Bowman County, ND Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bowman County, North Dakota, shaded from 2,620 ft on the southeast side to 3,450 ft on the west side
Elevation
3,450 ft 1,050 m3,240 ft 990 m3,140 ft 955 m2,930 ft 895 m2,720 ft 830 m2,620 ft 800 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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.
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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.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Bowman County averages about 2,940 ft (895 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 2,620 ft on the southeast side to 3,450 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
2,940 ft 895 m
all land inside the county
Highest
3,450 ft 1,050 m
on the west side
Lowest
2,620 ft 800 m
on the southeast side

Bowman County spans about 830 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.

FigureElevation
Average of all land2,940 ft895 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
3,450 ft1,050 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
2,620 ft800 m

Elevation profile, west to east

50 mi west to east through Bowman.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bowman County, North Dakota, shaded from 2,620 ft on the southeast side to 3,450 ft on the west side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in North Dakota, United States
Population
2,886 2024 est.
Land area
1,161.8 sq mi + 5.2 sq mi water
Density
2.5 per sq mi
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Harding County, SD3,060 ft
  2. Fallon County, MT3,000 ft
  3. Bowman County2,940 ft
  4. Slope County2,830 ft
  5. Adams County2,630 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Camel Butte3,414 ft
  • Post Office Butte3,360 ft
  • Twin Buttes, Bowman County3,305 ft
  • Talbot Butte3,260 ft
  • Sunset Butte3,150 ft
All 28 towns in Bowman County by typical elevation
  1. Rhame3,210 ft
  2. Nebo Township3,160 ft
  3. Adelaide Township3,140 ft
  4. Langberg Township3,120 ft
  5. Rhame Township3,110 ft
  6. Marion Township3,090 ft
  7. Amor Township3,010 ft
  8. Star Township2,990 ft
  9. Bowman Township2,970 ft
  10. Grand River Township2,970 ft
  11. Sunny Slope Township2,960 ft
  12. Grainbelt Township2,960 ft
  13. Bowman2,960 ft
  14. Talbot Township2,960 ft
  15. Gem Township2,910 ft
  16. Ladd Township2,870 ft
  17. Boyesen Township2,860 ft
  18. Fischbein Township2,860 ft
  19. Stillwater Township2,860 ft
  20. Whiting Township2,830 ft
  21. Scranton Township2,820 ft
  22. Minnehaha Township2,810 ft
  23. Buena Vista Township2,810 ft
  24. Scranton2,800 ft
  25. Goldfield Township2,790 ft
  26. Gascoyne Township2,780 ft
  27. Gascoyne2,760 ft
  28. Haley Township2,720 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 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; 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.