Dunellen, NJ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Dunellen, New Jersey, shaded from 39 ft on the northwest side to 74 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
74 ft 23 m65 ft 20 m61 ft 19 m52 ft 16 m44 ft 13 m39 ft 12 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

Dunellen sits at about 55 ft (17 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
55 ft 17 m
most residents: 49–60 ft
Lowest
39 ft 12 m
on the northwest side
Highest
74 ft 23 m
on the southeast side
Average
55 ft 17 m
all land inside borough limits

Dunellen 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
55 ft17 m
Highest point
Inside borough limits, on the southeast side
74 ft23 m
Lowest point
Inside borough limits, on the northwest side
39 ft12 m
Town center
USGS map point for Dunellen
57 ft17 m
Airport (47N)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.8 mi southwest of the borough limits
86 ft26 m
Average of all land55 ft17 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Dunellen, New Jersey, shaded from 39 ft on the northwest side to 74 ft on the southeast side
Borough limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States
Population
8,411 2024 est.
Land area
1.1 sq mi
Density
7,920 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.5893° N, 74.4718° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Central Jersey Regional (47N) 86 ft
ZIP codes 1
08812
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Warren Township370 ft
  2. Watchung320 ft
  3. Green Brook Township160 ft
  4. North Plainfield99 ft
  5. Plainfield96 ft
  6. South Plainfield79 ft
  7. Piscataway Township76 ft
  8. Dunellen55 ft
  9. South Bound Brook48 ft
  10. Middlesex46 ft
  11. Bound Brook45 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mine Mountain850 ft
  • Mount Kemble720 ft
  • Blachleys Hill690 ft
  • Nook Hill550 ft
  • Bunker Hill190 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.