Chester, NJ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chester, New Jersey, shaded from 710 ft on the northwest side to 953 ft on Seward Hill
Elevation
950 ft 290 m890 ft 270 m860 ft 265 m800 ft 245 m740 ft 225 m710 ft 215 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

Chester sits at about 860 ft (265 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
860 ft 265 m
most residents: 830–890 ft
Lowest
710 ft 215 m
on the northwest side
Highest
953 ft 290 m
on Seward Hill
Average
860 ft 260 m
all land inside borough limits

Chester spans about 240 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
860 ft265 m
Highest point
Inside borough limits, on Seward Hill
953 ft290 m
Lowest point
Inside borough limits, on the northwest side
710 ft215 m
Town center
USGS map point for Chester
850 ft260 m
Average of all land860 ft260 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.1 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chester, New Jersey, shaded from 710 ft on the northwest side to 953 ft on Seward Hill
Borough limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Borough in Morris County, New Jersey, United States
Population
1,695 2024 est.
Land area
1.6 sq mi
Density
1,064 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.7843° N, 74.6968° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Raritan River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
07930
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Budd Lake1,040 ft
  2. Mount Olive Township1,000 ft
  3. Washington Township, Morris County920 ft
  4. Chester860 ft
  5. Long Valley760 ft
  6. Chester Township760 ft
  7. Flanders700 ft
  8. Mendham Township590 ft
  9. Mendham550 ft
  10. Peapack and Gladstone300 ft
  11. Pottersville270 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Pleasant Hill970 ft
  • Seward Hill953 ft
  • Long Hill850 ft
  • Mount Paul, Morris County800 ft
  • Mount Saint John670 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.