Sussex County topographic maps

Average elevation: 938 ft

Average elevation: 820 ft

Average elevation: 807 ft

Average elevation: 997 ft

Average elevation: 837 ft

Average elevation: 1,152 ft

Average elevation: 801 ft

Average elevation: 1,217 ft

Average elevation: 686 ft

Average elevation: 623 ft

Kittatinny Mountain (Lenape: Kitahtëne) is a long ridge traversing primarily across Sussex County in northwestern New Jersey, running in a northeast-southwest axis, a continuation across the Delaware Water Gap of Pennsylvania's Blue Mountain (also known as Kittatinny Ridge). It is the first major ridge in the…

Average elevation: 873 ft

Average elevation: 692 ft

Average elevation: 1,234 ft

Average elevation: 961 ft

Flanked to the west by Kittatinny Mountain, the Stillwater Township is located within the Ridge and Valley Physiographic Province, and the entire township is within the Kittatinny Valley a region of rolling hills and flat valley floors that is a section of the larger Great Appalachian Valley running 700 miles…

Average elevation: 801 ft

Average elevation: 623 ft

Average elevation: 761 ft

Average elevation: 971 ft

Average elevation: 633 ft

Average elevation: 663 ft

Average elevation: 965 ft

Average elevation: 896 ft

Average elevation: 495 ft

The pavilion at the top of the peak makes a great place to picnic. To make traveling to Sunrise more interesting, one can look for the New Jersey shaped rock. The mountain is the second highest point in New Jersey, being 1,653 feet (504 m) above sea level. Hikers are amazed with the view. There is a USGS…

Average elevation: 853 ft

Average elevation: 627 ft

Average elevation: 823 ft

Average elevation: 531 ft

Average elevation: 984 ft

High Point is a mountain peak within High Point State Park on the border of Wantage Township and Montague Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States. Located in the portion of the state known as the Skylands, it is the highest elevation in the state, with a peak elevation of 1,803 feet (550 m). The…

Average elevation: 1,362 ft

Average elevation: 512 ft

Average elevation: 702 ft

High Point State Park is a state park straddling the border of Wantage Township and Montague Township in Sussex County, within the Skylands Region of northwestern New Jersey, United States, near the border with New York State and Pennsylvania. The park covers 15,413 acres (62.37 km2). Part of the Kittatinny…

Average elevation: 843 ft

Average elevation: 728 ft

Average elevation: 1,171 ft

Average elevation: 610 ft

Average elevation: 827 ft

Elevation varies greatly due to the valleys, rolling hills, and mountains. The United States Geological Survey places Glenwood at 580 feet (180 m), McAfee at 435 feet (133 m), and Highland Lakes at 1,260 feet (380 m).

Average elevation: 830 ft

Average elevation: 869 ft

Montague Township is a township in Sussex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, in the New York City Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 3,792, a decrease of 55 (−1.4%) from the 2010 census count of 3,847, which in turn reflected an increase of 435…

Average elevation: 833 ft

Average elevation: 663 ft

Average elevation: 692 ft

Average elevation: 584 ft

Average elevation: 755 ft

Because of its location in the higher elevations of northwestern New Jersey's Appalachian mountains, Newton, as well as the rest of Sussex County, has a cooler humid continental climate or microthermal climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb) which indicates patterns of significant precipitation in all…

Average elevation: 663 ft

Average elevation: 814 ft

Average elevation: 715 ft

Average elevation: 840 ft

Average elevation: 587 ft

Average elevation: 860 ft