Plainsboro Center, NJ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Plainsboro Center, New Jersey, shaded from 61 ft on the southwest side to 100 ft on the north side
Elevation
100 ft 30 m92 ft 28 m87 ft 26 m76 ft 23 m66 ft 20 m60 ft 18 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Plainsboro Center sits at about 75 ft (23 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
75 ft 23 m
most residents: 70–84 ft
Lowest
61 ft 18 m
on the southwest side
Highest
100 ft 30 m
on the north side
Average
77 ft 24 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Plainsboro Center spans about 39 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
75 ft23 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
100 ft30 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
61 ft18 m
Town center
USGS map point for Plainsboro Center
78 ft24 m
Airport (TTN)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 11 mi west of the CDP boundary
213 ft65 m
Average of all land77 ft24 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.7 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Plainsboro Center, New Jersey, shaded from 61 ft on the southwest side to 100 ft on the north side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States
Population
2,760 2020 Census
Land area
0.7 sq mi
Density
3,755 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.3318° N, 74.5946° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Trenton Mercer (TTN) 213 ft
ZIP codes 1
08536
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Heathcote180 ft
  2. Princeton170 ft
  3. Cranbury110 ft
  4. Kingston100 ft
  5. Cranbury Township99 ft
  6. Princeton Junction97 ft
  7. Monmouth Junction95 ft
  8. West Windsor Township90 ft
  9. Plainsboro Township84 ft
  10. Princeton Meadows84 ft
  11. Plainsboro Center75 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Rose418 ft
  • Rocky Hill410 ft
  • Tenmile Run Mountain320 ft
  • Disbrows Hill276 ft
  • Bunker Hill190 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Plainsboro Center is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.