Jackson, MT Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
6,540 ft 1,990 m6,510 ft 1,985 m6,500 ft 1,980 m6,480 ft 1,975 m6,460 ft 1,970 m6,450 ft 1,965 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Jackson sits at about 6,480 ft (1,975 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).
Typical elevation (all land)
6,480 ft 1,975 m
few residents
Lowest
6,450 ft 1,965 m
on the northwest side
Highest
6,540 ft 1,990 m
on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
6,480 ft 1,975 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Jackson spans about 90 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 (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by | 6,480 ft1,975 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside | 6,540 ft1,990 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side | 6,450 ft1,965 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Jackson | 6,480 ft1,975 m |
| Average of all land | 6,480 ft1,975 m |
| Nearest peak Deer Peak, 8.7 mi north of the CDP boundary | 9,160 ft2,790 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
1.0 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 6,480 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
199.9 °F93.3 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
79% of sea level
23.5 inHg (79.7 kPa): each breath holds 21% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
16.5% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+13% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Beaverhead County, Montana, United States
- Population
- 36 2020 Census
- Land area
- 1.0 sq mi
- Density
- 37 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 45.3680° N, 113.4089° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Northern Rocky Mountains
- Drains to
- Big Hole River → Jefferson River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 59736
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Maverick Mountain6,650 ft
- Jackson6,480 ft
- Argenta6,120 ft
- Wisdom6,050 ft
- Grant5,800 ft
- Wise River5,670 ft
- Dewey5,510 ft
- Dillon5,090 ft
- Glen4,990 ft
- Sula4,480 ft
- Salmon, ID3,990 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Montana9th highest of 497
- Towns in Beaverhead County3rd highest of 12
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Homer Youngs Peak10,626 ft
- Hirschy Mountain10,409 ft
- Bloody Dick Peak9,817 ft
- Black Mountain, Beaverhead County9,180 ft
- Deer Peak9,160 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
- 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).
- 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.
- Jackson 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.