Rainbow Lakes, NJ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rainbow Lakes, New Jersey, shaded from 310 ft on the southeast side to 610 ft on the south side
Elevation
610 ft 185 m540 ft 165 m500 ft 150 m420 ft 130 m350 ft 105 m310 ft 95 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.
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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Rainbow 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: 370–560 ft
Lowest
310 ft 95 m
on the southeast side
Highest
610 ft 185 m
on the south side
Average
470 ft 145 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Rainbow Lakes spans about 300 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 the CDP boundary, on the south side
610 ft185 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
310 ft95 m
Town center
USGS map point for Rainbow Lakes
570 ft170 m
Airport (MMU)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.8 mi southeast of the CDP boundary
187 ft57 m
Average of all land470 ft145 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rainbow Lakes, New Jersey, shaded from 310 ft on the southeast side to 610 ft on the south side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Morris County, New Jersey, United States
Population
1,255 2020 Census
Land area
1.1 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
1,144 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.8794° N, 74.4624° 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
07834
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. White Meadow Lake780 ft
  2. Boonton Township630 ft
  3. Rockaway590 ft
  4. Mount Tabor580 ft
  5. Denville Township570 ft
  6. Rainbow Lakes510 ft
  7. Mountain Lakes510 ft
  8. Boonton490 ft
  9. Morris Plains400 ft
  10. Parsippany-Troy Hills Township300 ft
  11. Parsippany290 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Union Hill1,030 ft
  • Watnong Mountain980 ft
  • Bald Hill900 ft
  • Snake Hill810 ft
  • Horse Hill500 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.
  • Rainbow Lakes 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. All public domain.