Belleplain New Jersey Map

About Belleplain, New Jersey

Belleplain is a locality in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. It is a small community with a population of 614. The population density is 32.3 people per km². Belleplain is located at 39.2578°N, 74.8749°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 08270.

Belleplain emerges from the flat, sandy loam of the inner coastal plain as a quiet expanse of pine and oak where the horizon remains stubbornly level. It lies 8.0 miles south-southeast of Cumberland, NJ (from Cumberland, NJ: bearing 150°T), and is situated 9.6 miles west-northwest of Upper. The landscape is defined by the dense, persistent embrace of Belleplain State Forest, which occupies the immediate surroundings and dictates the slow, deliberate pace of the environment. Tarkiln Brook carves a subtle, winding path through the undergrowth just a mile away, its tea-colored waters moving with a quiet gravity that mirrors the stillness of the woods. Further afield, the light catches the surface of Lake Nummy, providing a reflective stillness that punctuates the otherwise unbroken canopy of trees. Far off, the distant outline of Cabin Ridge provides the only interruption to the low-lying perspective, a faint, jagged suggestion of elevation that never truly encroaches upon the low, sandy earth of the immediate vicinity.

History in Belleplain is written in the legacy of the forest industries that once drew settlers to these interior depths, relying on the timber and resources that defined the local economy for generations. Belleplain State Forest now serves as the primary character of the region, preserving the character of the land and providing a sanctuary for those who seek the solitude of the interior rather than the density of the state’s more urban corridors. The rhythm of daily life here remains tethered to the seasons of the woods, where the air smells of damp pine needles and the shifting climate of the inland plains. Even at a remove of nine miles from the slight depression of Basket Flat, the land maintains a consistent, unassuming posture, favoring the slow accumulation of time over the rapid development seen in other corners of the state.

About This Belleplain Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Belleplain, New Jersey. Coordinates: 39.25784, -74.874857. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Belleplain includes the ZIP code (08270), telephone area code (609, 640), county seat of Cape May County (Middle Township), and school district assignment (Dennis Township School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.