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Cliffwood New Jersey Map

Explore Cliffwood, 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, New Jersey

How to Use This Cliffwood, New Jersey Map

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

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

Latitude	40.436774
Longitude	-74.239589
Population	3,800
Density	850.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	07721
Area Code	732, 848
County Seat	Freehold

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About Cliffwood, New Jersey

Cliffwood is a locality in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,800. The population density is 850.0 people per km². Cliffwood is located at 40.4368°N, 74.2396°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 07721.

Cliffwood maintains a quiet, terrestrial gravity, anchored by the meandering path of Long Neck Creek as it carves a slow, deliberate passage through the damp earth. It lies 2.5 miles north-northwest of Aberdeen, NJ (from Aberdeen, NJ: bearing 330°T), and is situated 8.7 miles south-southeast of Woodbridge. The landscape here unfolds as a sequence of low, muted elevations that rise toward the distant silhouette of the Mount Pleasant Hills, a faint jagged line against the western horizon. Residents of Cliffwood find a singular stillness at Midland Park, where the afternoon light catches the tall grasses in a way that feels ancient and undisturbed, even as the distant salt-misted air reminds one that the Atlantic Ocean lies only twelve miles away. The terrain holds a persistent moisture, a remnant of the region's low-lying basins, and the nearby Hooks Creek Lake serves as a polished, dark mirror for the sky during the long, humid stretches of the Jersey summer.

Industrial history remains etched into the very soil of Cliffwood, where the legacy of early clay mining and brick manufacturing once defined the local economy and gave the earth a reddish, iron-rich hue. While the kilns have long since cooled, the industrious spirit of those early laborers persists in the present-day suburban rhythm, where the commute to larger urban centers shapes the daily movement of the population. Life in Cliffwood carries the weight of a complex, layered geography, balanced between the industrial remnants of the past and the encroaching quiet of the meadows. There is a distinct, unhurried quality to the evenings here, as the shadow of the landscape lengthens and the atmosphere thickens with the cooling humidity of the basin, offering a moment of reprieve before the cycle of the working week begins again.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cliffwood School Playground (Local Recreation) — 0.4 mi, 070° E
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 316° NW
Municipal Open Space (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 127° SE
Cheesequake State Park (State Park) — 0.8 mi, 242° SW
Wetlands (Local Conservation Area) — 0.9 mi, 142° SE
Cliffwood Beach Park (Local Recreation) — 1.0 mi, 045° NE
Happy Meadows (Local Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 081° E
World War I Memorial (Monument) — 1.4 mi, 152° SE
Scenic View - Tidal Creeks (Viewpoint) — 1.7 mi, 277° W
9/11 Memorial (Monument) — 1.8 mi, 089° E
Historic Public School Bell (Monument) — 1.9 mi, 167° S
Keyport Historical Society (Museum) — 1.9 mi, 091° E
The South Pole (Attraction) — 4.2 mi, 353° N
Holmdel Horn Antenna (Attraction) — 4.3 mi, 138° SE
Aakawaxung Munahanung (Historic Ruins) — 4.5 mi, 352° N
Raritan Rocket (Public Artwork) — 4.7 mi, 099° E
Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Attraction) — 4.7 mi, 135° SE
Pellman Cottage (Historic Ruins) — 5.2 mi, 010° N
Holmes Hendrickson House (Museum) — 5.4 mi, 145° SE
Fowler's Theatre (Theatre) — 5.6 mi, 085° E
Longstreet Farm Animals (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 5.6 mi, 148° SE
Bell Theater at Bell Works (Theatre) — 6.2 mi, 143° SE
Sandy Ground Historical Society (Museum) — 7.3 mi, 010° N
Gateway National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 8.4 mi, 039° NE · 47k acres
Staten Island Boat Graveyard (Attraction) — 8.4 mi, 008° N
SMB Studio & Art Lessons (Gallery) — 8.5 mi, 027° NE
Monmouth Battlefield State Park (State Park) — 11.2 mi, 196° S

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