What region is Montgomery County Kentucky?

This site was designed to help you find the height above sea level of your current location, or any point on Earth. When viewed from a phone that supports altitude readings, the reading will come directly from your device altitude reading and will update automatically as you move. It will even work when your phone is offline. From a computer your elevation is loaded from our API based on your location.

What is elevation?

Elevation is a measurement of height above sea level. Elevation typically refers to the height of a point on the earth’s surface, and not in the air. Altitude is a measurement of an object’s height, often referring to your height above the ground (such as in an airplane or a satellite). While elevation is often the preferred term for the height of your current location, altitude and height above sea level are also common.

How is elevation calculated?

Using an Altimeter

An altimeter is an instrument used to measure altitude. Altitude is measured with an altimeter by calculating differences in atmospheric pressure. Inside of an altimeter is a barometer which is a device that measures pressure in the air. As you travel upwards, the pressure decreases which causes the bellows inside the barometer to expand. The bellows then give you an accurate reading of your height above sea level regardless of whether you are on the ground, in a tree, or in an airplane. Modern smartphones contain a barometer that can be used as an altimeter to measure elevation or to calculate the number of steps you have climbed.

In areas with poor GPS reception an altimeter can be more accurate than GPS-based elevation readings and do not require an Internet connection.

Using a Digital Elevation Model

Satellite data from NASA and other public agencies can be combined to create what is called a DEM or Digital Elevation Model which is a detailed list of elevation values for points on the Earth’s surface. You can then use GPS to fetch the value elevation reading in the DEM.

When we look at representations of the earth we typically see a perfectly circular sphere. But the reality is that the surface of the earth is rather corrugated, rugged and irregular. These irregularities and variations in the earth’s surface determine the acceleration of gravity, which vicariously creates the shape of the earth’s liquids. If we were to hypothetically subtract winds, tides and other external forces that alter bodies of water we would be left with something known as the geoid. It is the shape that the Earth’s surface would take if it were all one big ocean without winds or tides. The geoid is purely hypothetical though, but it is used as a reference for land surveyors to determine elevation based on what the sea-level would have been for a given point on Earth without land. This is also referred to as “height above mean sea level”.

The planet earth is extremely large and has radically diverse elevations. For example, the highest point on earth is Mt. Everest, which is about 29,000 feet above sea level. The lowest point on earth is the Mariana Trench in the Western Pacific, which is approximately 35,000 feet below sea level, which is close to seven miles deep! The location with the highest elevation in the United States is Denali in Alaska. The lowest point is the Badwater Basin, 281ft below sea level.

How do you find your elevation?

Using this website you can find out your elevation no matter where you are. How does this site determine your precise elevation? The site receives GPS data from your phone. This satellite technology is also used to determine your precise location and help you navigate in apps like Google Maps.

Your phone acts as a receiver for satellite data. The time it takes for each of the satellite signals to reach the receiver are measured in relation to each other and to the speed of light. Because each of the satellites is in a different place, the three signals can be used to estimate a three dimensional position and can determine your position on the Earth to an extremely high degree of accuracy.

Using this site you can determine elevation for any location in the world, whether you are there or not. Simply enter an address anywhere in the world and you will be given its elevation in either feet or meters.

Web vs phone elevation

When you use the site on a mobile device with a built-in altimeter, your elevation is determined by your phone’s built-in altitude reading by default (this will show up as “according to your phone”). This method may be less accurate when you need the exact elevation for your location, but has the advantage of giving you real-time altitude updates as you move. This also allows you to bookmark our site to use when you are not connected to the Internet.

When visiting from a desktop computer, or when searching for an address, your elevation is determined by your GPS coordinates based on satellite data.

How to share your elevation

Just click “Share Link” to send someone a link to view the elevation of your location, or click on the Facebook or Twitter buttons to copy a link directly into those sites. Note that using this feature will share the coordinates of your exact location.

We also have a “Share Image” feature showing your elevation on a map to customize and post to your Instagram or Facebook story, or saved for future reference.

Elevation Distance Converter

Convert distance to get a sense of elevation readings in meters or feet. You can also get a sense of the scale of your altitude by comparing your elevation to the height of a football field or the Eiffel Tower.

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Montgomery County is a county located in the state of Kentucky. Based on the 2010 census, the population was 26,499. Montgomery County was established in 1796. The county seat is Mount Sterling. Montgomery County was named in honor of Richard Montgomery, an American Revolutionary War Brigadier General. 

Montgomery County is part of the Mount Sterling, KY Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Lexington-Fayette-Richmond-Frankfort, KY Combined Statistical Area.

Etymology - Origin of Montgomery County Name

Montgomery County was named in honor of Richard Montgomery, an American Revolutionary War Brigadier General killed in 1775 while attempting to capture Quebec City, Canada. An alternative story holds that the County was named for Thomas Montgomery, from Virginia, who served in the Revolutionary War. In 1793 Thomas Montgomery settled in Mt. Sterling. In 1805, Thomas Montgomery moved on to Gibson County, Indiana.

County QuickFacts: CensusBureau Quick Facts

Montgomery County History

Montgomery County was established in 1796 from land given by Clark County. Montgomery was the 22nd Kentucky county in order of formation  It is located in the Outer Bluegrass region of the state. The elevation in the county ranges from 707 to 1447 feet above sea level. In 2000 the county population was 22,554 in a land area of 198.59 square miles, an average of 113.6 people per square mile. The county seat is Mount Sterling.

With regard to the sale of alcohol, it is classified as a moist county- a county in which alcohol sales are prohibited (a dry county), but containing a "wet" city where package alcohol sales are allowed, in this case Mount Sterling.

Geography: Land and Water

As reported by the Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 199 square miles (520 km2), of which 197 square miles (510 km2) is land and 1.5 square miles (3.9 km2) (0.7%) is water.

Montgomery county is located in east Kentucky. The county is located in the Outer Bluegrass region of the state. Sid Calk Lake is located in this county.

Neighboring Counties

Bordering counties are as follows:

• Northeast: Bath County
• Southeast: Menifee County; Powell County
• Southwest: Clark County
• Northwest: Bourbon County

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Montgomery county is in the Outer Bluegrass region of Kentucky. The elevation in the county ranges from 707 to 1447 feet above sea level.

It was formed in 1797 from Clark county. Montgomery county was a source of Floyd (1800), Bath (1811), Powell (1852), and Menifee (1869) counties. The county seat is Mount Sterling.

In 2020 the county population was 28,114 in a land area of 197.37 square miles, an average of 142.4 people per square mile.

The equine population was 1,600 in the 2012 Kentucky Equine Survey.

Montgomery county is in the Mount Sterling micro statistical area and the Gateway Area Development District. It is in the Appalachian region according to the Appalachian Regional Commission.

Montgomery county was named for General Richard Montgomery, who served in the American Revolution and was killed at Quebec City during the invasion of Canada in 1775.

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