Hillsborough Township, NJ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hillsborough Township, New Jersey, shaded from 27 ft on the northeast side to 590 ft on the west side
Elevation
590 ft 180 m450 ft 135 m380 ft 115 m240 ft 75 m98 ft 30 m27 ft 8 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Hillsborough Township sits at about 100 ft (30 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
100 ft 30 m
most residents: 72–120 ft
Lowest
27 ft 8 m
on the northeast side
Highest
590 ft 180 m
on the west side
Average
160 ft 50 m
all land inside township boundaries

Hillsborough Township spans about 563 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
100 ft30 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the west side
590 ft180 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northeast side
27 ft8 m
Town center
USGS map point for Hillsborough Township
85 ft26 m
Airport (47N)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
86 ft26 m
Average of all land160 ft50 m

Elevation profile, west to east

11 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hillsborough Township, New Jersey, shaded from 27 ft on the northeast side to 590 ft on the west side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States
Population
45,421 2024 est.
Land area
54.6 sq mi + 0.5 sq mi water
Density
832 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.4776° N, 74.6268° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Central Jersey Regional (47N) 86 ft
ZIP codes 2
08821 08844
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Flagtown130 ft
  2. Griggstown110 ft
  3. Montgomery Township100 ft
  4. Hillsborough100 ft
  5. Pleasant Plains100 ft
  6. Hillsborough Township100 ft
  7. Blackwells Mills98 ft
  8. Belle Mead94 ft
  9. Harlingen86 ft
  10. East Millstone77 ft
  11. Millstone72 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Round Mountain600 ft
  • Sourland Mountain570 ft
  • Pheasant Hill450 ft
  • Tenmile Run Mountain320 ft
  • Bunker Hill190 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the township boundaries, 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 township boundaries (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. All public domain.