Cranford, NJ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cranford, New Jersey, shaded from 51 ft on the southeast side to 86 ft on the north side
Elevation
87 ft 26 m78 ft 24 m73 ft 22 m64 ft 20 m55 ft 17 m51 ft 15 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Cranford sits at about 68 ft (21 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
68 ft 21 m
most residents: 58–80 ft
Lowest
51 ft 15 m
on the southeast side
Highest
86 ft 26 m
on the north side
Average
70 ft 21 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Cranford spans about 35 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
68 ft21 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
86 ft26 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
51 ft15 m
Airport (EWR)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.3 mi east of the CDP boundary
18 ft5 m
Average of all land70 ft21 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cranford, New Jersey, shaded from 51 ft on the southeast side to 86 ft on the north side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Union County, New Jersey, United States
Population
2,032 2020 Census
Land area
0.3 sq mi
Density
6,030 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.6539° N, 74.3051° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Newark Liberty International (EWR) 18 ft
ZIP codes 1
07016
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Mountainside190 ft
  2. Westfield120 ft
  3. Connecticut Farms110 ft
  4. Garwood87 ft
  5. Kenilworth86 ft
  6. Roselle Park77 ft
  7. Cranford Township73 ft
  8. Cranford68 ft
  9. Winfield Township63 ft
  10. Clark Township60 ft
  11. Roselle57 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Stony Hill, Essex County640 ft
  • Mayapple Hill590 ft
  • Nook Hill550 ft
  • Riker Hill540 ft
  • Laurel Hill, Hudson County170 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Cranford is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.