Bottineau, ND Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bottineau, North Dakota, shaded from 1,600 ft on the southwest side to 1,660 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,660 ft 505 m1,650 ft 500 m1,640 ft 500 m1,620 ft 495 m1,610 ft 490 m1,600 ft 490 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.
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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

Bottineau sits at about 1,630 ft (495 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,630 ft 495 m
most residents: 1,610–1,640 ft
Lowest
1,600 ft 485 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,660 ft 505 m
on the east side
Average
1,630 ft 500 m
all land inside city limits

Bottineau spans about 60 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
1,630 ft495 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
1,660 ft505 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
1,600 ft485 m
Town center
USGS map point for Bottineau
1,640 ft500 m
Airport (D09)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.4 mi east of the city limits
1,680 ft512 m
Average of all land1,630 ft500 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.2 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bottineau, North Dakota, shaded from 1,600 ft on the southwest side to 1,660 ft on the east side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Bottineau County, North Dakota, United States
Population
2,194 2024 est.
Land area
1.3 sq mi
Density
1,667 per sq mi
Coordinates
48.8272° N, 100.4457° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Souris River → Canada
Airport
Bottineau Municipal (D09) 1,680 ft
ZIP codes 1
58318
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Roland Township2,160 ft
  2. Dalen Township2,150 ft
  3. Cordelia Township1,950 ft
  4. Whitteron Township1,950 ft
  5. Bottineau1,630 ft
  6. Pickering Township1,610 ft
  7. Lordsburg Township1,590 ft
  8. Amity Township1,550 ft
  9. Oak Valley Township1,510 ft
  10. Peabody Township1,500 ft
  11. Gardena1,460 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Boundary Butte2,520 ft
  • Butte Saint Paul2,290 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).
  • 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. All public domain.