Sayreville, NJ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sayreville, New Jersey, shaded from sea level level on Raritan Bay to 180 ft on the east side
Elevation
180 ft 55 m130 ft 40 m110 ft 35 m67 ft 20 m22 ft 7 m0 ft 0 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
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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

Sayreville sits at about 60 ft (18 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
60 ft 18 m
most residents: 11–120 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Raritan Bay
Highest
180 ft 55 m
on the east side
Average
49 ft 15 m
all land inside borough limits

Sayreville spans about 180 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
60 ft18 m
Highest point
Inside borough limits, on the east side
180 ft55 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Raritan Bay
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Sayreville
63 ft19 m
Airport (3N6)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.0 mi south of the borough limits
87 ft27 m
Average of all land49 ft15 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.3 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sayreville, New Jersey, shaded from sea level level on Raritan Bay to 180 ft on the east side
Borough limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States
Population
47,165 2024 est.
Land area
15.9 sq mi + 2.8 sq mi water
Density
2,968 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.4593° N, 74.3610° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Old Bridge (3N6) 87 ft
ZIP codes 3
08859 08872 08879
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Madison Park110 ft
  2. East Brunswick Township110 ft
  3. Edison Township100 ft
  4. Keasbey89 ft
  5. Highland Park73 ft
  6. Old Bridge Township66 ft
  7. Milltown63 ft
  8. Sayreville60 ft
  9. Old Bridge50 ft
  10. South Amboy50 ft
  11. South River45 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Crawford Hill370 ft
  • Beacon Hill370 ft
  • Telegraph Hill350 ft
  • Garrett Hill200 ft
  • Bunker Hill190 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).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, −4 ft at 40.4785° N, 74.3751° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • 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.