Ronan, MT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ronan, Montana, shaded from 3,040 ft on the south side to 3,090 ft on the east side
Elevation
3,090 ft 940 m3,080 ft 935 m3,070 ft 935 m3,060 ft 930 m3,040 ft 925 m3,040 ft 925 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Ronan sits at about 3,060 ft (930 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
3,060 ft 930 m
most residents: 3,050–3,070 ft
Lowest
3,040 ft 925 m
on the south side
Highest
3,090 ft 940 m
on the east side
Average
3,060 ft 935 m
all land inside city limits

Ronan spans about 50 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
3,060 ft930 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
3,090 ft940 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the south side
3,040 ft925 m
Town center
USGS map point for Ronan
3,050 ft930 m
Airport (7S0)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.6 mi north of the city limits
3,086 ft941 m
Average of all land3,060 ft935 m
Nearest peak
Mount Calowahcan, 7.6 mi southeast of the city limits
9,000 ft2,745 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 3,060 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
206.3 °F96.8 °C

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

Air pressure
89% of sea level

26.8 inHg (90.6 kPa): each breath holds 11% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
18.7% 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 Ronan, Montana, shaded from 3,040 ft on the south side to 3,090 ft on the east side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Lake County, Montana, United States
Population
2,182 2024 est.
Land area
1.6 sq mi
Density
1,402 per sq mi
Coordinates
47.5288° N, 114.1015° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Northern Rocky Mountains
Drains to
Flathead River → Clark Fork → Pend Oreille River → Columbia River → Pacific Ocean
Airport
Ronan (7S0) 3,086 ft
ZIP codes 1
59864
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Turtle Lake3,120 ft
  2. Pablo3,090 ft
  3. Kicking Horse3,070 ft
  4. Ronan3,060 ft
  5. Kerr3,040 ft
  6. Polson2,970 ft
  7. Finley Point2,960 ft
  8. Rocky Point2,940 ft
  9. St. Ignatius2,940 ft
  10. Jette2,940 ft
  11. Charlo2,940 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • McDonald Peak9,770 ft
  • Mount Calowahcan9,000 ft
  • Daughter of the Sun Mountain8,710 ft
  • Sonyok Mountain5,640 ft
  • Red Sleep Mountain4,887 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).
  • 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.
  • 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.