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Port Reading New Jersey Map

Explore Port Reading, 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 Reading, New Jersey

How to Use This Port Reading, New Jersey Map

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

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

Latitude	40.567422
Longitude	-74.244933
Population	3,921
Density	766.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	07064
Area Code	201, 551
County Seat	New Brunswick
School District	Woodbridge Township School District

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About Port Reading, New Jersey

Port Reading is a locality in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,921. The population density is 766.1 people per km². Port Reading is located at 40.5674°N, 74.2449°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 07064.

Port Reading anchors the edge of a low-lying landscape where the persistent, silty flow of Woodbridge Creek defines the local horizon. It lies 1.4 miles east-northeast of Woodbridge, NJ (from Woodbridge, NJ: bearing 67°T), and is situated 6.7 miles south-southeast of Union County. The ground here holds the dampness of the earth, a flat and open expanse that stretches toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Mount Pleasant Hills. To the east, the air carries a faint, saline memory of the tides, though the actual water of Gravesend Bay remains a dozen miles away, leaving the immediate terrain to the quiet persistence of reeds and the wide, gray sky. Boynton Park offers a small, grassy sanctuary for the neighborhood, providing a place where the wind moves through the grass with a rhythmic, steady hum, undisturbed by the distant roar of the regional arteries.

Port Reading carries the weight of a working history, shaped by the heavy, rhythmic labor of coal transshipment and the steady pulse of rail lines that once connected the land to the wider world. The economy of the place remains tethered to this legacy of logistics and trade, where the movement of goods continues to provide a heartbeat for the residents. While the Island of Meadows sits three miles off in the distance as a quiet sentinel of the marsh, the daily pace of life here is governed by the pragmatic tasks of maintenance and the simple, enduring connections of a long-established neighborhood. Even the nearby stillness of Long Pond, resting four miles away, offers a contrast to the industrial gravity that has long defined the character of the land, grounding the people in a reality that is as honest as the soil itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Boyton Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 273° W
Alvin Williams Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 205° SW
Woodbridge Township Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 1.0 mi, 267° W
Woodbridge River Park (Local Conservation Area) — 1.0 mi, 267° W
Carteret Park (Local Recreation) — 1.1 mi, 036° NE
Carteret Borough Athletic Facility (Local Recreation) — 1.1 mi, 035° NE
Pin Oak Forest (Local Resource Management Area) — 1.3 mi, 334° NW
Staten Island Boat Graveyard (Attraction) — 1.7 mi, 115° SE
911 Memorial (Monument) — 1.7 mi, 080° E
Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 1.7 mi, 161° S
Woodbridge Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Monument) — 1.8 mi, 244° SW
Freed Slave Graveyard (Monument) — 2.1 mi, 140° SE
Sandy Ground Historical Society (Museum) — 2.4 mi, 141° SE
SeaQuest (Aquarium) — 2.9 mi, 256° W
Angelina's (Viewpoint) — 3.7 mi, 185° S
Rev John C. Drumgoole (Public Artwork) — 4.1 mi, 162° S
Pellman Cottage (Historic Ruins) — 4.1 mi, 163° S
Atrium Cinema (Cinema) — 4.3 mi, 097° E
SMB Studio & Art Lessons (Gallery) — 4.4 mi, 109° E
Aakawaxung Munahanung (Historic Ruins) — 4.6 mi, 184° S
Edison State Park (State Park) — 4.8 mi, 266° W
The South Pole (Attraction) — 4.8 mi, 183° S
8k Cinemas Movie City (Cinema) — 5.0 mi, 274° W
The Wizard of Art (Arts Centre) — 5.4 mi, 108° E
Designers Gallery Fine Art & Custom Framing (Gallery) — 5.5 mi, 318° NW
Heyerdahl Ruins (Attraction) — 5.6 mi, 078° E
Greenbelt Outdoor Classroom (Theatre) — 5.7 mi, 075° E
Gateway National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 5.7 mi, 103° E · 47k acres
Cheesequake State Park (Marine Protected Area) — 7.4 mi, 186° S
Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 14.0 mi, 320° NW · 16k acres

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