Highland Park, NJ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Highland Park, New Jersey, shaded from 3 ft on the southeast side to 120 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
120 ft 40 m93 ft 28 m78 ft 24 m48 ft 15 m18 ft 6 m3 ft 1 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.
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

Highland Park sits at about 73 ft (22 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
73 ft 22 m
most residents: 42–110 ft
Lowest
3 ft 1 m
on the southeast side
Highest
120 ft 40 m
on the northeast side
Average
65 ft 20 m
all land inside borough limits

Highland Park spans about 117 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
73 ft22 m
Highest point
Inside borough limits, on the northeast side
120 ft40 m
Lowest point
Inside borough limits, on the southeast side
3 ft1 m
Town center
USGS map point for Highland Park
97 ft30 m
Average of all land65 ft20 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.2 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Highland Park, New Jersey, shaded from 3 ft on the southeast side to 120 ft on the northeast side
Borough limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States
Population
15,386 2024 est.
Land area
1.8 sq mi
Density
8,449 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.4959° N, 74.4243° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
08904
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Voorhees120 ft
  2. Rutgers University-Livingston Campus120 ft
  3. Rutgers University-Busch Campus100 ft
  4. Edison Township100 ft
  5. Somerset88 ft
  6. East Franklin85 ft
  7. Piscataway Township76 ft
  8. Highland Park73 ft
  9. New Brunswick73 ft
  10. Milltown63 ft
  11. South River45 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Crawford Hill370 ft
  • Beacon Hill370 ft
  • Telegraph Hill350 ft
  • Tenmile Run Mountain320 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.