Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, MT Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
10,780 ft 3,285 m9,250 ft 2,820 m8,490 ft 2,590 m6,970 ft 2,125 m5,440 ft 1,660 m4,680 ft 1,425 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Anaconda-Deer Lodge County sits at about 5,300 ft (1,615 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
5,300 ft 1,615 m
most residents: 4,990–5,770 ft
Lowest
4,680 ft 1,425 m
on the northeast side
Highest
10,780 ft 3,285 m
on Saddle Mountain
Average
6,680 ft 2,035 m
all land inside city limits
Anaconda-Deer Lodge County spans about 6,100 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 5,300 ft1,615 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on Saddle Mountain | 10,780 ft3,285 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the northeast side | 4,680 ft1,425 m |
| Airport (3U3) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways | 5,034 ft1,534 m |
| Average of all land | 6,680 ft2,035 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
24 mi south to north through the middle of Anaconda-Deer Lodge County.
Altitude Effects
What 5,300 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
202.2 °F94.5 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
82% of sea level
24.6 inHg (83.4 kPa): each breath holds 18% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
17.2% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+11% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Consolidated city and county in Montana, United States
- Population
- 9,811 2024 est.
- Land area
- 736.7 sq mi + 4.7 sq mi water
- Density
- 13 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 46.1340° N, 112.9572° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Northern Rocky Mountains
- Drains to
- Clark Fork → Pend Oreille River → Columbia River → Pacific Ocean
- Airport
- Bowman Field (3U3) 5,034 ft
- ZIP codes 5
- 59701 59711 59722 59756 59762
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Walkerville6,180 ft
- Wise River5,670 ft
- Butte-Silver Bow5,530 ft
- Dewey5,510 ft
- Anaconda-Deer Lodge County5,300 ft
- Philipsburg5,280 ft
- Maxville4,850 ft
- Racetrack4,680 ft
- Deer Lodge4,560 ft
- Garrison4,400 ft
- Goldcreek4,200 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Montana32nd highest of 497
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Saddle Mountain10,780 ft
- Mount Haggin10,615 ft
- Mount Howe10,480 ft
- Warren Peak10,469 ft
- Queener Mountain10,130 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).
- Altitude effects: standard-atmosphere formulas applied to the typical elevation; UV from EPA's rule of thumb (about 2% per 1,000 ft).
- 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.