Ravalli County, MT Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
10,120 ft 3,085 m8,390 ft 2,555 m7,520 ft 2,290 m5,790 ft 1,765 m4,050 ft 1,235 m3,180 ft 970 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
Ravalli County averages about 5,890 ft (1,795 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 3,180 ft on the north side to 10,120 ft on Trapper Peak.
Average elevation
5,890 ft 1,795 m
all land inside the county
Highest
10,120 ft 3,085 m
on Trapper Peak
Lowest
3,180 ft 970 m
on the north side
Ravalli County spans about 6,940 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 | 5,890 ft1,795 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on Trapper Peak (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height) | 10,120 ft3,085 m |
| Lowest point Inside the county, on the north side | 3,180 ft970 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
34 mi west to east through Hamilton.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in Montana, United States
- Population
- 48,187 2024 est.
- Land area
- 2,391.0 sq mi + 9.4 sq mi water
- Density
- 20 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
- Beaverhead County7,070 ft
- Lemhi County, ID6,930 ft
- Deer Lodge County6,680 ft
- Granite County6,120 ft
- Ravalli County5,890 ft
- Idaho County, ID5,120 ft
- Missoula County4,960 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in Montana6th highest of 54
- Counties in the United States116th highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Trapper Peak10,120 ft
- El Capitan9,960 ft
- Boulder Peak9,790 ft
- Saint Joseph Peak9,592 ft
- Bare Peak9,450 ft
All 10 towns in Ravalli County by typical elevation
- Sula4,480 ft
- Conner4,060 ft
- Pinesdale3,990 ft
- Darby3,890 ft
- Charlos Heights3,740 ft
- Hamilton3,570 ft
- Corvallis3,480 ft
- Victor3,420 ft
- Stevensville3,330 ft
- Florence3,280 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.