THE UPPER SADDLE RIVER LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Glaciated Triassic Lowlands setting.
Upper Saddle River borough has 5.25 square miles of land in Bergen County. Its Census reference point is in Glaciated 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
Upper Saddle River and Bergen County
Upper Saddle River is associated with Bergen 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.
Upper Saddle River by land and water
The Census records 0.02 square miles of water within Upper Saddle River, or 0.4% of its total area. It is 5.2 percentage points lower than the 5.5% recorded for Bergen County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Upper Saddle River borough has 95.5% of the land area of nearby Ramsey borough (5.5 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.