacier County4,800 ft
Mineral County4,690 ft
Teton County4,490 ft
Cascade County4,300 ft
Lincoln County4,270 ft
Golden Valley County4,190 ft
Sanders County4,110 ft
Lake County4,090 ft
Pondera County4,040 ft
Big Horn County3,980 ft
Fergus County3,800 ft
Musselshell County3,520 ft
Toole County3,520 ft
Powder River County3,490 ft
Yellowstone County3,490 ft
Carter County3,410 ft
Liberty County3,380 ft
Chouteau County3,250 ft
Rosebud County3,100 ft
Blaine County3,070 ft
Treasure County3,050 ft
Fallon County3,000 ft
Hill County2,980 ft
Petroleum County2,960 ft
Custer County2,830 ft
Garfield County2,820 ft
Prairie County2,720 ft
Wibaux County2,710 ft
Phillips County2,660 ft
Daniels County2,640 ft
Valley County2,580 ft
Dawson County2,560 ft
McCone County2,470 ft
Roosevelt County2,270 ft
Richland County2,270 ft
Sheridan County2,240 ft

All 7 tribal lands by average elevation

Blackfeet Indian Reservation4,440 ft
Crow Reservation4,140 ft
Flathead Reservation3,960 ft
Rocky Boy's Reservation3,780 ft
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation3,780 ft
Fort Belknap Reservation2,930 ft
Fort Peck Indian Reservation2,430 ft

How we measure

Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census state boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 10 arc-second (≈1,010 ft, 309 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.
Nearby Places: neighboring states 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 state 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).
Counties: each one's average on its own grid (1 arc-second, coarser for the largest), the same figure its own page shows.
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.