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Clyde New Jersey Map

Explore Clyde, 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 Clyde, New Jersey

How to Use This Clyde, New Jersey Map

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

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

Latitude	40.486493
Longitude	-74.510432
Population	243
Density	245.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	08873
Area Code	908
County Seat	Somerville
School District	Franklin Township School District

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About Clyde, New Jersey

Clyde is a locality in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. It is a small community with a population of 243. The population density is 245.0 people per km². Clyde is located at 40.4865°N, 74.5104°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 08873.

Clyde occupies a quiet stretch of land defined by the persistent, low-slung passage of Middlebush Brook, which carves a narrow vein through the local terrain. It lies 1.0 miles southeast of Franklin Somerset County, NJ (from Franklin Somerset County, NJ: bearing 129°T), and is situated 5.6 miles west-southwest of Edison. The landscape here is characterized by the encroaching shade of the William L Hutcheson Memorial Forest, where the dense canopy creates a stillness that holds the heat of the afternoon long after the sun has begun to retreat. Three miles to the east, the waters of Spooky Brook Pond reflect the gray, heavy sky of late autumn, while the distant, jagged silhouette of Middlebrook Heights provides a constant, immovable boundary to the horizon. In the quiet hours, the air carries a crisp, earthen scent, and the light settles in long, amber slats across the fields, lending the ground a somber and enduring weight.

Clyde retains the remnants of an industrial ambition that once tethered the local economy to the steady movement of goods through the interior plains. Five miles from the geographic depression known as the Kilmer Bowl, the residents of Clyde move with a deliberate, pragmatic pace, largely centered around the maintenance of the nearby Recreation Space and the quiet preservation of the surrounding woodlands. The history of the area is etched not in grand monuments, but in the slow, persistent shift of labor from the early agricultural clearings to the modern, suburban sprawl that now defines the local character. Life in Clyde remains tethered to the rhythm of these inland corridors, where the legacy of the past persists in the foundations of older structures and the deep, tangled growth of the forest edge.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Six Mile Run Reservoir Site (State Park) — 0.6 mi, 182° S
Unknown Field (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 343° N
Franklin Township 9/11 Memorial (Monument) — 1.1 mi, 316° NW
Giant Cow (Public Artwork) — 1.2 mi, 264° W
Negri-Nepote Native Grassland Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 1.3 mi, 212° SW
Conservation Land (Local Park) — 1.3 mi, 338° N
Quail Brook Golf Course and Park (Local Recreation) — 1.4 mi, 347° N
Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park (State Park) — 2.2 mi, 038° NE
Johnson Park (Local Conservation Area) — 2.4 mi, 043° NE
Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 064° NE
Buccleuch Park (Local Recreation) — 2.7 mi, 062° NE
Gray Terrace (Monument) — 3.4 mi, 075° E
Vietnam War Memorial (Monument) — 3.4 mi, 074° E
New Brunswick Art Center (Arts Centre) — 3.4 mi, 084° E
Rutgers Geology Museum (Museum) — 3.5 mi, 076° E
Stress Factory Comedy Club (Theatre) — 3.6 mi, 080° E
Little Theater (Theatre) — 3.7 mi, 096° E
Paul Robeson Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 3.7 mi, 046° NE
Rutgers Cinema (Cinema) — 4.7 mi, 055° NE
Hamilton Street Gallery (Gallery) — 5.3 mi, 349° N
Monster Mini Golf (Attraction) — 6.9 mi, 075° E
Arcaro Award Gallery Inc (Gallery) — 8.6 mi, 311° NW
Galerie Westerhoff (Gallery) — 8.6 mi, 065° NE
Scenic View at Washington Rock (Viewpoint) — 8.9 mi, 013° N
Stransky Nature Trails (Nature Reserve) — 9.6 mi, 359° N
Devil's Tree (Attraction) — 10.6 mi, 339° N
Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.7 mi, 001° N · 16k acres
Great Swamp Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 14.9 mi, 009° N · 3,611 acres
Gateway National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 19.7 mi, 080° E · 47k acres

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