Little Bitterroot Lake, MT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Little Bitterroot Lake, Montana, shaded from 3,900 ft on the northwest side to 5,080 ft on the west side
Elevation
5,080 ft 1,550 m4,790 ft 1,460 m4,640 ft 1,415 m4,340 ft 1,325 m4,050 ft 1,235 m3,900 ft 1,190 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
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

Little Bitterroot Lake sits at about 3,990 ft (1,220 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
3,990 ft 1,220 m
most residents: 3,950–4,060 ft
Lowest
3,900 ft 1,190 m
on the northwest side
Highest
5,080 ft 1,550 m
on the west side
Average
4,150 ft 1,265 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Little Bitterroot Lake spans about 1,180 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
3,990 ft1,220 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
5,080 ft1,550 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
3,900 ft1,190 m
Average of all land4,150 ft1,265 m
Nearest peak
Haskill Mountain, 6.9 mi southeast of the CDP boundary
6,260 ft1,910 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.4 mi west to east through the middle of Little Bitterroot Lake.

Altitude Effects

What 3,990 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
204.6 °F95.9 °C

vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.

Air pressure
86% of sea level

25.8 inHg (87.5 kPa): each breath holds 14% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
18.1% at sea level

Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.

Sunburn
+8% more UV

EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Little Bitterroot Lake, Montana, shaded from 3,900 ft on the northwest side to 5,080 ft on the west side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Flathead County, Montana, United States
Population
154 2020 Census
Land area
8.4 sq mi + 4.7 sq mi water
Density
18 per sq mi
Coordinates
48.1125° N, 114.6950° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Northern Rocky Mountains
Drains to
Little Bitterroot River → Flathead River → Clark Fork → Pend Oreille River → Columbia River → Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 1
59925
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Little Bitterroot Lake3,990 ft
  2. Marion3,940 ft
  3. Lake Mary Ronan3,740 ft
  4. Kila3,360 ft
  5. Happys Inn3,360 ft
  6. Rhodes3,280 ft
  7. Forest Hill Village3,160 ft
  8. Niarada3,140 ft
  9. Batavia3,130 ft
  10. Kalispell2,960 ft
  11. Evergreen2,920 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Murr Peak6,755 ft
  • Meadow Peak6,690 ft
  • Ashley Mountain6,320 ft
  • Bar Z Peak6,300 ft
  • Haskill Mountain6,260 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).
  • 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.
  • Little Bitterroot Lake 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.