Franklin Center, NJ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Franklin Center, New Jersey, shaded from 16 ft on the northeast side to 110 ft on the south side
Elevation
110 ft 35 m88 ft 27 m76 ft 23 m52 ft 16 m28 ft 8 m16 ft 5 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.
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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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Franklin Center sits at about 79 ft (24 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
79 ft 24 m
most residents: 58–90 ft
Lowest
16 ft 5 m
on the northeast side
Highest
110 ft 35 m
on the south side
Average
73 ft 22 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Franklin Center spans about 94 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
79 ft24 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
110 ft35 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side
16 ft5 m
Airport (47N)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.5 mi west of the CDP boundary
86 ft26 m
Average of all land73 ft22 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.1 mi west to east through the middle of Franklin Center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Franklin Center, New Jersey, shaded from 16 ft on the northeast side to 110 ft on the south side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States
Population
6,803 2020 Census
Land area
6.6 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
1,031 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.5315° N, 74.5414° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Central Jersey Regional (47N) 86 ft
ZIP codes 1
08873
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Middlebush110 ft
  2. Franklin Township98 ft
  3. Weston84 ft
  4. Franklin Center79 ft
  5. Finderne79 ft
  6. East Millstone77 ft
  7. Millstone72 ft
  8. Manville53 ft
  9. South Bound Brook48 ft
  10. Bound Brook45 ft
  11. Zarephath41 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Sourland Mountain570 ft
  • Pheasant Hill450 ft
  • Rocky Hill410 ft
  • Tenmile Run Mountain320 ft
  • Bunker Hill190 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.
  • Franklin Center 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.