Morris Township, NJ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Morris Township, New Jersey, shaded from 230 ft on the east side to 1,010 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,010 ft 310 m810 ft 250 m720 ft 220 m520 ft 160 m330 ft 100 m230 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.
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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Morris Township sits at about 390 ft (115 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
390 ft 115 m
most residents: 290–610 ft
Lowest
230 ft 70 m
on the east side
Highest
1,010 ft 305 m
on the northwest side
Average
420 ft 130 m
all land inside township boundaries

Morris Township spans about 780 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
390 ft115 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northwest side
1,010 ft305 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the east side
230 ft70 m
Airport (MMU)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.9 mi east of the township boundaries
187 ft57 m
Average of all land420 ft130 m

Elevation profile, south to north

4.1 mi south to north through the middle of Morris Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Morris Township, New Jersey, shaded from 230 ft on the east side to 1,010 ft on the northwest side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States
Population
23,727 2024 est.
Land area
15.7 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
1,513 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.7978° N, 74.4932° 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
07960
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Brookside540 ft
  2. Morris Plains400 ft
  3. Morris Township390 ft
  4. New Vernon370 ft
  5. Morristown360 ft
  6. Harding Township340 ft
  7. Cedar Knolls300 ft
  8. Madison280 ft
  9. Hanover Township280 ft
  10. Whippany260 ft
  11. Green Village250 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Trowbridge Mountain1,000 ft
  • Sugar Loaf750 ft
  • Gillespie Hill740 ft
  • Kemble Mountain710 ft
  • Fort Nonsense Hill590 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.