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Highlands New Jersey Map

Explore Highlands, 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 Highlands, New Jersey

How to Use This Highlands, New Jersey Map

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

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

Latitude	40.40372
Longitude	-73.991527
Population	4,621
Density	2411.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	07732
Area Code	732, 848
County Seat	Freehold

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About Highlands, New Jersey

Highlands is a locality in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,621. The population density is 2411.0 people per km². Highlands is located at 40.4037°N, 73.9915°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Highlands is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 07732.

Highlands rises sharply from the water’s edge, a steep, craggy promontory that commands the horizon with its sudden, dramatic elevation above the surrounding lowlands. It lies 5.5 miles northeast of Red Bank, NJ (from Red Bank, NJ: bearing 44°T), and is situated 6.6 miles east of Middletown. The air here carries a sharp, saline tang, invigorated by the proximity of the Atlantic Ocean, which churns just a mile to the east. Below the bluff, the Shrewsbury River winds through the salt marshes, its currents pulling against the pilings of docks where fishing vessels settle into the evening tide. Huddy Park provides a quiet, green anchor at the base of the rise, a patch of land where the pulse of the local maritime life slows to a hum against the backdrop of the distant Mount Pleasant Hills, which appear as a faint, hazy smudge against the sky. Beyond the channel, the low silhouette of Plum Island breaks the surface of the water, a silent sentinel that has watched the shifting sands of the coast for generations.

History in Highlands remains tethered to the sea, written in the weathered shingles of homes that cling to the hillsides and the relentless, working-class industry of the local docks. The local economy has long drawn its vitality from the harvest of the deep, a heritage that persists in the scent of brine and the steady industry of boats navigating the Shrewsbury River. While the modern pace of life has brought a suburban density to the higher elevations, the soul of Highlands remains anchored to the harbor, where the labor of the day is measured by the tide and the arrival of the fleet. Far from the stillness of the interior, such as the quiet banks of Haskell Pond, this place maintains a rugged, salt-cured character, defined by the interplay between the steep, rising earth and the vast, gray expanse of the Atlantic Ocean.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Borough of Highlands Recreation (Local Recreation) — 0.2 mi, 228° SW
Gateway National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 0.5 mi, 062° NE · 47k acres
Veterans Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 122° SE
Navesink Light Station (Monument) — 0.6 mi, 150° SE
Twin Lights Mystery Cannon (Monument) — 0.6 mi, 148° SE
Grand Tour (Local Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 167° S
Henry Hudson Trail (Local Recreation) — 0.7 mi, 303° NW
Popamora Point (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 313° NW
9/11 Memorial Dove (Public Artwork) — 0.7 mi, 292° W
Hartshorne Woods (Local Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 187° S
Highlands Army Air Defense Command Bunker (Historic Ruins) — 0.8 mi, 189° S
Battery Lewis (Historic Ruins) — 1.0 mi, 172° S
Lenape Woods (Local Resource Management Area) — 1.2 mi, 296° NW
Navesink River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.6 mi, 157° SE
Waterfowl (State Conservation Area) — 1.7 mi, 161° S
Nike Missile (Attraction) — 2.0 mi, 005° N
Scudder Preserve (Conservation Area) — 2.4 mi, 256° W
Halyburton Memorial (Monument) — 3.1 mi, 356° N
Seabright Beach (Attraction) — 3.1 mi, 161° S
Leonardo State Marina (State Recreation Area) — 3.8 mi, 287° W
Count Basie Theater (Theatre) — 5.6 mi, 228° SW
Two River Theatre Company (Theatre) — 5.8 mi, 230° SW
Allen House (Museum) — 6.6 mi, 214° SW
Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music (Museum) — 8.5 mi, 184° S
Tinton Falls (Viewpoint) — 8.9 mi, 220° SW
Monmouth Museum (Museum) — 9.3 mi, 235° SW
Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Attraction) — 9.7 mi, 264° W
Holmdel Horn Antenna (Attraction) — 10.2 mi, 265° W
Holmes Hendrickson House (Museum) — 10.2 mi, 258° W
Longstreet Farm Animals (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 10.4 mi, 256° W

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