Kearny, NJ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kearny, New Jersey, shaded from sea level level on Newark Bay to 150 ft on the north side
Elevation
150 ft 45 m110 ft 35 m94 ft 29 m57 ft 17 m19 ft 6 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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Kearny sits at about 88 ft (27 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
88 ft 27 m
most residents: 14–120 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Newark Bay
Highest
150 ft 45 m
on the north side
Average
28 ft 8 m
all land inside town limits

Kearny spans about 150 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
88 ft27 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the north side
150 ft45 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Newark Bay
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Kearny
110 ft30 m
Airport (EWR)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.0 mi south of the town limits
18 ft5 m
Average of all land28 ft8 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.1 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kearny, New Jersey, shaded from sea level level on Newark Bay to 150 ft on the north side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States
Population
40,866 2024 est.
Land area
8.8 sq mi + 1.4 sq mi water
Density
4,621 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.7684° N, 74.1454° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Newark Liberty International (EWR) 18 ft
ZIP codes 1
07032
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. East Orange170 ft
  2. Watsessing130 ft
  3. Newark110 ft
  4. Belleville Township110 ft
  5. Ampere North110 ft
  6. Silver Lake110 ft
  7. North Arlington100 ft
  8. Kearny88 ft
  9. Lyndhurst Township40 ft
  10. East Newark27 ft
  11. Harrison21 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Stony Hill, Essex County640 ft
  • Mayapple Hill590 ft
  • Kings Bluff180 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 town 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 town 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, −3 ft at 40.7643° N, 74.0968° 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: 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.