Cliffwood Beach New Jersey Map
Explore Cliffwood Beach, 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 Cliffwood Beach, New Jersey
How to Use This Cliffwood Beach, New Jersey Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Cliffwood Beach, 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 Cliffwood Beach.
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 | Cliffwood Beach |
| State | New Jersey (NJ) |
| County | Monmouth County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.442052 |
| Longitude | -74.216811 |
| Population | 3,036 |
| Density | 1293.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 07735 |
| Area Code | 732, 848 |
| County Seat | Freehold |
| School District | Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District |
About Cliffwood Beach, New Jersey
Cliffwood Beach is a locality in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,036. The population density is 1293.8 people per km². Cliffwood Beach is located at 40.4421°N, 74.2168°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 07735.Cliffwood Beach reveals itself as a landscape defined by the persistent, winding passage of Matawan Creek as it carves through the earth toward the distant Atlantic Ocean. It lies 2.3 miles northwest of Hazlet, NJ (from Hazlet, NJ: bearing 323°T), and is situated 8.7 miles south-southeast of Woodbridge. The terrain maintains a quiet posture, with the gentle elevation of the Mount Pleasant Hills providing a subtle, shadowed silhouette against the western horizon. Within the quietude of the local topography, Treasure Lake remains a still, reflective presence, anchoring the immediate surroundings in a tranquil basin. Overlook Park offers a space where the air carries the cool, damp weight of the nearby wetlands, and the quality of light at dusk often turns the marsh grasses into a field of muted copper and gray.
Economic life in Cliffwood Beach has long been shaped by its proximity to these primary waterways, which once facilitated the movement of goods and people through the dense, suburban development of the region. The history of the area is tied to the evolution of transit and the slow transition from rural isolation to the interconnected rhythm of modern life. While the influence of the sprawling Atlantic Ocean remains a constant, distant pull, the character of Cliffwood Beach is found in the modest, steady pace of its neighborhoods and the way the seasons alter the color of the creek banks. It is a place where the ordinary movements of a weekday morning are framed by the enduring, quiet geography of the land itself.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Happy Meadows (Local Conservation Area) — 0.1 mi, 143° SE
- Municipal Open Space (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 006° N
- Cliffwood Beach Park (Local Recreation) — 0.3 mi, 360° N
- 9/11 Memorial (Monument) — 0.7 mi, 118° SE
- William Senson (Monument) — 0.8 mi, 106° E
- Willard Maloney (Monument) — 0.8 mi, 106° E
- Keyport Historical Society (Museum) — 0.8 mi, 119° SE
- Henry Hudson Trail (Local Recreation) — 1.2 mi, 150° SE
- Unknown Park (Local Park) — 1.2 mi, 170° S
- Natural Area (Local Conservation Area) — 1.5 mi, 097° E
- Cheesequake State Park (State Park) — 1.6 mi, 074° E
- Scenic View - Tidal Creeks (Viewpoint) — 2.9 mi, 267° W
- Raritan Rocket (Public Artwork) — 3.6 mi, 107° E
- Holmdel Horn Antenna (Attraction) — 3.9 mi, 155° SE
- The South Pole (Attraction) — 4.2 mi, 336° NW
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Attraction) — 4.3 mi, 150° SE
- Fowler's Theatre (Theatre) — 4.3 mi, 089° E
- Aakawaxung Munahanung (Historic Ruins) — 4.5 mi, 336° NW
- Pellman Cottage (Historic Ruins) — 4.7 mi, 356° N
- Holmes Hendrickson House (Museum) — 5.1 mi, 159° S
- Longstreet Farm Animals (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 5.4 mi, 161° S
- Bell Theater at Bell Works (Theatre) — 5.9 mi, 154° SE
- Sandy Ground Historical Society (Museum) — 6.8 mi, 000° N
- Gateway National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 7.2 mi, 037° NE · 47k acres
- SMB Studio & Art Lessons (Gallery) — 7.7 mi, 020° N
- The Wizard of Art (Arts Centre) — 7.9 mi, 028° NE
- Monmouth Battlefield State Park (State Park) — 11.9 mi, 201° S
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About This Cliffwood Beach Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cliffwood Beach, New Jersey. Coordinates: 40.442052, -74.216811. 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 Cliffwood Beach includes the ZIP code (07735), telephone area code (732, 848), county seat of Monmouth County (Freehold), and school district assignment (Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
