Chester, MT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chester, Montana, shaded from 3,130 ft on the southeast side to 3,170 ft on the west side
Elevation
3,170 ft 965 m3,160 ft 960 m3,150 ft 960 m3,140 ft 960 m3,130 ft 955 m3,130 ft 955 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Chester sits at about 3,140 ft (955 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
3,140 ft 955 m
most residents: 3,130–3,150 ft
Lowest
3,130 ft 955 m
on the southeast side
Highest
3,170 ft 965 m
on the west side
Average
3,140 ft 955 m
all land inside town limits

Chester spans about 40 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 ft955 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the west side
3,170 ft965 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the southeast side
3,130 ft955 m
Town center
USGS map point for Chester
3,130 ft955 m
Airport (LTY)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.6 mi west of the town limits
3,185 ft971 m
Average of all land3,140 ft955 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.9 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 (90.4 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 Chester, Montana, shaded from 3,130 ft on the southeast side to 3,170 ft on the west side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Liberty County, Montana, United States
Population
835 2024 est.
Land area
0.5 sq mi
Density
1,715 per sq mi
Coordinates
48.5105° N, 110.9675° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Marias River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Liberty County (LTY) 3,185 ft
ZIP codes 1
59522
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Whitlash3,930 ft
  2. Eagle Creek Colony3,600 ft
  3. Sage Creek Colony3,450 ft
  4. Joplin3,320 ft
  5. Inverness3,310 ft
  6. Chester3,140 ft
  7. Riverview Colony3,120 ft
  8. Rudyard3,110 ft
  9. Sunnybrook Colony3,070 ft
  10. Hingham3,030 ft
  11. Gildford2,830 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • West Butte6,990 ft
  • Mount Brown, Liberty County6,962 ft
  • Gold Butte6,500 ft
  • Centennial Mountain5,810 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town 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 town 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.