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English Creek New Jersey Map

Explore English Creek, 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 English Creek, New Jersey

How to Use This English Creek, New Jersey Map

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

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

Latitude	39.378511
Longitude	-74.65031
Population	3,364
Density	269.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	08234
Area Code	609, 640
County Seat	Mays Landing
School District	Egg Harbor Township School District

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About English Creek, New Jersey

English Creek is a locality in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,364. The population density is 269.9 people per km². English Creek is located at 39.3785°N, 74.6503°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 08234.

English Creek flows with a quiet, tea-colored persistence through the low-lying reaches of the coastal plain, carving a serpentine path toward the distant Atlantic Ocean. It lies 4.6 miles west-northwest of Somers Point, NJ (from Somers Point, NJ: bearing 298°T), and is situated 6.7 miles west-southwest of Egg Harbor. The landscape surrounding English Creek is defined by a dense, sandy-soiled verdancy where the encroaching salt air tempers the heat of the afternoon. To the immediate west, the Tuckahoe Wildlife Management Area asserts a wild, marshy dominion over the terrain, creating a vast, flat expanse of reed and tidal mud that shifts rhythmically with the tides. While the horizon remains stubbornly level, the light here possesses a singular, bruised quality at dusk, casting long, ochre shadows across the water that seem to hold the stillness of the surrounding pine woods in suspension.

Industry in English Creek has long been tethered to the shifting fortunes of the water and the wood, evolving from the early colonial reliance on timber and bog iron into a quiet, modern existence. Remnants of this labor are etched into the local character, where the legacy of boat building and seasonal harvesting lingers in the modest architecture and the deliberate, unhurried pace of the residents. Though the proximity to the Atlantic Ocean suggests a maritime urgency, the rhythm of daily life is dictated instead by the ebb and flow of the local marshes and the seasonal migration patterns within the Tuckahoe Wildlife Management Area. Far from the frantic hum of urban centers, English Creek maintains a sturdy, functional identity, grounded in the salt-grass soil and the enduring, brackish influence of the tides.

Nearby Outdoor Places

English Creek Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 068° E
Atlantic County Forest (Local Resource Management Area) — 0.6 mi, 264° W
Juice Island (Nature Reserve) — 1.0 mi, 188° S
Veterans Memorial Park (Local Recreation) — 1.3 mi, 112° E
Riverbend Park (Local Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 269° W
Hamilton Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 343° N
Powell Creek Natural Area (Local Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 249° W
Captain John Jeffries Burial Marker (Monument) — 2.1 mi, 195° S
Tuckahoe Wildlife Management Area (Marine Protected Area) — 2.4 mi, 212° SW
Greentree Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 3.1 mi, 291° W
Humpty Dumpty (Public Artwork) — 4.3 mi, 046° NE
Great Egg Harbor River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.5 mi, 308° NW
Bob's Garden Center Christmas Display (Attraction) — 4.6 mi, 054° NE
Tilton 9 (Cinema) — 5.1 mi, 084° E
Bulkhead (Attraction) — 6.3 mi, 320° NW
Ricci Bike Memorial (Monument) — 7.1 mi, 131° SE
Cape May Wetlands Wildlife Management Area (Marine Protected Area) — 7.3 mi, 171° S
Tribeca Island Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 7.7 mi, 117° SE
Longport Welcome Sign (Attraction) — 8.0 mi, 124° SE
Dedication Plaque (Monument) — 8.0 mi, 122° SE
The Ocean City Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 8.1 mi, 157° SE
Ocean City Historical Museum (Museum) — 8.1 mi, 157° SE
Johnny B. Goode (Attraction) — 8.1 mi, 154° SE
Binoculars (Viewpoint) — 8.3 mi, 151° SE
Cape May National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.5 mi, 191° S · 38k acres
Stockton Performing Arts Centre (Arts Centre) — 10.0 mi, 038° NE
Stockton University Art Gallery (Museum) — 10.0 mi, 038° NE
Elizabeth B. Alton Auditorium (Theatre) — 10.2 mi, 039° NE
Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.0 mi, 053° NE · 130k acres
Zephyr Gallery (Gallery) — 11.1 mi, 099° E

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