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Essex Fells New Jersey Map

Explore Essex Fells, 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 Essex Fells, New Jersey

How to Use This Essex Fells, New Jersey Map

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

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

Latitude	40.824544
Longitude	-74.284592
Population	2,244
Density	615.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	07021
Area Code	201, 551
County Seat	Newark
School District	Essex Fells Borough School District

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About Essex Fells, New Jersey

Essex Fells is a locality in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,244. The population density is 615.3 people per km². Essex Fells is located at 40.8245°N, 74.2846°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Essex Fells is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 07021.

Essex Fells manifests as a verdant expanse of winding lanes and deliberate seclusion, where the terrain rises and falls with a quiet, geological patience. It lies 1.4 miles southeast of West Caldwell, NJ (from West Caldwell, NJ: bearing 142°T), and is situated 2.3 miles north-northwest of Essex. The land here maintains a steady elevation, defined by the proximity of the First Watchung Mountain, which acts as a dark, serrated spine against the western horizon. Water carves its presence into the periphery, with the modest currents of Canoe Brook tracing a path through the low-lying sections of the topography, while the stillness of Lake Vincent offers a reflective silence just a short distance away. Despite the distance from the salt-heavy air of the open coast, the atmosphere carries a certain weight, a lingering dampness that traces its way inland from the direction of Belleville Reach. Across the Municipal Open Space, the light at dusk settles in long, amber strips, illuminating the dense canopy that separates property lines and softens the edges of the residential grid.

History in Essex Fells remains anchored in a deliberate preservation of character, favoring a landscape that feels perpetually distanced from the frantic pulse of the surrounding metropolitan density. The local economy and daily rhythm are defined by a quiet stability, eschewing the noise of industrial commerce for a lifestyle that prioritizes the maintenance of its sprawling, wooded parcels. Residents often look toward the broader expanse of the state, where the Preakness Valley cradles distant echoes of industry, yet here, the focus remains on the preservation of the immediate, arboreal environment. While the roar of the wider world hums in the background, the inhabitants of Essex Fells navigate a sphere defined by the slow transition of seasons and the protection of their shared, green borders. Even the distant sound of the cascading water at Maple Falls seems to belong to another world, leaving this particular geography to exist as a calm, deliberate suspension of time.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Unknown Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 235° SW
Municipal Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 339° N
Bird Sanctuary (Local Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 317° NW
Kiwanis Oval (Local Recreation) — 0.9 mi, 028° NE
Bond Force Memorial Park (Local Recreation) — 1.1 mi, 259° W
West Essex Park (Local Conservation Area) — 1.4 mi, 317° NW
Troy Meadows State Park (State Park) — 2.4 mi, 279° W
AMC DINE-IN Essex Green 9 (Cinema) — 2.6 mi, 146° SE
9/11 Search and Rescue Dogs (Monument) — 2.8 mi, 122° SE
Michael Leo Delahunty (Monument) — 2.8 mi, 120° SE
Eagle Rock (Viewpoint) — 2.9 mi, 121° SE
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 3.3 mi, 210° SW
Studio Montclair Leach Gallery (Gallery) — 3.4 mi, 099° E
Great Piece Meadows (State Park) — 3.4 mi, 323° NW
Montclair Film Cinema505 (Cinema) — 3.5 mi, 101° E
Great Piece Meadows Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 3.8 mi, 319° NW
Wine & Design (Arts Centre) — 3.8 mi, 103° E
Keep Creating Art Wellness Center (Arts Centre) — 3.8 mi, 104° E
Bear Country (Attraction) — 3.9 mi, 176° S
Great Plains (Attraction) — 3.9 mi, 177° S
Christopher Columbus Statue (Public Artwork) — 3.9 mi, 272° W
Animal Ambassadors (Attraction) — 3.9 mi, 176° S
Birds of Prey (Attraction) — 3.9 mi, 176° S
VanFossan Theater (Theatre) — 5.1 mi, 114° SE
Imagine That!!! (Museum) — 5.2 mi, 245° SW
L. Howard Fox Theater (Theatre) — 5.3 mi, 061° NE
Nutley Museum (Museum) — 6.3 mi, 094° E
Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 9.4 mi, 228° SW · 16k acres
Great Swamp Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 9.8 mi, 227° SW · 3,611 acres
Gateway National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 19.7 mi, 151° SE · 47k acres

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