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Forsgate New Jersey Map

Explore Forsgate, 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 Forsgate, New Jersey

How to Use This Forsgate, New Jersey Map

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

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.

CityForsgate
StateNew Jersey (NJ)
CountyMiddlesex County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude40.348959
Longitude-74.462309
Population2,056
Density907.2 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code08831
Area Code908
County SeatNew Brunswick
School DistrictMonroe Township School District

About Forsgate, New Jersey

Forsgate is a locality in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,056. The population density is 907.2 people per km². Forsgate is located at 40.3490°N, 74.4623°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 08831.

Forsgate occupies a quiet expanse of land where the flat, productive soil of the interior plains meets the disciplined geometry of human development. It lies 2.0 miles north-northwest of Monroe Middlesex County, NJ (from Monroe Middlesex County, NJ: bearing 345°T), and is situated 6.8 miles southwest of Old Bridge. A persistent stillness hangs over the terrain, broken only by the thin, silver thread of Shallow Brook, which meanders through the landscape just a mile away, feeding the quiet waters of Lake Manalapan. In the golden hour, the light stretches thin and amber across the low-lying fields, casting long, lean shadows that emphasize the subtle textures of the earth. From this vantage, the distant, hazy blue silhouettes of the Mount Pleasant Hills appear as a faint, jagged sketch against the horizon, marking the boundary of the world beyond. The air here holds a crisp, terrestrial weight, devoid of any saline influence, grounding the senses in the quietude of a landscape defined by its distance from the coast.

Forsgate serves as a testament to the transition from agrarian roots to the modern logistics and light industry that currently define its economic pulse. The legacy of the land is preserved in the verdant, manicured grounds of Forsgate Drive Park, which provides a necessary green lung for the region. While the William L Hutcheson Memorial Forest remains a distant preserve of old-growth timber, the character of Forsgate is shaped more by the rhythmic flow of commerce and the steady, unpretentious pace of daily labor. Here, the history of the region is not found in grand monuments, but in the functional, enduring architecture of industry that lines the thoroughfares, reflecting a pragmatic spirit. The people move through these spaces with a focused, quiet efficiency, maintaining a connection to the geography that remains both resilient and deeply practical.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Dayna Court & Robert Drive (Local Resource Management Area) — 1.0 mi, 121° SE
  • Open Space (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 106° E
  • Thompson Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 124° SE
  • Augusta Recreation Facility (Local Recreation) — 1.4 mi, 079° E
  • Jamesburg Park (Local Conservation Area) — 1.4 mi, 035° NE
  • Manalapan Brook Greenway (Local Conservation Area) — 1.6 mi, 064° NE
  • Pigeon Swamp State Park (State Park) — 1.8 mi, 354° N
  • Monmouth Battlefield State Park (State Park) — 2.5 mi, 150° SE
  • Van Dyke Farm (Local Resource Management Area) — 2.8 mi, 005° N
  • Heavenly Farms (Local Recreation) — 3.5 mi, 019° N
  • Playhouse 22 (Theatre) — 3.6 mi, 023° NE
  • NextGen Acting (Arts Centre) — 3.6 mi, 023° NE
  • Broken Down Truck Monument (Monument) — 3.9 mi, 006° N
  • Bobov cemetery NJ (Monument) — 4.0 mi, 333° NW
  • Schuchardt's Holiday House (Public Artwork) — 4.0 mi, 052° NE
  • Cranbury Barn Park (Museum) — 4.3 mi, 225° SW
  • Reinhardt Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 4.4 mi, 244° SW
  • 1818 Remembrance (Monument) — 5.3 mi, 025° NE
  • Sunset Views (Viewpoint) — 6.1 mi, 278° W
  • Picture Show at East Windsor (Cinema) — 6.1 mi, 216° SW
  • Assunpink Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.7 mi, 195° S
  • Orientation Theaters (Cinema) — 8.9 mi, 223° SW
  • Negri-Nepote Native Grassland Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 9.0 mi, 339° N
  • Little Theater (Theatre) — 9.2 mi, 007° N
  • Molly Pitcher's Well (Registered Battlefield) — 9.7 mi, 124° SE
  • New Brunswick Art Center (Arts Centre) — 9.9 mi, 005° N
  • Rutgers Geology Museum (Museum) — 10.4 mi, 005° N
  • Oakley Farmhouse (Museum) — 10.7 mi, 130° SE
  • Stony Brook Swinging Bridge (Attraction) — 10.7 mi, 261° W
  • Gateway National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 21.2 mi, 053° NE · 47k acres

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About This Forsgate Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Forsgate, New Jersey. Coordinates: 40.348959, -74.462309. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Forsgate includes the ZIP code (08831), telephone area code (908), county seat of Middlesex County (New Brunswick), and school district assignment (Monroe Township School District).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.