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Brownville New Jersey Map

Explore Brownville, New Jersey, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Brownville, New Jersey

How to Use This Brownville, New Jersey Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Brownville, New Jersey. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of New Jersey or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Brownville.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Brownville
State	New Jersey (NJ)
County	Middlesex County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	40.400663
Longitude	-74.295147
Population	2,746
Density	990.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	08857
Area Code	908
County Seat	New Brunswick
School District	Old Bridge Township School District

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About Brownville, New Jersey

Brownville is a locality in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,746. The population density is 990.9 people per km². Brownville is located at 40.4007°N, 74.2951°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 08857.

Brownville maintains a quiet, low-slung geography where the horizon is defined by the distant, hazy silhouette of the Mount Pleasant Hills. It lies 3.8 miles north of Robertsville, NJ (from Robertsville, NJ: bearing 354°T), and is situated 9.4 miles west of Middletown. The landscape holds the moisture of the Atlantic, catching the salt-heavy air that drifts in from Keyport Harbor, which sits only six miles away to temper the summer heat. Near the edges of the neighborhood, the land drops into the damp basin of Warnes Brook, a narrow vein of water that snakes through the undergrowth with a dark, persistent clarity. Residents often wander the trails of the Middlesex County Forest, where the canopy thickens and the light turns a bruised, filtered gold, providing a stark contrast to the open fields that stretch toward the shimmering surface of Tennent Pond. In the stillness of an autumn evening, the air here feels heavy and ancient, carrying the scent of drying leaves and the faint, metallic tang of the coastal influence that defines the rhythm of the local seasons.

Brownville grew from the steady, grinding labor of regional industry, evolving from its early agricultural roots into a place where the economy now leans on the steady movement of goods and the quiet hum of suburban trade. The proximity to the coast keeps the local identity tethered to the tides, even as the daily life of the residents remains anchored to the inland soil and the nearby transit corridors. While the shadow of Crab Island looms in the collective consciousness as a marker of the maritime border, the town itself focuses on the practicalities of its own borders and the maintenance of its shared spaces. People here recognize the value of the silence that descends after the commute, a stillness that settles over the roads and driveways as the sun dips behind the western trees. There is a distinct, unpretentious endurance in the way the architecture clings to the ground, reflecting a history of people who built their lives in the gap between the busy ports and the quiet, inland woods.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Middlesex County Forest (Local Resource Management Area) — 0.6 mi, 359° N
Cedar Ridge (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 117° SE
Geick Park (Local Recreation) — 1.0 mi, 073° E
Deep Run (Local Park) — 1.2 mi, 221° SW
Burnt Fly Bog (Local Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 166° S
Ticetown Road Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 1.3 mi, 124° SE
Cheesequake State Park (Marine Protected Area) — 1.8 mi, 013° N
John A Philips Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 228° SW
Scenic View - Tidal Creeks (Viewpoint) — 3.0 mi, 024° NE
George Diffin Park (Monument) — 3.4 mi, 316° NW
Historic Public School Bell (Monument) — 3.4 mi, 079° E
World War I Memorial (Monument) — 3.8 mi, 071° E
Keyport Historical Society (Museum) — 5.4 mi, 063° NE
Schuchardt's Holiday House (Public Artwork) — 5.7 mi, 259° W
Holmdel Horn Antenna (Attraction) — 5.8 mi, 097° E
Holmes Hendrickson House (Museum) — 6.3 mi, 108° E
Longstreet Farm Animals (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 6.3 mi, 111° E
Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Attraction) — 6.3 mi, 097° E
The South Pole (Attraction) — 7.1 mi, 019° N
Bell Theater at Bell Works (Theatre) — 7.1 mi, 110° E
Aakawaxung Munahanung (Historic Ruins) — 7.3 mi, 018° N
Playhouse 22 (Theatre) — 7.4 mi, 268° W
NextGen Acting (Arts Centre) — 7.4 mi, 268° W
Monmouth Battlefield State Park (State Park) — 8.2 mi, 187° S
Thompson Park Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 8.3 mi, 240° SW
Pellman Cottage (Historic Ruins) — 8.5 mi, 027° NE
Pigeon Swamp State Park (State Park) — 8.6 mi, 265° W
Molly Pitcher's Well (Registered Battlefield) — 9.0 mi, 185° S
Gateway National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 12.2 mi, 042° NE · 47k acres
Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.1 mi, 339° N · 16k acres

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