Hackensack, NJ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hackensack, New Jersey, shaded from 0 ft on the northeast side to 140 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
140 ft 40 m100 ft 30 m85 ft 26 m51 ft 16 m17 ft 5 m0 ft 0 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

Hackensack sits at about 26 ft (8 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
26 ft 8 m
most residents: 9–83 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
on the northeast side
Highest
140 ft 40 m
on the southwest side
Average
30 ft 9 m
all land inside city limits

Hackensack spans about 140 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
26 ft8 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
140 ft40 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the northeast side
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Hackensack
21 ft6 m
Airport (EWR)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 13 mi southwest of the city limits
18 ft5 m
Average of all land30 ft9 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.6 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hackensack, New Jersey, shaded from 0 ft on the northeast side to 140 ft on the southwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States
Population
46,630 2024 est.
Land area
4.2 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
11,126 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.8859° N, 74.0435° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Newark Liberty International (EWR) 18 ft
ZIP codes 1
07601
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Teaneck Township93 ft
  2. Bogota83 ft
  3. Maywood71 ft
  4. Ridgefield Park60 ft
  5. Lodi54 ft
  6. Saddle Brook Township53 ft
  7. Rochelle Park Township47 ft
  8. Hackensack26 ft
  9. South Hackensack Township10 ft
  10. Little Ferry7 ft
  11. Teterboro5 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Cecchino881 ft
  • Kings Bluff180 ft
  • Andre Hill170 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).
  • 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, 0 ft at 40.9076° N, 74.0254° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.