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Califon New Jersey Map

Explore Califon, 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 Califon, New Jersey

How to Use This Califon, New Jersey Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Califon, 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 Califon.

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	Califon
State	New Jersey (NJ)
County	Hunterdon County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	40.719545
Longitude	-74.835722
Population	1,005
Density	404.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	07830
Area Code	732, 848
County Seat	Flemington
School District	Califon Borough School District

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About Califon, New Jersey

Califon is a locality in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,005. The population density is 404.6 people per km². Califon is located at 40.7195°N, 74.8357°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Califon is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 07830.

Califon persists as a dense intersection of river-carved earth and steep, wooded inclines where the air holds a permanent, cool dampness. It lies 5.4 miles south-southwest of Washington Morris County, NJ (from Washington Morris County, NJ: bearing 213°T), and is situated 9.3 miles south of Hackettstown. The South Branch Raritan River cuts a jagged, reflexive path through the center of the landscape, its dark water churning over moss-slicked stones and debris with an indifferent, rhythmic gravity. To the north, the sharp rise of the Fox Hill Range looms in a jagged silhouette, anchoring the horizon against the pale, translucent blue of the afternoon sky. Beyond the immediate banks, the terrain climbs toward the edges of Long Valley, where the ground levels into stubborn, iron-rich soil that has long defied the encroaching pressure of modern sprawl. Light here does not merely land; it filters through the canopy in thin, slanted shafts, illuminating the quiet decay of damp leaves and the persistent, slow-moving life of the riverbed.

Califon carries the residual weight of a place built on the promise of iron and the steady turning of mill wheels, though the industry that once defined its labor has long since surrendered to the quietude of the present. The Columbia Trail follows the spine of an abandoned rail line, a path reclaimed by gravel and the encroaching forest that serves as a corridor for those moving through the woods instead of across them. Where iron furnaces once burned, a different economy of maintenance and memory now takes hold, keeping the Victorian-era facades and narrow storefronts standing against the inevitable erosion of time. Local life here moves in a muted, measured cadence, defined by the seasonal rise of the river and the way the shadows lengthen early in the evening, casting the entire valley into a deep, bruised gray. Everything here feels held in place by the geography, a stubborn persistence of stone and water that reminds the traveler that human arrival is merely a brief interruption in the long, slow cooling of the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Columbia Trail (Local Recreation) — 0.0 mi, 153° SE
Califon Park (Local Recreation) — 0.1 mi, 342° N
Califon Borough Wooded Lot (Local Resource Management Area) — 0.2 mi, 289° W
Califon Borough Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 0.4 mi, 243° SW
Lebanon Township Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 0.5 mi, 220° SW
Ken Lockwood Gorge Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.0 mi, 243° SW
New Jersey Conservation Foundation Conservation Area (Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 223° SW
South Branch Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.2 mi, 013° N
Voorhees State Park (State Park) — 2.9 mi, 244° SW
Scenic Overlook - Round Valley Reservoir (Viewpoint) — 4.0 mi, 230° SW
Solitude House (Museum) — 4.3 mi, 218° SW
Railroad Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 4.5 mi, 219° SW
Hall Christmas Tree Farm (Attraction) — 4.6 mi, 268° W
Spruce Run Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 5.0 mi, 228° SW
Round Valley Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 5.3 mi, 189° S
Kittatinny Valley State Park (State Park) — 5.7 mi, 284° W
Children Reading on a Bench (Public Artwork) — 5.7 mi, 023° NE
Cinepolis (Cinema) — 7.3 mi, 000° N
Rockport Train Wreck Memorial (Monument) — 7.3 mi, 344° N
Washington Theatre (Cinema) — 7.8 mi, 291° W
B. Bruce Anderson Memorial Flag (Monument) — 7.9 mi, 041° NE
Lamington Black Cemetery (Monument) — 7.9 mi, 123° SE
Readington Museum (Museum) — 8.4 mi, 159° S
David and Carol Lackland Center (Theatre) — 8.8 mi, 000° N
Peapack Gallery Paintings (Gallery) — 9.2 mi, 092° E
Tower Hill Farm Springhouse (Historic Ruins) — 9.4 mi, 248° W
Pequest Trout Hatchery (Museum) — 9.9 mi, 325° NW
The Hariton Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 12.6 mi, 286° W
John Sanford Farmland Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 13.7 mi, 149° SE
Sieminski Theater (Theatre) — 13.9 mi, 108° E

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