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Glen Gardner New Jersey Map

Explore Glen Gardner, 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 Glen Gardner, New Jersey

How to Use This Glen Gardner, New Jersey Map

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

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.

CityGlen Gardner
StateNew Jersey (NJ)
CountyHunterdon County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude40.696767
Longitude-74.940725
Population1,682
Density419.5 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code08826
Area Code908
County SeatFlemington
School DistrictClinton Town-Glen Gardner School District

About Glen Gardner, New Jersey

Glen Gardner is a locality in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,682. The population density is 419.5 people per km². Glen Gardner is located at 40.6968°N, 74.9407°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Glen Gardner is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 08826.

Glen Gardner occupies a narrow, verdant corridor where the air holds the cool, damp weight of the Spruce Run as it carves a path through the uneven earth. It lies 9.1 miles north of Hunterdon, NJ (from Hunterdon, NJ: bearing 351°T), and is situated 4.7 miles south-southeast of Washington. The Spruce Run flows with a persistent, low murmur, its waters reflecting the canopy of hardwoods that climb the surrounding slopes, while the distant, hazy silhouette of the Fox Hill Range anchors the horizon to the west. Within the boundaries of Glen Gardner, the landscape transitions from the shaded banks of the water to the quiet, open grass of Glen Gardner Municipal Park, where the light at dusk settles in long, amber strips across the ground. The land here possesses a distinct, mineral stillness, feeling miles removed from the frantic pace of the wider world, as if the topography itself acts as a buffer against the noise of modern life.

Glen Gardner emerged from the intersection of iron-rich soil and the steady energy of the stream, evolving from a place of early industry into a quiet, residential enclave. The economy, once tethered to the rhythmic output of mills and the steady labor of the forge, has shifted into the domestic quietude of a place where history remains visible in the sturdy, weathered stone foundations of older residences. Life in Glen Gardner moves with the measured pace of the seasons, influenced by the proximity of the Spruce Run Reservoir, which keeps the atmosphere humid and the vegetation thick even through the heat of summer. Despite the absence of grand monuments, the locality retains a sense of permanence, defined by the narrow roads that follow the contours of the valley and the persistent, unyielding presence of the hills that keep the horizon closed and intimate.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Glen Gardner Municipal Park (Local Recreation) — 0.2 mi, 338° N
  • Playground & Vfw Memorial (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 336° NW
  • Hunts Field (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 158° S
  • Hagedorn Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 0.4 mi, 117° SE
  • Glenview Ridge (Local Resource Management Area) — 0.7 mi, 011° N
  • Spruce Run Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 0.7 mi, 165° S
  • Bethlehem Township Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 0.9 mi, 158° S
  • Clinton Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 185° S
  • Charlestown Reserve (Local Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 266° W
  • Hall Christmas Tree Farm (Attraction) — 1.7 mi, 032° NE
  • Spruce Run Reservoir (State Recreation Area) — 2.0 mi, 142° SE
  • Voorhees State Park (State Park) — 2.0 mi, 118° SE
  • Scenic Overlook - Spruce Run Reservoir (Viewpoint) — 2.4 mi, 126° SE
  • Kittatinny Valley State Park (State Park) — 2.9 mi, 359° N
  • Railroad Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 3.3 mi, 125° SE
  • Solitude House (Museum) — 3.4 mi, 122° SE
  • Tower Hill Farm Springhouse (Historic Ruins) — 3.8 mi, 238° SW
  • Washington Theatre (Cinema) — 4.7 mi, 338° N
  • The Hariton Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 8.3 mi, 307° NW
  • Rockport Train Wreck Memorial (Monument) — 9.3 mi, 022° N
  • Pequest Trout Hatchery (Museum) — 9.6 mi, 359° N
  • Children Reading on a Bench (Public Artwork) — 10.3 mi, 049° NE
  • Cinepolis (Cinema) — 10.4 mi, 032° NE
  • Readington Museum (Museum) — 10.6 mi, 126° SE
  • The Artsy Palette (Arts Centre) — 10.8 mi, 272° W
  • David and Carol Lackland Center (Theatre) — 11.7 mi, 028° NE
  • The Tillie Smith Monument (Monument) — 12.0 mi, 031° NE
  • Lamington Black Cemetery (Monument) — 12.4 mi, 102° E
  • Alpha Grasslands Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 12.9 mi, 258° W
  • Three Church Hill Arts & Historical Society (Arts Centre) — 13.6 mi, 297° NW

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About This Glen Gardner Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Glen Gardner, New Jersey. Coordinates: 40.696767, -74.940725. 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 Glen Gardner includes the ZIP code (08826), telephone area code (908), county seat of Hunterdon County (Flemington), and school district assignment (Clinton Town-Glen Gardner 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.