Flathead County, MT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Flathead County, Montana, shaded from 2,840 ft on the southwest side to 10,146 ft on Mount Stimson
Elevation
10,150 ft 3,095 m8,320 ft 2,535 m7,410 ft 2,255 m5,580 ft 1,700 m3,750 ft 1,145 m2,840 ft 865 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.
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Elevation Data

Flathead County averages about 4,980 ft (1,520 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 2,840 ft on the southwest side to 10,146 ft on Mount Stimson.

Average elevation
4,980 ft 1,520 m
all land inside the county
Highest
10,146 ft 3,093 m
on Mount Stimson
Lowest
2,840 ft 865 m
on the southwest side

Flathead County spans about 7,310 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 land4,980 ft1,520 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Mount Stimson (NGS survey height)
10,146 ft3,093 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
2,840 ft865 m

Elevation profile, west to east

82 mi west to east through Kalispell.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Flathead County, Montana, shaded from 2,840 ft on the southwest side to 10,146 ft on Mount Stimson
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
County in Montana, United States
Population
114,527 2024 est.
Land area
5,087.3 sq mi + 168.7 sq mi water
Density
23 per sq mi
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Northern Rocky Mountains
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Powell County5,690 ft
  2. Lewis and Clark County5,360 ft
  3. Flathead County4,980 ft
  4. Missoula County4,960 ft
  5. Glacier County4,800 ft
  6. Teton County4,490 ft
  7. Lincoln County4,270 ft
  8. Sanders County4,110 ft
  9. Lake County4,090 ft
  10. Pondera County4,040 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Mount Stimson10,146 ft
  • Kintla Peak10,070 ft
  • Kinnerly Peak9,910 ft
  • Rainbow Peak9,870 ft
  • Long Knife Peak9,730 ft
All 24 towns in Flathead County by typical elevation
  1. Snowslip4,410 ft
  2. Little Bitterroot Lake3,990 ft
  3. Marion3,940 ft
  4. Essex3,860 ft
  5. Pinnacle3,670 ft
  6. Polebridge3,530 ft
  7. Kila3,360 ft
  8. Rhodes3,280 ft
  9. Martin City3,230 ft
  10. West Glacier3,230 ft
  11. Coram3,200 ft
  12. Olney3,200 ft
  13. Forest Hill Village3,160 ft
  14. Niarada3,140 ft
  15. Batavia3,130 ft
  16. Hungry Horse3,100 ft
  17. Lakeside3,090 ft
  18. Columbia Falls3,070 ft
  19. Bigfork3,060 ft
  20. Whitefish3,040 ft
  21. Kalispell2,960 ft
  22. Helena Flats2,940 ft
  23. Evergreen2,920 ft
  24. Somers2,920 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; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. 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.