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Kingston New Jersey Map

Explore Kingston, 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 Kingston, New Jersey

How to Use This Kingston, New Jersey Map

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

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.

CityKingston
StateNew Jersey (NJ)
CountyMiddlesex County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude40.375384
Longitude-74.61349
Population1,581
Density325.6 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code08528
Area Code609, 640
County SeatNew Brunswick
School DistrictFranklin Township School District

About Kingston, New Jersey

Kingston is a locality in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,581. The population density is 325.6 people per km². Kingston is located at 40.3754°N, 74.6135°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 08528.

Kingston anchors itself upon the quiet intersection of history and the steady, man-made currents of the Delaware and Raritan Canal. It lies 3.0 miles north-northwest of Plainsboro, NJ (from Plainsboro, NJ: bearing 347°T), and is situated 8.1 miles northeast of Mercer. The landscape here favors a deliberate, inland composure, defined by the gentle elevation of Rocky Hill rising two miles to the west and the pervasive, verdant reach of the Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park that borders the town’s edge. Sunlight catches the surface of the water, tracing lines of silver through the dense, deciduous growth that softens the transition between the developed thoroughfares and the surrounding woodland. It is a place where the air holds the heavy, damp promise of the interior, untouched by the reach of the distant coastline, maintaining a stillness that feels both ancient and carefully preserved in the afternoon light.

Kingston bears the quiet marks of its colonial origins, once serving as a vital waypoint for travelers moving between the major hubs of the early republic. The local economy has shifted from the labor of the canal’s heyday to a quieter, academic and residential focus, reflecting the intellectual gravity of the nearby university without surrendering its own distinct, modest character. Architecture here remains a composite of stone and timber, standing as a quiet register of the centuries that have passed since the first mills utilized the water for power. Life in Kingston moves with the rhythm of the seasons, as residents navigate the proximity of the canal paths and the wooded terrain, finding a modest, enduring beauty in the way the shadows lengthen across the old masonry at the end of the day.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park (State Park) — 0.2 mi, 189° S
  • Mapleton Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 0.3 mi, 173° S
  • Lincoln Grove Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 0.4 mi, 048° NE
  • Kingston Rail Line (Local Recreation) — 0.6 mi, 125° SE
  • Camp Tamarack (Local Resource Management Area) — 0.9 mi, 290° W
  • Barbara Smoyer Park (Local Recreation) — 0.9 mi, 268° W
  • Park (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 066° NE
  • Autumn Hill Reserve (Local Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 304° NW
  • Van Dyke Wight (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 261° W
  • Herrontown Woods (Local Resource Management Area) — 1.3 mi, 280° W
  • Sunset Views (Viewpoint) — 2.2 mi, 116° SE
  • Plainsboro Preserve (Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 141° SE
  • Upstart II (Public Artwork) — 2.6 mi, 230° SW
  • Lewis Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 2.8 mi, 232° SW
  • Princeton Garden Theatre (Cinema) — 2.9 mi, 233° SW
  • Heritage Tour - 19 (Monument) — 3.0 mi, 245° SW
  • Princeton Battle Monument (Monument) — 3.3 mi, 235° SW
  • Grovers Mill Historic Comminity (Monument) — 4.2 mi, 176° S
  • Pond dialogue (Attraction) — 4.2 mi, 223° SW
  • Stony Brook Swinging Bridge (Attraction) — 4.4 mi, 216° SW
  • Reinhardt Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 5.5 mi, 133° SE
  • Six Mile Run Reservoir Site (State Park) — 5.9 mi, 036° NE
  • Cranbury Barn Park (Museum) — 6.9 mi, 135° SE
  • Art Sparks (Arts Centre) — 7.9 mi, 278° W
  • John Rogers House (Historic Ruins) — 8.0 mi, 193° S
  • Picture Show at East Windsor (Cinema) — 8.0 mi, 147° SE
  • Negri-Nepote Native Grassland Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 8.1 mi, 036° NE
  • Playhouse 22 (Theatre) — 9.5 mi, 081° E
  • Thompson Park Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 9.8 mi, 104° E
  • The Sarnoff Collection (Museum) — 11.3 mi, 230° SW

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About This Kingston Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Kingston, New Jersey. Coordinates: 40.375384, -74.61349. 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 Kingston includes the ZIP code (08528), telephone area code (609, 640), county seat of Middlesex County (New Brunswick), and school district assignment (Franklin 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.