Califon, NJ Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
870 ft 265 m760 ft 230 m710 ft 215 m600 ft 185 m500 ft 150 m450 ft 135 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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
Califon sits at about 560 ft (170 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
560 ft 170 m
most residents: 480–740 ft
Lowest
450 ft 135 m
on the southwest side
Highest
870 ft 265 m
on the east side
Average
590 ft 180 m
all land inside borough limits
Califon spans about 420 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 560 ft170 m |
| Highest point Inside borough limits, on the east side | 870 ft265 m |
| Lowest point Inside borough limits, on the southwest side | 450 ft135 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Califon | 480 ft145 m |
| Average of all land | 590 ft180 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
0.9 mi west to east through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Borough in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States
- Population
- 1,018 2024 est.
- Land area
- 1.0 sq mi
- Density
- 1,062 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 40.7195° N, 74.8357° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- New England
- Drains to
- Raritan River → Atlantic Ocean
- ZIP codes 1
- 07830
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Long Valley760 ft
- Lebanon Township760 ft
- Tewksbury Township660 ft
- Califon560 ft
- Anderson530 ft
- Glen Gardner520 ft
- High Bridge380 ft
- Union Township, Hunterdon County350 ft
- Annandale320 ft
- Lebanon270 ft
- Oldwick210 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in New Jersey89th highest of 941
- Towns in Hunterdon County4th highest of 32
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Fox Hill1,031 ft
- Mount Kipp950 ft
- Point Mountain930 ft
- Hell Mountain920 ft
- Round Top520 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.