Scotch Plains Township, NJ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Scotch Plains Township, New Jersey, shaded from 43 ft on the southeast side to 450 ft near the middle
Elevation
450 ft 140 m350 ft 105 m300 ft 90 m200 ft 60 m94 ft 29 m43 ft 13 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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Scotch Plains Township sits at about 150 ft (45 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
150 ft 45 m
most residents: 60–200 ft
Lowest
43 ft 13 m
on the southeast side
Highest
450 ft 140 m
near the middle
Average
140 ft 45 m
all land inside township boundaries

Scotch Plains Township spans about 407 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
150 ft45 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, near the middle
450 ft140 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southeast side
43 ft13 m
Town center
USGS map point for Scotch Plains Township
160 ft50 m
Airport (EWR)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 9.4 mi east of the township boundaries
18 ft5 m
Average of all land140 ft45 m

Elevation profile, south to north

5.3 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Scotch Plains Township, New Jersey, shaded from 43 ft on the southeast side to 450 ft near the middle
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Township in Union County, New Jersey, United States
Population
25,223 2024 est.
Land area
9.0 sq mi
Density
2,796 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.6554° N, 74.3899° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Newark Liberty International (EWR) 18 ft
ZIP codes 1
07076
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Watchung320 ft
  2. Berkeley Heights Township280 ft
  3. New Providence250 ft
  4. Gillette240 ft
  5. Mountainside190 ft
  6. Fanwood160 ft
  7. Scotch Plains Township150 ft
  8. Westfield120 ft
  9. North Plainfield99 ft
  10. Plainfield96 ft
  11. Garwood87 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Kemble720 ft
  • Kemble Mountain710 ft
  • Mayapple Hill590 ft
  • Fort Nonsense Hill590 ft
  • Nook Hill550 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.