Morris Plains, NJ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Morris Plains, New Jersey, shaded from 330 ft on the east side to 810 ft on the north side
Elevation
810 ft 245 m690 ft 210 m630 ft 190 m510 ft 155 m390 ft 120 m330 ft 100 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

Morris Plains sits at about 400 ft (125 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
400 ft 125 m
most residents: 360–550 ft
Lowest
330 ft 100 m
on the east side
Highest
810 ft 245 m
on the north side
Average
430 ft 130 m
all land inside borough limits

Morris Plains spans about 480 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
400 ft125 m
Highest point
Inside borough limits, on the north side
810 ft245 m
Lowest point
Inside borough limits, on the east side
330 ft100 m
Airport (MMU)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.4 mi southeast of the borough limits
187 ft57 m
Average of all land430 ft130 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.9 mi south to north through the middle of Morris Plains.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Morris Plains, New Jersey, shaded from 330 ft on the east side to 810 ft on the north side
Borough limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Borough in Morris County, New Jersey, United States
Population
6,590 2024 est.
Land area
2.6 sq mi
Density
2,580 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.8357° N, 74.4812° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Passaic River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Morristown Municipal (MMU) 187 ft
ZIP codes 1
07950
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Mount Tabor580 ft
  2. Denville Township570 ft
  3. Rainbow Lakes510 ft
  4. Morris Plains400 ft
  5. Morris Township390 ft
  6. Morristown360 ft
  7. Parsippany-Troy Hills Township300 ft
  8. Cedar Knolls300 ft
  9. Parsippany290 ft
  10. Hanover Township280 ft
  11. Whippany260 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Union Hill1,030 ft
  • Trowbridge Mountain1,000 ft
  • Watnong Mountain980 ft
  • Fort Nonsense Hill590 ft
  • Horse Hill500 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.