Lincoln County, MT Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
8,700 ft 2,650 m6,980 ft 2,125 m6,120 ft 1,865 m4,390 ft 1,340 m2,670 ft 815 m1,810 ft 550 m
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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.
- County area
- Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Lincoln County averages about 4,270 ft (1,300 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,810 ft on the west side to 8,700 ft on Snowshoe Peak.
Average elevation
4,270 ft 1,300 m
all land inside the county
Highest
8,700 ft 2,650 m
on Snowshoe Peak
Lowest
1,810 ft 550 m
on the west side
Lincoln County spans about 6,890 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Average of all land | 4,270 ft1,300 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on Snowshoe Peak (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height) | 8,700 ft2,650 m |
| Lowest point Inside the county, on the west side | 1,810 ft550 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
55 mi west to east through Libby.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in Montana, United States
- Population
- 22,184 2024 est.
- Land area
- 3,612.6 sq mi + 62.4 sq mi water
- Density
- 6.1 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Northern Rocky Mountains 99%
- Drains to
- Pacific Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average
- Flathead County4,980 ft
- Lincoln County4,270 ft
- Sanders County4,110 ft
- Boundary County, ID4,060 ft
- Bonner County, ID3,290 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in Montana23rd highest of 54
- Counties in the United States237th highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Elephant Peak7,942 ft
- Poorman Mountain7,810 ft
- Northwest Peak7,700 ft
- Dome Mountain7,567 ft
- Mount Marston7,347 ft
All 15 towns in Lincoln County by typical elevation
- Trego3,370 ft
- Happys Inn3,360 ft
- Stryker3,290 ft
- Yaak3,080 ft
- Fortine3,050 ft
- Indian Springs2,830 ft
- West Kootenai2,790 ft
- Sylvanite2,720 ft
- Eureka2,620 ft
- Rexford2,550 ft
- Bull Lake2,350 ft
- Pioneer Junction2,300 ft
- White Haven2,230 ft
- Libby2,100 ft
- Troy1,900 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.