Bear Dance, MT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bear Dance, Montana, shaded from 2,890 ft on the north side to 3,560 ft on the south edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
3,560 ft 1,085 m3,390 ft 1,035 m3,310 ft 1,010 m3,140 ft 960 m2,980 ft 905 m2,890 ft 880 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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.
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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Bear Dance sits at about 3,140 ft (960 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
3,140 ft 960 m
most residents: 2,960–3,290 ft
Lowest
2,890 ft 880 m
on the north side
Highest
3,560 ft 1,085 m
on the south edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
3,120 ft 950 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Bear Dance spans about 670 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
3,140 ft960 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south edge, below higher ground just outside
3,560 ft1,085 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
2,890 ft880 m
Town center
USGS map point for Bear Dance
3,090 ft940 m
Average of all land3,120 ft950 m
Nearest peak
Mount Orvis Evans, 8.9 mi northeast of the CDP boundary
7,460 ft2,275 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 3,140 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
206.2 °F96.8 °C

vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.

Air pressure
89% of sea level

26.7 inHg (90.3 kPa): each breath holds 11% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
18.7% at sea level

Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.

Sunburn
+6% more UV

EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bear Dance, Montana, shaded from 2,890 ft on the north side to 3,560 ft on the south edge, below higher ground just outside
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Lake County, Montana, United States
Population
281 2020 Census
Land area
2.8 sq mi
Density
101 per sq mi
Coordinates
47.9166° N, 114.0287° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Northern Rocky Mountains
Drains to
Flathead River → Clark Fork → Pend Oreille River → Columbia River → Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 1
59911
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Bear Dance3,140 ft
  2. Swan Lake3,090 ft
  3. Lakeside3,090 ft
  4. Bigfork3,060 ft
  5. Woods Bay3,050 ft
  6. Rollins3,050 ft
  7. Kings Point3,010 ft
  8. Lindisfarne3,000 ft
  9. Finley Point2,960 ft
  10. Rocky Point2,940 ft
  11. Dayton2,920 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Aeneas7,530 ft
  • Mount Orvis Evans7,460 ft
  • Tom Tom Mountain7,350 ft
  • Battery Mountain6,910 ft
  • Blacktail Mountain, Flathead County6,773 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Bear Dance is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.