How high is Billings?
A live 3D slice of the terrain around Billings, from our satellite elevation model. Billings is marked at 3,123 ft (952 m); the highest ground in view reaches 4,970 ft (1,515 m). Drag to spin it (tap to start on mobile).
The regional view — Billings.
Elevation across Billings
Zooming into the city itself — Billings’s 5 neighborhoods on real terrain, each marked with its elevation.
Billings’s neighborhoods span about 260 ft (about 80 m) — from 3,110 ft (948 m) at Hirsch, up to 3,373 ft (1,028 m) at Cameron Park. Each figure is a Copernicus GLO-30 sample at the neighborhood’s USGS place-name point.
| Neighborhood | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Cameron Parkhighest | 3,373 ft (1,028 m) |
| Yegen | 3,219 ft (981 m) |
| Billings Heights | 3,166 ft (965 m) |
| Cline | 3,140 ft (957 m) |
| Hirschlowest | 3,110 ft (948 m) |
| Billings (city center) | 3,123 ft (952 m) |
Billings in Montana
Here’s the useful context: Billings, at 3,123 ft (952 m), sits roughly 1,014 ft (309 m) below Montana’s average elevation of 4,137 ft (1,261 m). Despite its reputation it’s on the lower side for its state — our model puts about 66% of Montana’s land higher than the city.
The terrain around Billings
Across this view the land rises toward the west. The eastern third of the frame averages about 3,392 ft (1,034 m); the western third about 3,937 ft (1,200 m) — a climb of roughly 545 ft (166 m), topping out near 4,970 ft (1,515 m) at the edge of the frame. That is the mountain front Billings sits against.
You can read the whole story in the map above — the flatter ground where the city sits, and the way the land gathers into peaks nearby. It’s the difference between where you stand and what you can see from it.
What Billings’s altitude means
At 3,123 ft (952 m), Billings is low enough that altitude barely registers. The air holds close to the oxygen your body expects nearer sea level, so arriving here brings none of the breathlessness or fast dehydration that higher cities do. If altitude is on your mind, this isn’t the place to worry about it.
How Billings compares
Among Montana’s larger cities, Billings is ranked #6 of 10 by elevation. For a familiar yardstick, that puts it well below Denver’s mile-high 5,280 ft (1,609 m).
- Helena — 4,049 ft (1,234 m)
- Great Falls — 3,333 ft (1,016 m)
- Missoula — 3,212 ft (979 m)
- Billings — 3,123 ft (952 m)
- Kalispell — 2,956 ft (901 m)
- Havre — 2,526 ft (770 m)
- Miles City — 2,362 ft (720 m)
Billings elevation FAQ
- How high is Billings?
- Billings’s elevation is about 3,123 ft (952 m) above sea level at the city center, measured from Copernicus GLO-30 satellite data.
- Is Billings high or low for Montana?
- On the low side. At 3,123 ft (952 m) it sits below Montana’s average of 4,137 ft (1,261 m), with about 66% of the state higher.
- Does Billings’s altitude affect visitors?
- Not really. At 3,123 ft (952 m), Billings is low enough that the air feels much like it does near sea level.
Explore more
- ↑ Montana’s full elevation map — the whole state in interactive 3D, with its high and low points and average elevation.
- · Blog: Average Elevation by State — where Montana’s 4,137 ft (1,261 m) mean ranks.
- · Blog: Elevation vs Altitude — what a city’s elevation figure actually measures.
Billings’s elevation is a native ~30 m windowed-median sample from Copernicus GLO-30 (ESA); the Montana figures are computed across the state from the same model. The 3D view is a fine windowed sample at roughly 220 m resolution, sharp enough to resolve the surrounding ridgelines. Neighborhood and landmark place names are from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Geographic Names Information System (GNIS); their elevations are Copernicus GLO-30 samples at each named point. Data as of 2026-08-19.