Mahwah Township, NJ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mahwah Township, New Jersey, shaded from 230 ft on the southwest side to 1,159 ft on Bald Mountain
Elevation
1,160 ft 355 m930 ft 280 m810 ft 245 m580 ft 175 m340 ft 105 m230 ft 70 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

Mahwah Township sits at about 380 ft (115 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
380 ft 115 m
most residents: 290–550 ft
Lowest
230 ft 70 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,159 ft 353 m
on Bald Mountain
Average
560 ft 170 m
all land inside township boundaries

Mahwah Township spans about 930 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
380 ft115 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on Bald Mountain
1,159 ft353 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southwest side
230 ft70 m
Town center
USGS map point for Mahwah Township
320 ft100 m
Average of all land560 ft170 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.6 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mahwah Township, New Jersey, shaded from 230 ft on the southwest side to 1,159 ft on Bald Mountain
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Township in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States
Population
25,806 2024 est.
Land area
25.4 sq mi + 0.5 sq mi water
Density
1,016 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.0887° N, 74.1438° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Passaic River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
07430
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Monsey, NY540 ft
  2. Ramapo, NY500 ft
  3. Airmont, NY500 ft
  4. Montebello, NY380 ft
  5. Mahwah Township380 ft
  6. Ramsey360 ft
  7. Suffern, NY340 ft
  8. Upper Saddle River330 ft
  9. Hillburn, NY310 ft
  10. Allendale290 ft
  11. Ramapo College of New Jersey280 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Bald Mountain1,159 ft
  • Herman Hill1,080 ft
  • Drag Hill1,060 ft
  • Green Hill820 ft
  • Campgaw Mountain740 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.