Dillon, MT Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
5,190 ft 1,580 m5,160 ft 1,570 m5,140 ft 1,565 m5,110 ft 1,555 m5,070 ft 1,545 m5,060 ft 1,540 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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
Dillon sits at about 5,090 ft (1,550 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
5,090 ft 1,550 m
most residents: 5,080–5,110 ft
Lowest
5,060 ft 1,540 m
on the northeast side
Highest
5,190 ft 1,580 m
on the southeast side
Average
5,090 ft 1,555 m
all land inside city limits
Dillon spans about 130 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 | 5,090 ft1,550 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the southeast side | 5,190 ft1,580 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the northeast side | 5,060 ft1,540 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Dillon | 5,100 ft1,555 m |
| Airport (DLN) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.9 mi northeast of the city limits | 5,245 ft1,599 m |
| Average of all land | 5,090 ft1,555 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
1.7 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 5,090 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
202.5 °F94.7 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
83% of sea level
24.8 inHg (84.0 kPa): each breath holds 17% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
17.4% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+10% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Beaverhead County, Montana, United States
- Population
- 4,242 2024 est.
- Land area
- 2.0 sq mi
- Density
- 2,145 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 45.2163° N, 112.6375° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Northern Rocky Mountains
- Drains to
- Beaverhead River → Jefferson River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- Airport
- Dillon (DLN) 5,245 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 59725
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Maverick Mountain6,650 ft
- Argenta6,120 ft
- Dell5,990 ft
- Virginia City5,870 ft
- Grant5,800 ft
- Brandon5,700 ft
- Sheridan5,140 ft
- Alder5,120 ft
- Dillon5,090 ft
- Glen4,990 ft
- Twin Bridges4,630 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Montana41st highest of 497
- Towns in Beaverhead County11th highest of 12
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Tweedy Mountain11,130 ft
- Baldy Mountain, Beaverhead County10,573 ft
- Benson Peak8,482 ft
- McCartney Mountain8,368 ft
- Thunderhead Mountain8,230 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.