Lyons, NJ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lyons, New Jersey, shaded from 220 ft on the south side to 450 ft on the south side
Elevation
450 ft 135 m390 ft 120 m360 ft 110 m310 ft 95 m250 ft 75 m220 ft 70 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.
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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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Lyons sits at about 280 ft (85 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
280 ft 85 m
most residents: 250–350 ft
Lowest
220 ft 70 m
on the south side
Highest
450 ft 135 m
on the south side
Average
290 ft 90 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Lyons spans about 230 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
280 ft85 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
450 ft135 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
220 ft70 m
Town center
USGS map point for Lyons
300 ft90 m
Average of all land290 ft90 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.3 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lyons, New Jersey, shaded from 220 ft on the south side to 450 ft on the south side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States
Population
5,345 2020 Census
Land area
3.9 sq mi
Density
1,388 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.6854° N, 74.5471° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Passaic River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 2
07920 07939
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Bernardsville460 ft
  2. The Hills410 ft
  3. Warren Township370 ft
  4. Basking Ridge320 ft
  5. Bernards Township300 ft
  6. Lyons280 ft
  7. Liberty Corner250 ft
  8. Millington250 ft
  9. Long Hill Township240 ft
  10. Stirling240 ft
  11. Gillette240 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mine Mountain850 ft
  • Sugar Loaf750 ft
  • Mount Kemble720 ft
  • Blachleys Hill690 ft
  • Mount Saint John670 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Lyons is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.