Garfield, NJ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Garfield, New Jersey, shaded from 5 ft on the south side to 160 ft on the east side
Elevation
160 ft 50 m120 ft 40 m100 ft 30 m64 ft 20 m25 ft 8 m5 ft 2 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
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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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Garfield sits at about 46 ft (14 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
46 ft 14 m
most residents: 26–93 ft
Lowest
5 ft 2 m
on the south side
Highest
160 ft 50 m
on the east side
Average
52 ft 16 m
all land inside city limits

Garfield spans about 155 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
46 ft14 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
160 ft50 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the south side
5 ft2 m
Town center
USGS map point for Garfield
33 ft10 m
Airport (EWR)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 12 mi south of the city limits
18 ft5 m
Average of all land52 ft16 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Garfield, New Jersey, shaded from 5 ft on the south side to 160 ft on the east side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States
Population
33,530 2024 est.
Land area
2.1 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
15,883 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.8815° N, 74.1132° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Passaic River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Newark Liberty International (EWR) 18 ft
ZIP codes 1
07026
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Wood-Ridge130 ft
  2. Carlstadt120 ft
  3. Hasbrouck Heights96 ft
  4. Maywood71 ft
  5. Passaic62 ft
  6. Elmwood Park58 ft
  7. Lodi54 ft
  8. Saddle Brook Township53 ft
  9. Rochelle Park Township47 ft
  10. Garfield46 ft
  11. Wallington22 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Cecchino881 ft
  • Stony Hill, Essex County640 ft
  • Packanack Mountain, Passaic County480 ft
  • Laurel Hill, Hudson County170 ft
  • Little Snake Hill72 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city 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 city 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.