Madison County, MT Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
11,300 ft 3,445 m9,520 ft 2,905 m8,640 ft 2,630 m6,860 ft 2,090 m5,090 ft 1,550 m4,200 ft 1,280 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
Madison County averages about 6,660 ft (2,030 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 4,200 ft on the north side to 11,298 ft on Taylor Peaks.
Average elevation
6,660 ft 2,030 m
all land inside the county
Highest
11,298 ft 3,444 m
on Taylor Peaks
Lowest
4,200 ft 1,280 m
on the north side
Madison County spans about 7,100 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 | 6,660 ft2,030 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on Taylor Peaks (NGS survey height) | 11,298 ft3,444 m |
| Lowest point Inside the county, on the north side | 4,200 ft1,280 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
53 mi west to east through Ennis.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in Montana, United States
- Population
- 9,753 2024 est.
- Land area
- 3,588.2 sq mi + 15.4 sq mi water
- Density
- 2.7 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Northern Rocky Mountains
- Drains to
- Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average
- Beaverhead County7,070 ft
- Madison County6,660 ft
- Silver Bow County6,440 ft
- Gallatin County6,300 ft
- Fremont County, ID6,160 ft
- Jefferson County5,890 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in Montana3rd highest of 54
- Counties in the United States79th highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Echo Peak11,270 ft
- Lone Mountain11,150 ft
- Gallatin Peak10,980 ft
- Sphinx Mountain10,830 ft
- Hollowtop Mountain10,610 ft
All 14 towns in Madison County by typical elevation
- Big Sky partly6,450 ft
- Mammoth6,060 ft
- Virginia City5,870 ft
- Brandon5,700 ft
- Pony5,500 ft
- Sheridan5,140 ft
- Alder5,120 ft
- Ennis4,970 ft
- Jeffers4,940 ft
- Harrison4,910 ft
- McAllister4,890 ft
- Norris4,850 ft
- Twin Bridges4,630 ft
- Silver Star4,550 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.