Plains, MT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Plains, Montana, shaded from 2,460 ft on the north side to 2,620 ft at the foot of the Coeur d'Alene Mountains
Elevation
2,620 ft 800 m2,580 ft 785 m2,560 ft 780 m2,520 ft 765 m2,480 ft 755 m2,460 ft 750 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Plains sits at about 2,470 ft (755 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,470 ft 755 m
most residents: 2,460–2,470 ft
Lowest
2,460 ft 750 m
on the north side
Highest
2,620 ft 800 m
at the foot of the Coeur d'Alene Mountains
Average
2,480 ft 755 m
all land inside town limits

Plains spans about 160 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
2,470 ft755 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, at the foot of the Coeur d'Alene Mountains
2,620 ft800 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the north side
2,460 ft750 m
Town center
USGS map point for Plains
2,470 ft755 m
Airport (S34)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.8 mi northwest of the town limits
2,467 ft752 m
Average of all land2,480 ft755 m
Nearest peak
Henry Peak, 5.1 mi east of the town limits
6,050 ft1,845 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.9 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Plains, Montana, shaded from 2,460 ft on the north side to 2,620 ft at the foot of the Coeur d'Alene Mountains
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Sanders County, Montana, United States
Population
1,244 2024 est.
Land area
0.6 sq mi
Density
2,023 per sq mi
Coordinates
47.4602° N, 114.8829° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Northern Rocky Mountains
Drains to
Clark Fork → Pend Oreille River → Columbia River → Pacific Ocean
Airport
Plains (S34) 2,467 ft
ZIP codes 1
59859
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. De Borgia3,760 ft
  2. Camas2,880 ft
  3. Hot Springs2,860 ft
  4. Lonepine2,840 ft
  5. Riverbend2,760 ft
  6. Superior2,720 ft
  7. St. Regis2,630 ft
  8. Thompson Falls2,510 ft
  9. Paradise2,490 ft
  10. Plains2,470 ft
  11. Weeksville2,460 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Baldy Mountain, Sanders County7,470 ft
  • Patricks Knob6,841 ft
  • Deemer Peak6,255 ft
  • Henry Peak6,050 ft
  • Tamarack Hill4,210 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town 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 town 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.