Glacier County, MT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Glacier County, Montana, shaded from 3,260 ft on the east side to 10,450 ft on Mount Cleveland
Elevation
10,450 ft 3,185 m8,650 ft 2,635 m7,750 ft 2,365 m5,960 ft 1,815 m4,160 ft 1,270 m3,260 ft 995 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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County area
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Elevation Data

Glacier County averages about 4,800 ft (1,460 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 3,260 ft on the east side to 10,450 ft on Mount Cleveland.

Average elevation
4,800 ft 1,460 m
all land inside the county
Highest
10,450 ft 3,185 m
on Mount Cleveland
Lowest
3,260 ft 995 m
on the east side

Glacier County spans about 7,190 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 land4,800 ft1,460 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Mount Cleveland (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
10,450 ft3,185 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
3,260 ft995 m

Elevation profile, west to east

71 mi west to east through Cut Bank.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Glacier County, Montana, shaded from 3,260 ft on the east side to 10,450 ft on Mount Cleveland
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
County in Montana, United States
Population
13,503 2024 est.
Land area
2,995.2 sq mi + 40.8 sq mi water
Density
4.5 per sq mi
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform regions
Great Plains 76%, Northern Rocky Mountains 24%
Drains to
Gulf of America 83%, Canada 13%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Flathead County4,980 ft
  2. Glacier County4,800 ft
  3. Pondera County4,040 ft
  4. Toole County3,520 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Mount Cleveland10,450 ft
  • Mount Jackson9,990 ft
  • Mount Siyeh9,960 ft
  • Mount Merritt9,950 ft
  • Going-to-the-Sun Mountain9,600 ft
All 18 towns in Glacier County by typical elevation
  1. East Glacier Park Village4,790 ft
  2. Starr School4,680 ft
  3. St. Mary4,600 ft
  4. Babb4,500 ft
  5. South Browning4,400 ft
  6. North Browning4,400 ft
  7. Browning4,380 ft
  8. Big Sky Colony4,200 ft
  9. Zenith Colony4,200 ft
  10. Blackfoot4,160 ft
  11. Hidden Lake Colony4,080 ft
  12. Glacier Colony4,080 ft
  13. Glendale Colony4,050 ft
  14. Horizon Colony3,980 ft
  15. Seville Colony3,940 ft
  16. Santa Rita3,800 ft
  17. Cut Bank3,790 ft
  18. Little Browning3,680 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 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 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.