Watchung, NJ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Watchung, New Jersey, shaded from 110 ft on the southeast side to 560 ft on the north side
Elevation
560 ft 170 m450 ft 135 m390 ft 120 m280 ft 85 m170 ft 50 m110 ft 35 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

Watchung sits at about 320 ft (100 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
320 ft 100 m
most residents: 190–480 ft
Lowest
110 ft 35 m
on the southeast side
Highest
560 ft 170 m
on the north side
Average
320 ft 100 m
all land inside borough limits

Watchung spans about 450 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
320 ft100 m
Highest point
Inside borough limits, on the north side
560 ft170 m
Lowest point
Inside borough limits, on the southeast side
110 ft35 m
Town center
USGS map point for Watchung
180 ft55 m
Airport (EWR)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 12 mi east of the borough limits
18 ft5 m
Average of all land320 ft100 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.6 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Watchung, New Jersey, shaded from 110 ft on the southeast side to 560 ft on the north side
Borough limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Borough in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States
Population
6,606 2024 est.
Land area
6.0 sq mi
Density
1,098 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.6379° N, 74.4510° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Newark Liberty International (EWR) 18 ft
ZIP codes 1
07069
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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. Long Hill Township240 ft
  4. Stirling240 ft
  5. Gillette240 ft
  6. Fanwood160 ft
  7. Green Brook Township160 ft
  8. Scotch Plains Township150 ft
  9. North Plainfield99 ft
  10. Plainfield96 ft
  11. Dunellen55 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Gillespie Hill740 ft
  • Mount Kemble720 ft
  • Kemble Mountain710 ft
  • Blachleys Hill690 ft
  • Nook Hill550 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, 81 ft at 40.6601° N, 74.4110° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.