Middlesex, NJ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Middlesex, New Jersey, shaded from 15 ft on the southwest side to 77 ft on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
77 ft 23 m61 ft 19 m54 ft 16 m38 ft 12 m23 ft 7 m15 ft 5 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.
Click or tap anywhere
The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Borough area
Fades everything outside the official borough limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Middlesex sits at about 46 ft (14 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
46 ft 14 m
most residents: 40–54 ft
Lowest
15 ft 5 m
on the southwest side
Highest
77 ft 23 m
on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
45 ft 14 m
all land inside borough limits

Middlesex spans about 62 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
46 ft14 m
Highest point
Inside borough limits, on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
77 ft23 m
Lowest point
Inside borough limits, on the southwest side
15 ft5 m
Town center
USGS map point for Middlesex
58 ft18 m
Airport (47N)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.5 mi southwest of the borough limits
86 ft26 m
Average of all land45 ft14 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.1 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Middlesex, New Jersey, shaded from 15 ft on the southwest side to 77 ft on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
Borough limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States
Population
14,874 2024 est.
Land area
3.5 sq mi
Density
4,264 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.5726° N, 74.4927° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Central Jersey Regional (47N) 86 ft
ZIP codes 1
08846
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Warren Township370 ft
  2. Martinsville300 ft
  3. Green Brook Township160 ft
  4. Rutgers University-Busch Campus100 ft
  5. Franklin Center79 ft
  6. South Plainfield79 ft
  7. Piscataway Township76 ft
  8. Dunellen55 ft
  9. South Bound Brook48 ft
  10. Middlesex46 ft
  11. Bound Brook45 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mine Mountain850 ft
  • Mount Kemble720 ft
  • Blachleys Hill690 ft
  • Tenmile Run Mountain320 ft
  • Bunker Hill190 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the borough 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 borough limits (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.