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Lawnside New Jersey Map

Explore Lawnside, 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 Lawnside, New Jersey

How to Use This Lawnside, New Jersey Map

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

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.

CityLawnside
StateNew Jersey (NJ)
CountyCamden County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude39.866502
Longitude-75.028225
Population2,955
Density797.9 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code08045
Area Code856, 609
County SeatCamden
School DistrictLawnside Borough School District

About Lawnside, New Jersey

Lawnside is a locality in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,955. The population density is 797.9 people per km². Lawnside is located at 39.8665°N, 75.0282°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Lawnside is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 08045.

Lawnside occupies a flat, inland expanse of New Jersey where the earth holds the quiet gravity of a long-settled plain. It lies 1.8 miles south-southeast of Haddonfield, NJ (from Haddonfield, NJ: bearing 164°T), and is situated 9.3 miles southeast of Philadelphia. The landscape, once defined by dense woodland and fertile soil, now hums with the steady pulse of suburban life, characterized by a grid of streets that catch the amber light of late afternoon. A mile to the west, the Cooper River moves with a slow, deliberate grace, carving a path through the regional terrain that eventually yields to the wider, industrial basins near League Island. While the horizon remains largely level, the distant suggestion of Sandy Ridge provides a faint, hazy silhouette against the sky, grounding the view in the geological reality of the interior. Within the immediate boundaries of the neighborhood, the Lawnside Recreation Complex offers a central clearing where the grass turns deep green under the summer sun, serving as a social anchor for the residents who traverse these quiet, tree-lined corridors.

Lawnside stands as a singular testament to endurance and self-determination, having been established as a free Black settlement that served as a vital sanctuary in the years before the Civil War. The economic life of the place has evolved from its early agricultural roots into a modern landscape of professional services and local enterprise, yet the echoes of its founding remain embedded in the local character. While the sprawling, shadowed canopy of Wharton State Forest sits sixteen miles away, the history of this locality is written in the preservation of its original spirit rather than the wildness of the timberlands. Life in Lawnside proceeds with a measured, reflective pace, often punctuated by the quiet activities at the Lawnside Recreation Complex or the subtle shifts in the air that move in from the nearby plains. The community maintains a distinct identity, one that honors its emergence as a place of refuge and independence, ensuring that the legacy of those who first cleared the land persists in the architectural texture and the collective memory of the people who reside here today.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Lawnside Recreation Complex (Local Recreation) — 0.2 mi, 132° SE
  • Cooper River Park (Local Conservation Area) — 0.4 mi, 357° N
  • Merion Avenue (Local Resource Management Area) — 0.7 mi, 073° E
  • Baseball Fields (Local Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 120° SE
  • Crows Woods (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 025° NE
  • Burnt Mill Park (Local Recreation) — 1.0 mi, 079° E
  • Voorhees Township Forest (Local Resource Management Area) — 1.0 mi, 147° SE
  • Haddonfield Plays and Players (Theatre) — 1.2 mi, 002° N
  • Unknown Park (Local Park) — 1.3 mi, 249° W
  • Top Deck Games (Attraction) — 1.5 mi, 052° NE
  • Welcome to Historic Haddonfield (Monument) — 2.1 mi, 357° N
  • Hadrosaurus (Haddy Dinosaur Statue) (Monument) — 2.1 mi, 351° N
  • Greenfield Hall (Museum) — 2.4 mi, 001° N
  • Timber Creek Park (State Recreation Area) — 2.6 mi, 203° SW
  • Medal of Honor Memorial (Monument) — 2.7 mi, 296° NW
  • Inspired by Valerie Porter (Public Artwork) — 3.9 mi, 019° N
  • Activate (Arts Centre) — 4.9 mi, 357° N
  • CoCo Key Water Resort (Theme Park) — 5.9 mi, 037° NE
  • Ernest A Ford Art Studios (Arts Centre) — 6.0 mi, 319° NW
  • Regal Moorsetown Mall Stadium 12 & RPX (Cinema) — 6.3 mi, 033° NE
  • Tractor Pull (Attraction) — 6.7 mi, 123° SE
  • Tire Pully (Attraction) — 6.7 mi, 123° SE
  • Aqua Shot (Attraction) — 6.7 mi, 124° SE
  • Stedman Gallery (Museum) — 7.5 mi, 319° NW
  • Walter K Gordon Theater (Theatre) — 7.6 mi, 319° NW
  • Limited Practical Use Program (State Park) — 7.7 mi, 123° SE
  • PFS East Theater (Cinema) — 8.3 mi, 313° NW
  • Museum of the American Revolution (Museum) — 8.4 mi, 312° NW
  • John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge At Tinicum (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.9 mi, 276° W · 2,022 acres
  • Rancocas State Park (State Park) — 12.2 mi, 048° NE

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About This Lawnside Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lawnside, New Jersey. Coordinates: 39.866502, -75.028225. 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 Lawnside includes the ZIP code (08045), telephone area code (856, 609), county seat of Camden County (Camden), and school district assignment (Lawnside Borough 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.