Paramus, NJ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Paramus, New Jersey, shaded from 11 ft on the southeast side to 180 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
180 ft 55 m140 ft 40 m120 ft 35 m75 ft 23 m32 ft 10 m11 ft 3 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

Paramus sits at about 68 ft (21 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
68 ft 21 m
most residents: 51–110 ft
Lowest
11 ft 3 m
on the southeast side
Highest
180 ft 55 m
on the southeast side
Average
67 ft 21 m
all land inside borough limits

Paramus spans about 169 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
68 ft21 m
Highest point
Inside borough limits, on the southeast side
180 ft55 m
Lowest point
Inside borough limits, on the southeast side
11 ft3 m
Town center
USGS map point for Paramus
68 ft21 m
Airport (TEB)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.0 mi south of the borough limits
8 ft2 m
Average of all land67 ft21 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Paramus, New Jersey, shaded from 11 ft on the southeast side to 180 ft on the southeast side
Borough limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States
Population
26,786 2024 est.
Land area
10.4 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
2,564 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.9445° N, 74.0754° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Passaic River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Teterboro (TEB) 8 ft
ZIP codes 1
07652
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Ridgewood110 ft
  2. Washington Township, Bergen County93 ft
  3. Glen Rock91 ft
  4. Oradell77 ft
  5. Maywood71 ft
  6. River Edge70 ft
  7. Fair Lawn69 ft
  8. Paramus68 ft
  9. Saddle Brook Township53 ft
  10. Rochelle Park Township47 ft
  11. New Milford31 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Cecchino881 ft
  • Campgaw Mountain740 ft
  • Packanack Mountain, Passaic County510 ft
  • Packanack Mountain, Passaic County480 ft
  • Andre Hill170 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.