West Glacier, MT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of West Glacier, Montana, shaded from 3,120 ft on the southwest side to 3,690 ft at the foot of the Smoky Range
Elevation
3,690 ft 1,125 m3,550 ft 1,080 m3,480 ft 1,060 m3,330 ft 1,015 m3,190 ft 975 m3,120 ft 950 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

West Glacier sits at about 3,230 ft (985 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
3,230 ft 985 m
most residents: 3,210–3,420 ft
Lowest
3,120 ft 950 m
on the southwest side
Highest
3,690 ft 1,125 m
at the foot of the Smoky Range
Average
3,280 ft 1,000 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

West Glacier spans about 570 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
3,230 ft985 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Smoky Range
3,690 ft1,125 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
3,120 ft950 m
Town center
USGS map point for West Glacier
3,160 ft965 m
Average of all land3,280 ft1,000 m
Nearest peak
Belton Hills, 2.2 mi northeast of the CDP boundary
6,330 ft1,930 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.3 mi south to north through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 3,230 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
206.0 °F96.7 °C

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

Air pressure
89% of sea level

26.6 inHg (90.1 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 West Glacier, Montana, shaded from 3,120 ft on the southwest side to 3,690 ft at the foot of the Smoky Range
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Flathead County, Montana, United States
Population
221 2020 Census
Land area
4.1 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
53 per sq mi
Coordinates
48.5000° N, 113.9787° 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
ZIP codes 1
59936
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Essex3,860 ft
  2. Pinnacle3,670 ft
  3. Polebridge3,530 ft
  4. Martin City3,230 ft
  5. West Glacier3,230 ft
  6. Coram3,200 ft
  7. Hungry Horse3,100 ft
  8. Columbia Falls3,070 ft
  9. Whitefish3,040 ft
  10. Helena Flats2,940 ft
  11. Evergreen2,920 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Great Bear Mountain7,640 ft
  • Apgar Mountains6,610 ft
  • Desert Mountain6,430 ft
  • Belton Hills6,330 ft
  • Lion Hill4,820 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.
  • West Glacier 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.