Miles City, MT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Miles City, Montana, shaded from 2,340 ft on the northwest side to 2,530 ft on Carbon Hill
Elevation
2,530 ft 770 m2,480 ft 755 m2,460 ft 750 m2,410 ft 735 m2,360 ft 720 m2,340 ft 710 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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City area
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Elevation Data

Miles City sits at about 2,360 ft (720 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,360 ft 720 m
most residents: 2,350–2,370 ft
Lowest
2,340 ft 710 m
on the northwest side
Highest
2,530 ft 770 m
on Carbon Hill
Average
2,370 ft 720 m
all land inside city limits

Miles City spans about 190 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
2,360 ft720 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on Carbon Hill
2,530 ft770 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
2,340 ft710 m
Town center
USGS map point for Miles City
2,360 ft720 m
Airport (MLS)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.4 mi northwest of the city limits
2,634 ft803 m
Average of all land2,370 ft720 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Miles City, Montana, shaded from 2,340 ft on the northwest side to 2,530 ft on Carbon Hill
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Custer County, Montana, United States
Population
8,407 2024 est.
Land area
3.4 sq mi
Density
2,501 per sq mi
Coordinates
46.4083° N, 105.8406° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Yellowstone River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Frank Wiley Field (MLS) 2,634 ft
ZIP codes 1
59301
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Colstrip3,250 ft
  2. Ashland2,930 ft
  3. Plevna2,770 ft
  4. Lindsay2,700 ft
  5. Brockway2,580 ft
  6. Ismay2,540 ft
  7. Forsyth2,520 ft
  8. Rosebud2,480 ft
  9. Miles City2,360 ft
  10. Terry2,260 ft
  11. Fallon2,210 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Angelwing Butte3,120 ft
  • Signal Butte, Custer County3,090 ft
  • Badland Butte2,750 ft
  • Carbon Hill2,530 ft
  • Camelsback2,500 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (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).
  • 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.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.