Bergen County, NJ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bergen County, New Jersey, shaded from 3 ft below sea level on the south side to 1,159 ft on Bald Mountain
Elevation
1,160 ft 355 m870 ft 265 m720 ft 220 m430 ft 130 m140 ft 45 m−3 ft −1 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
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Measure
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County area
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Elevation Data

Bergen County averages about 210 ft (65 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 3 ft below sea level on the south side to 1,159 ft on Bald Mountain.

Average elevation
210 ft 65 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,159 ft 353 m
on Bald Mountain
Lowest
−3 ft −1 m
on the south side

Bergen County spans about 1,163 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 land210 ft65 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Bald Mountain (NGS survey height)
1,159 ft353 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
−3 ft−1 m

Elevation profile, west to east

10 mi west to east through Hackensack.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bergen County, New Jersey, shaded from 3 ft below sea level on the south side to 1,159 ft on Bald Mountain
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in New Jersey, United States
Population
978,641 2024 est.
Land area
232.8 sq mi + 13.7 sq mi water
Density
4,204 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform regions
Piedmont 83%, New England 17%
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Passaic County600 ft
  2. Rockland County, NY460 ft
  3. Westchester County, NY360 ft
  4. Essex County240 ft
  5. Bergen County210 ft
  6. Bronx County, NY62 ft
  7. New York County, NY48 ft
  8. Hudson County41 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Bald Mountain1,159 ft
  • High Mountain, Bergen County1,100 ft
  • Herman Hill1,080 ft
  • Drag Hill1,060 ft
  • Rocky Mountain1,060 ft
All 71 towns in Bergen County by typical elevation
  1. Franklin Lakes440 ft
  2. Alpine420 ft
  3. Oakland400 ft
  4. Mahwah Township380 ft
  5. Ramsey360 ft
  6. Wyckoff Township350 ft
  7. Englewood Cliffs350 ft
  8. Upper Saddle River330 ft
  9. Midland Park310 ft
  10. Fort Lee300 ft
  11. Allendale290 ft
  12. Montvale280 ft
  13. Ramapo College of New Jersey280 ft
  14. Saddle River270 ft
  15. Cliffside Park260 ft
  16. Woodcliff Lake250 ft
  17. Waldwick250 ft
  18. Fairview230 ft
  19. Park Ridge180 ft
  20. Wood-Ridge130 ft
  21. Ho-Ho-Kus130 ft
  22. Carlstadt120 ft
  23. Ridgewood110 ft
  24. North Arlington100 ft
  25. Palisades Park100 ft
  26. Tenafly100 ft
  27. Leonia97 ft
  28. Dumont96 ft
  29. Hasbrouck Heights96 ft
  30. Teaneck Township93 ft
  31. Washington Township, Bergen County93 ft
  32. Bergenfield92 ft
  33. Glen Rock91 ft
  34. Cresskill87 ft
  35. Hillsdale86 ft
  36. Bogota83 ft
  37. Haworth83 ft
  38. Oradell77 ft
  39. Old Tappan76 ft
  40. Maywood71 ft
  41. Demarest71 ft
  42. Ridgefield71 ft
  43. River Edge70 ft
  44. Fair Lawn69 ft
  45. Emerson69 ft
  46. Rutherford68 ft
  47. Paramus68 ft
  48. Northvale67 ft
  49. Closter65 ft
  50. River Vale Township63 ft
  51. East Rutherford63 ft
  52. Westwood61 ft
  53. Ridgefield Park60 ft
  54. Elmwood Park58 ft
  55. Norwood55 ft
  56. Lodi54 ft
  57. Saddle Brook Township53 ft
  58. Rochelle Park Township47 ft
  59. Garfield46 ft
  60. Harrington Park43 ft
  61. Englewood41 ft
  62. Lyndhurst Township40 ft
  63. Rockleigh37 ft
  64. New Milford31 ft
  65. Hackensack26 ft
  66. Wallington22 ft
  67. Edgewater14 ft
  68. South Hackensack Township10 ft
  69. Little Ferry7 ft
  70. Teterboro5 ft
  71. Moonachie5 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; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, −3 ft at 40.7643° N, 74.0965° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.