Explore Rancocas, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Rancocas, 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 Rancocas.
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 | Rancocas |
| State | New Jersey (NJ) |
| County | Burlington County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.010667 |
| Longitude | -74.866832 |
| Population | 3,200 |
| Density | 380.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 08060, 08073 |
| Area Code | 856, 609 |
| County Seat | Mount Holly |
Rancocas emerges from the damp, shaded earth as a quiet settlement where the South Branch Mill Creek carves a slow, deliberate path through the landscape. It lies 1.2 miles south of Willingboro, NJ (from Willingboro, NJ: bearing 174°T), and is situated 9.5 miles east of Morris. Sunlight filters through the canopy in thin, pale ribbons, catching the sediment in the water and turning the creek bed into a vein of moving bronze. To the west, the gentle rise of Laurel Hill provides a steady, muted backdrop to the fields, while the persistent, quiet growth of the surrounding woodlands keeps the horizon closed and intimate. Life in Rancocas follows the tempo of these inland woods, where the air holds the heavy, sweet scent of damp soil and leaf litter long after the morning mist has retreated from the low-lying meadows.
Rancocas maintains a character defined by its deep roots in Quaker history, reflecting a legacy of simplicity and measured industry that persists in the architecture of its older, timber-framed dwellings. The economy here has long transitioned from its early agricultural foundations into a quiet, residential existence, supported by proximity to the Westampton Township Athletic Facility, which serves as a center for local activity and communal gathering. Residents move through their days with an understated focus, often traversing the roads that lead toward the distant Van Sciver Lake or winding through the corridors of the interior plains. There is no urgency in the way the local light settles over the rooftops at dusk, only a profound sense of continuity that honors the quiet, inland rhythms of the region.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rancocas, New Jersey. Coordinates: 40.010667, -74.866832. 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 Rancocas includes the ZIP code (08060, 08073), telephone area code (856, 609), county seat of Burlington County (Mount Holly), and school district assignment.
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. |