Plainsboro Center New Jersey Map
Explore Plainsboro Center, 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 Plainsboro Center, New Jersey
How to Use This Plainsboro Center, New Jersey Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Plainsboro Center, 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 Plainsboro Center.
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 | Plainsboro Center |
| State | New Jersey (NJ) |
| County | Middlesex County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.331774 |
| Longitude | -74.594601 |
| Population | 2,760 |
| Density | 1449.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 08536 |
| Area Code | 609, 640 |
| County Seat | New Brunswick |
| School District | West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District |
About Plainsboro Center, New Jersey
Plainsboro Center is a locality in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,760. The population density is 1449.9 people per km². Plainsboro Center is located at 40.3318°N, 74.5946°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 08536.Plainsboro Center spreads across a flat, hushed expanse where the persistent movement of the Cranbury Brook defines the western edge of the local geography. The land here holds a quiet stillness, characterized by low-lying plains and patches of woodland that offer shade against the stark, clear light of the mid-afternoon. Plainsboro Pond sits at the center of the landscape, its surface often catching the reflection of the sky in a way that turns the water into a sheet of hammered lead during the approach of dusk. To the far west, the distant outline of Middlebrook Heights provides a faint, jagged edge to the horizon, serving as the only true interruption to the otherwise level, terrestrial horizon of this inland corridor.
Plainsboro Center functions as a confluence of modern industry and the persistent memory of the agrarian soil that once dictated the pace of life here. The local economy has evolved from its early roots in farming to house significant research and development hubs, drawing a diverse population that moves with the brisk, focused energy of the professional class. Residents find respite in the quiet corners of Plainsboro Park, where the manicured pathways offer a deliberate contrast to the busier thoroughfares that support the town's commerce. The character of the place is marked by this strange, successful marriage of rapid technological expansion and the slow, deliberate work of the brook as it continues its path through the silt and clay of the valley floor.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Lenape Trail (Local Recreation) — 0.2 mi, 179° S
- Plainsboro Township Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 323° NW
- Plainsboro Preserve (Conservation Area) — 0.5 mi, 024° NE
- Plainsboro Township Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 211° SW
- Meadows at Middlesex Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 1.0 mi, 101° E
- West Windsor Township Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 238° SW
- Grovers Mill Historic Comminity (Monument) — 1.3 mi, 212° SW
- Duck Pond Run (Local Resource Management Area) — 1.4 mi, 214° SW
- Unknown Park (Local Park) — 1.8 mi, 101° E
- Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park (State Park) — 1.9 mi, 298° NW
- Sunset Views (Viewpoint) — 2.3 mi, 025° NE
- Princeton Battlefield To Monmo (State Park) — 2.3 mi, 116° SE
- Reinhardt Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 3.1 mi, 104° E
- Construction in the Third and Fourth Dimension (Public Artwork) — 3.2 mi, 287° W
- Lincoln Grove Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 348° N
- Lewis Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 3.4 mi, 292° W
- Chou, Liao, and Lin Family Open Space Monument (Monument) — 3.5 mi, 217° SW
- Princeton Garden Theatre (Cinema) — 3.6 mi, 291° W
- Stony Brook Swinging Bridge (Attraction) — 3.6 mi, 261° W
- Thomas Roy Grover Memorial (Monument) — 3.9 mi, 186° S
- Pond dialogue (Attraction) — 3.9 mi, 268° W
- Cranbury Barn Park (Museum) — 4.3 mi, 116° SE
- Picture Show at East Windsor (Cinema) — 5.0 mi, 138° SE
- John Rogers House (Historic Ruins) — 5.6 mi, 210° SW
- Thompson Park Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 8.6 mi, 085° E
- Playhouse 22 (Theatre) — 9.5 mi, 062° NE
- NextGen Acting (Arts Centre) — 9.5 mi, 062° NE
- Negri-Nepote Native Grassland Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 10.3 mi, 021° N
- The Sarnoff Collection (Museum) — 10.5 mi, 246° SW
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About This Plainsboro Center Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Plainsboro Center, New Jersey. Coordinates: 40.331774, -74.594601. 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 Plainsboro Center includes the ZIP code (08536), telephone area code (609, 640), county seat of Middlesex County (New Brunswick), and school district assignment (West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional 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. |
