THE HIGHLAND PARK LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Triassic Lowlands setting.
Highland Park borough has 1.82 square miles of land in Middlesex County. Its Census reference point is in Triassic Lowlands, within Northern Piedmont.
Rounded low hills, open valleys and irregular plains form a transition between Appalachian highlands and the coastal plain. The underlying geology mixes metamorphic, igneous and sedimentary rocks.
Regional context: Northern Piedmont ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Highland Park and Middlesex County
Highland Park is associated with Middlesex County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Highland Park by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Highland Park, or 0.4% of its total area. It is 3.8 percentage points lower than the 4.2% recorded for Middlesex County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Highland Park borough has 34.8% of the land area of nearby New Brunswick city (5.23 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.