Olney, MT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Olney, Montana, shaded from 3,060 ft on the south side to 3,480 ft at the foot of the Smoky Range
Elevation
3,480 ft 1,060 m3,380 ft 1,030 m3,320 ft 1,015 m3,220 ft 980 m3,110 ft 950 m3,060 ft 935 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
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

Olney sits at about 3,200 ft (975 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
3,200 ft 975 m
most residents: 3,120–3,280 ft
Lowest
3,060 ft 935 m
on the south side
Highest
3,480 ft 1,060 m
at the foot of the Smoky Range
Average
3,200 ft 975 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Olney spans about 420 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
3,200 ft975 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Smoky Range
3,480 ft1,060 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
3,060 ft935 m
Town center
USGS map point for Olney
3,170 ft965 m
Average of all land3,200 ft975 m
Nearest peak
Moose Peak, 8.5 mi northeast of the CDP boundary
7,520 ft2,295 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.1 mi west to east through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 3,200 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
206.1 °F96.7 °C

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

Air pressure
89% of sea level

26.6 inHg (90.2 kPa): each breath holds 11% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
18.6% at sea level

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

Sunburn
+6% more UV

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

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Olney, Montana, shaded from 3,060 ft on the south side to 3,480 ft at the foot of the Smoky Range
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Flathead County, Montana, United States
Population
186 2020 Census
Land area
1.3 sq mi
Density
140 per sq mi
Coordinates
48.5486° N, 114.5782° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Northern Rocky Mountains
Drains to
Stillwater River → Flathead River → Clark Fork → Pend Oreille River → Columbia River → Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 1
59927
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Polebridge3,530 ft
  2. Trego3,370 ft
  3. Stryker3,290 ft
  4. Rhodes3,280 ft
  5. Coram3,200 ft
  6. Olney3,200 ft
  7. Hungry Horse3,100 ft
  8. Columbia Falls3,070 ft
  9. Fortine3,050 ft
  10. Whitefish3,040 ft
  11. Helena Flats2,940 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Moose Peak7,520 ft
  • Whitefish Mountain7,450 ft
  • Herrig Mountain7,280 ft
  • Mount Swaney6,330 ft
  • Lion Mountain4,370 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.
  • Olney 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. All public domain.