Harvey Cedars New Jersey Map
Explore Harvey Cedars, 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 Harvey Cedars, New Jersey
How to Use This Harvey Cedars, New Jersey Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Harvey Cedars, 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 Harvey Cedars.
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 | Harvey Cedars |
| State | New Jersey (NJ) |
| County | Ocean County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 39.706231 |
| Longitude | -74.134025 |
| Population | 391 |
| Density | 269.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 08008 |
| Area Code | 856, 609 |
| County Seat | Toms River |
| School District | Long Beach Island School District |
About Harvey Cedars, New Jersey
Harvey Cedars is a locality in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. It is a small community with a population of 391. The population density is 269.1 people per km². Harvey Cedars is located at 39.7062°N, 74.1340°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Harvey Cedars is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 08008.Harvey Cedars rises as a slender spine of sand between the relentless pulse of the Atlantic Ocean and the quiet, brackish breath of the back bays. It lies 1.5 miles north-northeast of Long Beach, NJ (from Long Beach, NJ: bearing 22°T), and is situated 6.1 miles east of Stafford. Here, the land is a fragile, shifting geometry of dunes and salt-grass, anchored against the tides by the persistent reach of wind-sculpted vegetation. To the west, the horizon remains flat and expansive, though on the clearest mornings, one might imagine the faint, distant silhouette of Sandy Ridge pressing against the sky like a charcoal smudge. The light in Harvey Cedars possesses a particular, crystalline quality, refracting off the white quartz sand and the frothing surf until the air itself seems to vibrate with a pale, electric intensity. Visitors gravitate toward Municipal Beach, where the rhythmic churning of the sea erodes the shoreline, constantly redefining the edges of this narrow barrier strip.
History clings to the salt-crusted pilings and weathered cedar shingles of the older cottages, remnants of a time when the economy relied on the harvest of the sea and the guidance of the maritime trade. While the bustling commerce of the mainland feels worlds away, the quiet influence of Bass River State Forest lingers in the scent of pine needles carried on the prevailing breeze. Local life follows the slow, seasonal migration of the sun, punctuated by the occasional excursion toward the inland reaches of Crooked Creek or a contemplative walk near the calm, dark waters of Shell Pond. Beyond the immediate shoreline, the proximity of Sandy Island offers a low-lying sanctuary for migratory birds, their cries drifting over the water to mingle with the hum of a local economy sustained by summer residents and the patient, year-round maintenance of coastal dwellings.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Municipal Beach (Local Recreation) — 0.1 mi, 122° SE
- Harvey Cedars Recreation (Local Recreation) — 0.9 mi, 208° SW
- Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 1.4 mi, 359° N · 130k acres
- James Street Wetlands (Local Conservation Area) — 1.5 mi, 209° SW
- Massacre at Long Beach Island (Monument) — 3.1 mi, 020° N
- Barnegat (State Park) — 3.7 mi, 012° N
- Island Beach State Park (State Park) — 3.7 mi, 012° N
- Manahawkin Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.2 mi, 249° W
- Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 4.5 mi, 217° SW
- Upper Barnegat Bay Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.2 mi, 324° NW
- 9/11 Memorial (Monument) — 6.5 mi, 264° W
- Ocean County Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 6.5 mi, 315° NW
- Stafford Performing Arts Centre (Arts Centre) — 8.0 mi, 268° W
- Sea Dragon (Attraction) — 11.0 mi, 210° SW
- Giant Wheel (Attraction) — 11.0 mi, 210° SW
- Train (Attraction) — 11.0 mi, 210° SW
- Hang Ten (Attraction) — 11.0 mi, 210° SW
- Early History of Beach Haven (Monument) — 11.4 mi, 209° SW
- Great Bay Boulevard Wildlife Management Area (Marine Protected Area) — 12.4 mi, 217° SW
- Cedar Creek (Viewpoint) — 13.2 mi, 341° N
- Brigantine National Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 14.0 mi, 210° SW · 6,922 acres
- Popcorn Park Animal Refuge (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 17.4 mi, 324° NW
- Welcome to Ocean County (Public Artwork) — 18.1 mi, 349° N
- Port Republic Wildlife Management Area (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 21.8 mi, 239° SW
- Elizabeth B. Alton Auditorium (Theatre) — 25.7 mi, 235° SW
- Stockton University Art Gallery (Museum) — 25.9 mi, 235° SW
- Stockton Performing Arts Centre (Arts Centre) — 25.9 mi, 235° SW
- The Showroom (Theatre) — 27.4 mi, 215° SW
- Wentworth Gallery (Gallery) — 28.3 mi, 213° SW
- Noyes Arts Garage (Gallery) — 29.0 mi, 214° SW
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About This Harvey Cedars Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Harvey Cedars, New Jersey. Coordinates: 39.706231, -74.134025. 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 Harvey Cedars includes the ZIP code (08008), telephone area code (856, 609), county seat of Ocean County (Toms River), and school district assignment (Long Beach Island 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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
