Rockaway Township, NJ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rockaway Township, New Jersey, shaded from 510 ft near the middle to 1,280 ft on Green Pond Mountain
Elevation
1,280 ft 390 m1,090 ft 330 m990 ft 305 m800 ft 245 m610 ft 185 m510 ft 155 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Rockaway Township sits at about 760 ft (235 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
760 ft 235 m
most residents: 610–930 ft
Lowest
510 ft 155 m
near the middle
Highest
1,280 ft 390 m
on Green Pond Mountain
Average
850 ft 260 m
all land inside township boundaries

Rockaway Township spans about 770 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
760 ft235 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on Green Pond Mountain
1,280 ft390 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, near the middle
510 ft155 m
Average of all land850 ft260 m

Elevation profile, south to north

5.9 mi south to north through the middle of Rockaway Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rockaway Township, New Jersey, shaded from 510 ft near the middle to 1,280 ft on Green Pond Mountain
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States
Population
26,893 2024 est.
Land area
41.7 sq mi + 4.2 sq mi water
Density
644 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.9211° N, 74.5188° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Passaic River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 6
07005 07435 07801 07842 07866 07885
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Mount Hope820 ft
  2. White Meadow Lake780 ft
  3. Rockaway Township760 ft
  4. Lake Telemark740 ft
  5. Hibernia720 ft
  6. Wharton670 ft
  7. Dover620 ft
  8. Victory Gardens610 ft
  9. Rockaway590 ft
  10. Mount Tabor580 ft
  11. Denville Township570 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Green Pond Mountain1,280 ft
  • Copperas Mountain1,240 ft
  • Picatinny Peak1,210 ft
  • Kanouse Mountain1,191 ft
  • Cobb Hill1,170 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the township boundaries, 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 township boundaries (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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.