Methow, WA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
1,270 ft 390 m1,220 ft 370 m1,190 ft 365 m1,130 ft 345 m1,080 ft 330 m1,050 ft 320 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
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.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Methow sits at about 1,130 ft (345 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).
Typical elevation (all land)
1,130 ft 345 m
few residents
Lowest
1,050 ft 320 m
on the south side
Highest
1,270 ft 390 m
on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
1,140 ft 345 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Methow spans about 220 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by | 1,130 ft345 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside | 1,270 ft390 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side | 1,050 ft320 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Methow | 1,140 ft345 m |
| Average of all land | 1,140 ft345 m |
| Nearest peak Mount Leecher, 7.3 mi north of the CDP boundary | 5,020 ft1,530 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
1.3 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Okanogan County, Washington, United States
- Population
- 92 2020 Census
- Land area
- 0.7 sq mi
- Density
- 136 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 48.1301° N, 120.0037° W
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Cascade-sierra Mountains
- Drains to
- Columbia River → Pacific Ocean
- ZIP codes 1
- 98834
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Winthrop1,810 ft
- Twisp1,600 ft
- Chelan1,210 ft
- Manson1,200 ft
- Methow1,130 ft
- Okanogan860 ft
- Bridgeport850 ft
- Chelan Falls830 ft
- Malott830 ft
- Pateros820 ft
- Brewster810 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Washington149th highest of 639
- Towns in Okanogan County10th highest of 19
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Lookout Mountain, Okanogan County5,510 ft
- Mount Leecher5,020 ft
- Chelan Butte3,839 ft
- Bear Mountain, Chelan County3,600 ft
- Arbuckle Mountain3,050 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
- 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).
- 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.
- Methow 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.