Missoula County, MT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Missoula County, Montana, shaded from 2,940 ft on the west side to 9,340 ft on Lowary Peak
Elevation
9,340 ft 2,850 m7,740 ft 2,360 m6,940 ft 2,115 m5,340 ft 1,630 m3,740 ft 1,140 m2,940 ft 895 m
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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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County area
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Elevation Data

Missoula County averages about 4,960 ft (1,515 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 2,940 ft on the west side to 9,340 ft on Lowary Peak.

Average elevation
4,960 ft 1,515 m
all land inside the county
Highest
9,340 ft 2,850 m
on Lowary Peak
Lowest
2,940 ft 895 m
on the west side

Missoula County spans about 6,400 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.

FigureElevation
Average of all land4,960 ft1,515 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Lowary Peak
9,340 ft2,850 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the west side
2,940 ft895 m

Elevation profile, south to north

33 mi south to north through Missoula.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Missoula County, Montana, shaded from 2,940 ft on the west side to 9,340 ft on Lowary Peak
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
County in Montana, United States
Population
122,546 2024 est.
Land area
2,593.0 sq mi + 24.9 sq mi water
Density
47 per sq mi
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Northern Rocky Mountains
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Granite County6,120 ft
  2. Ravalli County5,890 ft
  3. Powell County5,690 ft
  4. Idaho County, ID5,120 ft
  5. Flathead County4,980 ft
  6. Missoula County4,960 ft
  7. Mineral County4,690 ft
  8. Sanders County4,110 ft
  9. Lake County4,090 ft
  10. Clearwater County, ID3,910 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Holland Peak9,361 ft
  • Lolo Peak9,140 ft
  • Daughter of the Sun Mountain8,710 ft
  • McLeod Peak8,624 ft
  • Waldbillig Mountain8,270 ft
All 17 towns in Missoula County by typical elevation
  1. Seeley Lake4,070 ft
  2. Evaro3,880 ft
  3. Condon3,800 ft
  4. Potomac3,640 ft
  5. Twin Creeks3,520 ft
  6. Turah3,500 ft
  7. Clinton3,470 ft
  8. Piltzville3,300 ft
  9. Bonner-West Riverside3,290 ft
  10. East Missoula3,270 ft
  11. Carlton3,260 ft
  12. Wye3,250 ft
  13. Missoula3,200 ft
  14. Lolo3,190 ft
  15. Orchard Homes3,140 ft
  16. Frenchtown3,040 ft
  17. Huson3,010 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. 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.