Big Horn County, MT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Big Horn County, Montana, shaded from 2,740 ft on the north side to 9,260 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
9,260 ft 2,820 m7,630 ft 2,325 m6,810 ft 2,075 m5,190 ft 1,580 m3,560 ft 1,085 m2,740 ft 835 m
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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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Big Horn County averages about 3,980 ft (1,210 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 2,740 ft on the north side to 9,260 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
3,980 ft 1,210 m
all land inside the county
Highest
9,260 ft 2,820 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
2,740 ft 835 m
on the north side

Big Horn County spans about 6,520 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 land3,980 ft1,210 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
9,260 ft2,820 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the north side
2,740 ft835 m

Elevation profile, south to north

72 mi south to north through Hardin.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Big Horn County, Montana, shaded from 2,740 ft on the north side to 9,260 ft on the southwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
County in Montana, United States
Population
12,796 2024 est.
Land area
4,997.8 sq mi + 18.3 sq mi water
Density
2.6 per sq mi
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform regions
Great Plains 89%, Middle Rocky Mountains 11%
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Carbon County5,560 ft
  2. Big Horn County, WY5,410 ft
  3. Sheridan County, WY5,150 ft
  4. Big Horn County3,980 ft
  5. Powder River County3,490 ft
  6. Yellowstone County3,490 ft
  7. Rosebud County3,100 ft
  8. Treasure County3,050 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Point Lookout7,270 ft
  • Peyote Point7,210 ft
  • Crown Butte, Big Horn County6,890 ft
  • West Pryor Mountain6,690 ft
  • Shortys Hill5,210 ft
All 10 towns in Big Horn County by typical elevation
  1. Pryor4,080 ft
  2. Wyola3,700 ft
  3. Forty Mile Colony3,460 ft
  4. Busby3,440 ft
  5. Muddy3,410 ft
  6. Lodge Grass3,370 ft
  7. Fort Smith3,290 ft
  8. St. Xavier3,070 ft
  9. Crow Agency3,060 ft
  10. Hardin2,910 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 3 arc-second (≈300 ft, 93 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. 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 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.