Vernon Center, NJ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Vernon Center, New Jersey, shaded from 400 ft on the northeast side to 1,470 ft on the south side
Elevation
1,470 ft 445 m1,200 ft 365 m1,060 ft 325 m800 ft 245 m530 ft 160 m400 ft 120 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.
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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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Vernon Center sits at about 650 ft (200 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
650 ft 200 m
most residents: 500–990 ft
Lowest
400 ft 120 m
on the northeast side
Highest
1,470 ft 445 m
on the south side
Average
810 ft 250 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Vernon Center spans about 1,070 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
650 ft200 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
1,470 ft445 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side
400 ft120 m
Airport (FWN)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.1 mi west of the CDP boundary
422 ft129 m
Average of all land810 ft250 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.0 mi south to north through the middle of Vernon Center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Vernon Center, New Jersey, shaded from 400 ft on the northeast side to 1,470 ft on the south side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States
Population
1,743 2020 Census
Land area
2.9 sq mi
Density
592 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.1893° N, 74.5036° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Wallkill River → Hudson River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Sussex (FWN) 422 ft
ZIP codes 1
07462
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Highland Lakes1,280 ft
  2. Upper Greenwood Lake1,140 ft
  3. West Milford Township930 ft
  4. Vernon Township880 ft
  5. Wantage Township670 ft
  6. Vernon Center650 ft
  7. Hardyston Township630 ft
  8. Franklin620 ft
  9. Hamburg500 ft
  10. Sussex470 ft
  11. Vernon Valley440 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Bearfort Mountain1,470 ft
  • Wawayanda Mountain1,470 ft
  • Maple Hill1,260 ft
  • Pochuck Mountain1,200 ft
  • Sterling Hill830 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.
  • Vernon Center 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.