Raritan, NJ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Raritan, New Jersey, shaded from 34 ft on the southeast side to 180 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
180 ft 55 m140 ft 45 m130 ft 40 m90 ft 27 m53 ft 16 m34 ft 11 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

Raritan sits at about 71 ft (22 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
71 ft 22 m
most residents: 61–150 ft
Lowest
34 ft 10 m
on the southeast side
Highest
180 ft 55 m
on the northwest side
Average
110 ft 30 m
all land inside borough limits

Raritan spans about 146 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
71 ft22 m
Highest point
Inside borough limits, on the northwest side
180 ft55 m
Lowest point
Inside borough limits, on the southeast side
34 ft10 m
Town center
USGS map point for Raritan
64 ft20 m
Airport (47N)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.0 mi southeast of the borough limits
86 ft26 m
Average of all land110 ft30 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.9 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Raritan, New Jersey, shaded from 34 ft on the southeast side to 180 ft on the northwest side
Borough limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Borough in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States
Population
8,584 2024 est.
Land area
2.0 sq mi
Density
4,309 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.5695° N, 74.6329° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Raritan River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Central Jersey Regional (47N) 86 ft
ZIP codes 1
08869
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Green Knoll150 ft
  2. Branchburg Township140 ft
  3. Bridgewater Center130 ft
  4. Bridgewater Township120 ft
  5. Bradley Gardens100 ft
  6. Hillsborough100 ft
  7. Finderne79 ft
  8. Raritan71 ft
  9. Somerville68 ft
  10. Manville53 ft
  11. Zarephath41 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Cushetunk Mountain840 ft
  • Round Mountain600 ft
  • Sourland Mountain570 ft
  • Round Top520 ft
  • Tenmile Run Mountain320 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.