Helena Flats, MT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Helena Flats, Montana, shaded from 2,930 ft on the southwest side to 3,040 ft on the east side
Elevation
3,040 ft 925 m3,010 ft 920 m3,000 ft 915 m2,970 ft 905 m2,940 ft 895 m2,930 ft 890 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 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.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Helena Flats sits at about 2,940 ft (895 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,940 ft 895 m
most residents: 2,940–2,960 ft
Lowest
2,930 ft 890 m
on the southwest side
Highest
3,040 ft 925 m
on the east side
Average
2,950 ft 900 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Helena Flats spans about 110 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
2,940 ft895 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
3,040 ft925 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
2,930 ft890 m
Airport (GPI)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.5 mi north of the CDP boundary
2,977 ft907 m
Average of all land2,950 ft900 m
Nearest peak
Doris Mountain, 6.0 mi east of the CDP boundary (NGS survey)
7,441 ft2,268 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.4 mi west to east through the middle of Helena Flats.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Helena Flats, Montana, shaded from 2,930 ft on the southwest side to 3,040 ft on the east side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Flathead County, Montana, United States
Population
1,206 2020 Census
Land area
8.4 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
143 per sq mi
Coordinates
48.2729° N, 114.2411° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Northern Rocky Mountains
Drains to
Flathead River → Clark Fork → Pend Oreille River → Columbia River → Pacific Ocean
Airport
Glacier Park International (GPI) 2,977 ft
ZIP codes 1
59901
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Rhodes3,280 ft
  2. Martin City3,230 ft
  3. Forest Hill Village3,160 ft
  4. Batavia3,130 ft
  5. Hungry Horse3,100 ft
  6. Columbia Falls3,070 ft
  7. Whitefish3,040 ft
  8. Kalispell2,960 ft
  9. Helena Flats2,940 ft
  10. Evergreen2,920 ft
  11. Somers2,920 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Doris Mountain7,441 ft
  • Desert Mountain6,430 ft
  • Firefighter Mountain5,650 ft
  • Lion Hill4,820 ft
  • Lion Mountain4,370 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 2,930 ft at 48.2618° N, 114.2610° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • Helena Flats is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.