Hudson County, NJ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hudson County, New Jersey, shaded from sea level on New York Bay to 260 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
260 ft 80 m200 ft 60 m160 ft 50 m98 ft 30 m33 ft 10 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Hudson County averages about 41 ft (12 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on New York Bay to 260 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation
41 ft 12 m
all land inside the county
Highest
260 ft 80 m
on the northeast side
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on New York Bay

Hudson County spans about 260 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land41 ft12 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
260 ft80 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets New York Bay
0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.1 mi west to east through Jersey City.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hudson County, New Jersey, shaded from sea level on New York Bay to 260 ft on the northeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in New Jersey, United States
Population
736,185 2024 est.
Land area
46.2 sq mi + 16.2 sq mi water
Density
15,937 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Essex County240 ft
  2. Bergen County210 ft
  3. Union County120 ft
  4. Richmond County, NY70 ft
  5. New York County, NY48 ft
  6. Hudson County41 ft
  7. Kings County, NY36 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Kings Bluff180 ft
  • Laurel Hill, Hudson County170 ft
  • Little Snake Hill72 ft
All 12 towns in Hudson County by typical elevation
  1. Guttenberg190 ft
  2. Union City190 ft
  3. North Bergen Township180 ft
  4. West New York170 ft
  5. Weehawken Township160 ft
  6. Kearny88 ft
  7. Jersey City55 ft
  8. Bayonne31 ft
  9. East Newark27 ft
  10. Harrison21 ft
  11. Secaucus11 ft
  12. Hoboken7 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • 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, −43 ft at 40.6624° N, 74.0707° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.