Caldwell, NJ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Caldwell, New Jersey, shaded from 270 ft on the northwest side to 560 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
560 ft 170 m490 ft 150 m450 ft 135 m380 ft 115 m300 ft 95 m270 ft 80 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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
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.
Borough area
Fades everything outside the official borough limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Caldwell sits at about 380 ft (115 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
380 ft 115 m
most residents: 330–490 ft
Lowest
270 ft 80 m
on the northwest side
Highest
560 ft 170 m
on the southeast side
Average
410 ft 125 m
all land inside borough limits

Caldwell spans about 290 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.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
380 ft115 m
Highest point
Inside borough limits, on the southeast side
560 ft170 m
Lowest point
Inside borough limits, on the northwest side
270 ft80 m
Town center
USGS map point for Caldwell
400 ft125 m
Airport (EWR)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 11 mi southeast of the borough limits
18 ft5 m
Average of all land410 ft125 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.3 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Caldwell, New Jersey, shaded from 270 ft on the northwest side to 560 ft on the southeast side
Borough limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Borough in Essex County, New Jersey, United States
Population
9,326 2024 est.
Land area
1.2 sq mi
Density
7,917 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.8398° N, 74.2765° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Passaic River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Newark Liberty International (EWR) 18 ft
ZIP codes 1
07006
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Essex Fells500 ft
  2. North Caldwell500 ft
  3. Pleasantdale440 ft
  4. Verona Township430 ft
  5. West Orange Township390 ft
  6. Caldwell380 ft
  7. Cedar Grove Township380 ft
  8. Roseland270 ft
  9. West Caldwell Township250 ft
  10. Pine Brook180 ft
  11. Fairfield Township170 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Stony Hill, Essex County640 ft
  • Mayapple Hill590 ft
  • Riker Hill540 ft
  • Towackhow Mountain450 ft
  • Toms Point220 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the borough limits, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census borough limits (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.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.