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The elevation of Billings is 3,126 feet (953 m) above sea level. The Yellowstone River runs through the southeast portion of the city. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has an area of 43.52 square miles (112.72 km 2 ), of which 43.41 square miles (112.43 km 2 ) is land and 0.11 square miles (0.28 km 2 ) is water.
This is a list of mountain ranges in the state of Montana. Montana is the fourth largest state in the United States and is well known for its mountains. The name "Montana" is Spanish for "Mountain". Representative James Mitchell Ashley (R-Ohio), suggested the name when legislation organizing the territory was passed by the United States ...
The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation manages 5,200,000 acres (21,000 km 2) of School Trust Land ceded by the federal government under the Land Ordinance of 1785 to the state in 1889 when Montana was granted statehood. These lands are managed by the state for the benefit of public schools and institutions in the state.
The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level. [2] [3] The first table below ranks the 50 highest major summits of Montana by elevation. The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings.
The Bull Mountains are a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains located in Yellowstone and Musselshell Counties in the U.S. state of Montana, lying northeast of Billings and south of Roundup. At an elevation of 3,845 feet (1,172 m), [1] they are a lower elevation mountain range compared to other ranges in the same geographic region. Vegetation ...
The second rise is over 600 feet in places making the total from the valley floor to the top of the second rise over 1,400 feet in places. [3] The tallest single section of the Rimrocks starts at the eastern border of the downtown area with a cliff known as Sacrifice Cliff and extends to the south for roughly 18 miles. [4]
Yellowstone County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 164,731. [1] Its county seat is Billings, [2] the state's most populous city. Like the nearby park, Yellowstone County is named after the Yellowstone River which roughly bisects the county, flowing southwest to northeast. [3]
The mountains are just northeast of Yellowstone National Park [1] and are part of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. The mountains are traversed by road via the Beartooth Highway (U.S. 212) with the highest elevation at Beartooth Pass 10,947 ft (3,337 m)). The name of the mountain range has been attributed by the U.S. Forest Service to a rugged ...