Chatham, NJ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chatham, New Jersey, shaded from 170 ft on the north side to 460 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
460 ft 140 m390 ft 120 m350 ft 105 m280 ft 85 m200 ft 60 m170 ft 50 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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
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

Chatham sits at about 230 ft (70 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
230 ft 70 m
most residents: 190–340 ft
Lowest
170 ft 50 m
on the north side
Highest
460 ft 140 m
on the southwest side
Average
240 ft 70 m
all land inside borough limits

Chatham 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
230 ft70 m
Highest point
Inside borough limits, on the southwest side
460 ft140 m
Lowest point
Inside borough limits, on the north side
170 ft50 m
Town center
USGS map point for Chatham
240 ft75 m
Airport (EWR)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 11 mi east of the borough limits
18 ft5 m
Average of all land240 ft70 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chatham, New Jersey, shaded from 170 ft on the north side to 460 ft on the southwest side
Borough limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Borough in Morris County, New Jersey, United States
Population
10,062 2024 est.
Land area
2.3 sq mi
Density
4,294 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.7409° N, 74.3838° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Passaic River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Newark Liberty International (EWR) 18 ft
ZIP codes 1
07928
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Summit360 ft
  2. Chatham Township300 ft
  3. Short Hills290 ft
  4. Madison280 ft
  5. Green Village250 ft
  6. New Providence250 ft
  7. Millburn Township230 ft
  8. Chatham230 ft
  9. Florham Park200 ft
  10. Springfield Township110 ft
  11. Springfield93 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mayapple Hill590 ft
  • Fort Nonsense Hill590 ft
  • Nook Hill550 ft
  • Riker Hill540 ft
  • Horse Hill500 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.