Mountain Lakes, NJ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, shaded from 330 ft on the south side to 740 ft on the west side
Elevation
740 ft 225 m630 ft 195 m580 ft 180 m480 ft 145 m380 ft 115 m330 ft 100 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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How to use this mapviews, tools and data
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

Mountain Lakes sits at about 510 ft (155 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
510 ft 155 m
most residents: 390–590 ft
Lowest
330 ft 100 m
on the south side
Highest
740 ft 225 m
on the west side
Average
510 ft 155 m
all land inside borough limits

Mountain Lakes spans about 410 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
510 ft155 m
Highest point
Inside borough limits, on the west side
740 ft225 m
Lowest point
Inside borough limits, on the south side
330 ft100 m
Town center
USGS map point for Mountain Lakes
490 ft150 m
Airport (MMU)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.2 mi south of the borough limits
187 ft57 m
Average of all land510 ft155 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, shaded from 330 ft on the south side to 740 ft on the west side
Borough limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Borough in Morris County, New Jersey, United States
Population
4,644 2024 est.
Land area
2.6 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
1,756 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.8948° N, 74.4329° 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
07046
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Boonton Township630 ft
  2. Mount Tabor580 ft
  3. Denville Township570 ft
  4. Rainbow Lakes510 ft
  5. Mountain Lakes510 ft
  6. Boonton490 ft
  7. Parsippany-Troy Hills Township300 ft
  8. Parsippany290 ft
  9. Lake Hiawatha270 ft
  10. Montville Township250 ft
  11. Troy Hills240 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Union Hill1,030 ft
  • Watnong Mountain980 ft
  • Sheep Hill930 ft
  • Bald Hill900 ft
  • Snake Hill810 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.