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Elmer New Jersey Map

Explore Elmer, 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 Elmer, New Jersey

How to Use This Elmer, New Jersey Map

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

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

Latitude	39.595115
Longitude	-75.170182
Population	1,347
Density	581.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	08318
Area Code	609, 640
County Seat	Salem
School District	Pittsgrove Township School District

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About Elmer, New Jersey

Elmer is a locality in Salem County, New Jersey, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,347. The population density is 581.7 people per km². Elmer is located at 39.5951°N, 75.1702°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Elmer is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 08318.

Elmer emerges from the low-lying fields of South Jersey as a quiet intersection of blacktop and rich, dark soil. It lies 5.0 miles west-southwest of Franklin Gloucester County, NJ (from Franklin Gloucester County, NJ: bearing 252°T), and is situated 8.6 miles south-southwest of Gloucester. The Muddy Run cuts a slow, persistent path through the landscape, draining the surrounding woodlands and feeding the waters of Elmer Lake, which reflects the heavy, humid sky with a mirror-like stillness. Beyond the immediate canopy of oaks and maples, the horizon remains stubbornly flat, though on the clearest winter days, one might catch the faint, serrated suggestion of Cabin Ridge shimmering twenty-two miles to the north. The air here holds a weight of damp earth and seasonal rot, a scent that clings to the skin during the long, sweltering afternoons when the heat seems to pulse directly from the pavement. Within the bounds of Carneys Point Township 1, the land retains an untamed quality, where the thick brush and tangled vines suggest a wilderness that is never more than a few steps from the back porch.

Elmer carries the quiet gravity of a place that grew not from grand ambition, but from the simple necessity of milling grain and moving goods through the interior. The local economy has long been anchored to the rhythms of the soil, with the legacy of agriculture still visible in the weathered barns and the wide, straight roads that slice through the surrounding farms. While the pace of life maintains a deliberate, measured gait, the architecture of the older streets reveals the persistence of families who have anchored their lives to this specific patch of inland earth for generations. There is a particular, melancholy beauty in the way the light catches the dust on a summer evening, illuminating the simple brickwork and the sturdy, unadorned facades of the storefronts. Elmer remains a place of deep, private roots, where the history is not found in grand monuments, but in the slow accumulation of seasons and the steady, unceasing movement of the water through the dark, muddy veins of the terrain.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Carneys Point Township 1 (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 073° E
Rotary Field (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 051° NE
Elmer Community Park (Local Recreation) — 0.1 mi, 049° NE
Elmer Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 161° S
Jesse Ridgway's House (Attraction) — 1.3 mi, 121° SE
Fee Simple - State Agriculture Development Committee (State Resource Management Area) — 3.7 mi, 130° SE
Pittsgrove Township Athletic Facility (Local Recreation) — 3.8 mi, 147° SE
Centerton Golf Course (State Recreation Area) — 4.0 mi, 166° S
Parvin State Park (State Park) — 4.0 mi, 162° S
Thundergut Pond Wildlife Management Area (State Wilderness) — 6.5 mi, 259° W
Union Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.9 mi, 136° SE
Salem River Wildlife Management Area (Marine Protected Area) — 7.0 mi, 300° NW
Fishing Pier (Viewpoint) — 7.9 mi, 054° NE
Rainbow Lake (Attraction) — 8.0 mi, 158° S
Veterans Memoral Plaza (Monument) — 8.1 mi, 022° N
The Glassblower (Public Artwork) — 8.1 mi, 022° N
Bowling (Attraction) — 8.3 mi, 297° NW
Laser Show Parking (Cinema) — 8.3 mi, 019° N
Edelman Planetarium (Cinema) — 8.3 mi, 018° N
Boyd Recital Hall (Theatre) — 8.4 mi, 018° N
Pfleeger Concert Hall (Theatre) — 8.5 mi, 018° N
William A. Harris Drinking Fountain (Monument) — 9.4 mi, 342° N
Monument to local fallen heroes of the Vietnam War (Monument) — 9.4 mi, 293° NW
Marlton Park Entrance (Attraction) — 9.8 mi, 296° NW
Tuckahoe Wildlife Management Area (Marine Protected Area) — 11.3 mi, 105° E
Gallery 50 (Gallery) — 12.0 mi, 197° S
Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape (Museum) — 12.0 mi, 197° S
African American Heritage Museum of Southern New Jersey (Museum) — 16.3 mi, 098° E
Fort Mercer (Historic Ruins) — 19.2 mi, 357° N
Delaware County Historical Society Museum & Research Library (Museum) — 20.2 mi, 330° NW

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