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Port Colden New Jersey Map

Explore Port Colden, 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 Port Colden, New Jersey

How to Use This Port Colden, New Jersey Map

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

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	Port Colden
State	New Jersey (NJ)
County	Warren County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	40.763155
Longitude	-74.953781
Population	260
Density	198.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	07882
Area Code	732, 848
County Seat	Belvidere
School District	Warren Hills Regional School District

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About Port Colden, New Jersey

Port Colden is a locality in Warren County, New Jersey, United States. It is a small community with a population of 260. The population density is 198.0 people per km². Port Colden is located at 40.7632°N, 74.9538°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 07882.

Port Colden reveals its character through a quiet intersection of earth and water, where the terrain unfolds in a series of modest elevations and low-lying basins. It lies 8.5 miles south-southwest of Warren, NJ (from Warren, NJ: bearing 192°T), and is situated 9.2 miles west of Washington Morris County. The landscape is defined by the steady, persistent flow of the Musconetcong River, which cuts a narrow path through the soil just a mile away, carrying the cool runoff of the highlands toward the broader plains. To the west, the Jackson Valley provides a wide, open expanse that catches the low-hanging light of late afternoon, casting long, amber shadows across the fields. Further off, the distant silhouette of the Fox Hill Range rises against the horizon, a hazy blue boundary that suggests a vast, rugged interior far beyond the immediate, grassy meadows and dense patches of deciduous growth that define the local horizon.

Port Colden remains deeply marked by the legacy of the Morris Canal, a historic waterway that once acted as the central artery for commerce and transport, shaping the settlement patterns of the people who labored here. Where heavy barges once moved coal and iron, the land now holds a stillness, with the remnants of the canal serving as a quiet reminder of an era defined by industrial grit and engineering ambition. The economy has long since shifted away from the frantic pace of the waterway, yet the rhythm of the place remains tethered to this history, favoring a deliberate, measured existence. Residents look toward the nearby waters of Willever Lake for a sense of permanence, finding in the quiet surface a reflection of a life that values the slow change of seasons over the clamor of the modern world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Morris Canal (Local Conservation Area) — 0.5 mi, 043° NE
Kittatinny Valley State Park (State Park) — 0.7 mi, 203° SW
Musconetcong River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.0 mi, 145° SE
Washington Theatre (Cinema) — 1.1 mi, 256° W
Pequest Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 004° N
Morris Canal Acquisition (Local Park) — 1.3 mi, 059° NE
Gurmon Wattles Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 1.6 mi, 094° E
Warren Trail (State Recreation Area) — 1.6 mi, 303° NW
Point Mountain (Local Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 093° E
Highlands Trail (Local Recreation) — 2.3 mi, 320° NW
Roaring Rock Park (Local Park) — 3.2 mi, 275° W
Hall Christmas Tree Farm (Attraction) — 3.5 mi, 154° SE
Overlook (Viewpoint) — 3.6 mi, 269° W
Spruce Run Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 5.0 mi, 172° S
Pequest Trout Hatchery (Museum) — 5.1 mi, 005° N
Voorhees State Park (State Park) — 5.5 mi, 147° SE
Rockport Train Wreck Memorial (Monument) — 5.8 mi, 046° NE
The Hariton Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 5.9 mi, 274° W
Tower Hill Farm Springhouse (Historic Ruins) — 7.1 mi, 201° S
Solitude House (Museum) — 7.3 mi, 151° SE
Railroad Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 7.3 mi, 152° SE
Cinepolis (Cinema) — 7.5 mi, 055° NE
David and Carol Lackland Center (Theatre) — 8.5 mi, 047° NE
Children Reading on a Bench (Public Artwork) — 8.7 mi, 075° E
The Tillie Smith Monument (Monument) — 8.9 mi, 051° NE
Legend of Jenny Jump (Attraction) — 9.5 mi, 359° N
Hope Museum (Museum) — 10.2 mi, 356° N
The Artsy Palette (Arts Centre) — 11.0 mi, 247° SW
Three Church Hill Arts & Historical Society (Arts Centre) — 11.5 mi, 278° W
B. Bruce Anderson (Monument) — 11.7 mi, 076° E

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