Essex County, NJ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Essex County, New Jersey, shaded from sea level on Newark Bay to 690 ft on the north side
Elevation
690 ft 210 m520 ft 155 m430 ft 130 m260 ft 80 m86 ft 26 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Essex County averages about 240 ft (75 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on Newark Bay to 690 ft on the north side.

Average elevation
240 ft 75 m
all land inside the county
Highest
690 ft 210 m
on the north side
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Newark Bay

Essex County spans about 690 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land240 ft75 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the north side
690 ft210 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Newark Bay
0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, west to east

13 mi west to east through Newark.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Essex County, New Jersey, shaded from sea level on Newark Bay to 690 ft on the north side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in New Jersey, United States
Population
881,527 2024 est.
Land area
126.1 sq mi + 3.3 sq mi water
Density
6,992 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform regions
Piedmont 77%, New England 23%
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Morris County640 ft
  2. Passaic County600 ft
  3. Essex County240 ft
  4. Bergen County210 ft
  5. Union County120 ft
  6. Hudson County41 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Stony Hill, Essex County640 ft
  • Mayapple Hill590 ft
  • Nook Hill550 ft
  • Riker Hill540 ft
All 32 towns in Essex County by typical elevation
  1. Essex Fells500 ft
  2. North Caldwell500 ft
  3. Pleasantdale440 ft
  4. Verona Township430 ft
  5. West Orange Township390 ft
  6. Caldwell380 ft
  7. Montclair State University partly380 ft
  8. Cedar Grove Township380 ft
  9. Llewellyn Park330 ft
  10. Upper Montclair320 ft
  11. Livingston Township300 ft
  12. Short Hills290 ft
  13. Montclair Township290 ft
  14. Roseland270 ft
  15. West Caldwell Township250 ft
  16. South Orange240 ft
  17. Millburn Township230 ft
  18. Maplewood Township210 ft
  19. Glen Ridge210 ft
  20. City of Orange Township190 ft
  21. Brookdale180 ft
  22. Fairfield Township170 ft
  23. East Orange170 ft
  24. Vauxhall partly160 ft
  25. Irvington Township160 ft
  26. Bloomfield Township140 ft
  27. Watsessing130 ft
  28. Newark110 ft
  29. Belleville Township110 ft
  30. Nutley Township110 ft
  31. Ampere North110 ft
  32. Silver Lake110 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, −4 ft at 40.7135° N, 74.1338° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.