Explore Sandyston, 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 Sandyston, 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 Sandyston.
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 | Sandyston |
| State | New Jersey (NJ) |
| County | Sussex County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 41.251934 |
| Longitude | -74.801029 |
| Population | 1,800 |
| Density | 18.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 07826 |
| Area Code | 732, 848 |
| County Seat | Newton |
Sandyston emerges from the verdant, rolling uplands as a landscape defined by the persistent, cooling presence of the Little Flat Brook. It lies 13.0 miles west of Wantage, NJ (from Wantage, NJ: bearing 272°T), and is situated 5.3 miles south of Milford Pike County. The air here holds a distinct, crisp clarity, often catching the amber light of late afternoon as it filters through the dense, shadowed canopy of Stokes State Forest. To the west, the rugged profile of the Kittatinny Mountains defines the horizon, their ancient, forested ridges rising like a dark, serrated spine against the sky. Nearby, the cascading waters of Raymondskill Falls offer a rhythmic, percussive counterpoint to the quietude of the woods, while the stillness of Kittatinny Camp Lake mirrors the shifting moods of the clouds. This terrain, marked by rocky outcrops and deep, shaded hollows, remains a testament to the slow, patient work of inland geology.
Sandyston reflects a legacy of agrarian endurance and deep-rooted connection to the land, where the economy has long transitioned from traditional settlement patterns to a quiet stewardship of the regional wilderness. Residents often find themselves passing the Little Flatbrook Fishing Access, where the water’s edge remains a primary point of contact for those who value the slow, seasonal pulse of the region. The cultural character of Sandyston is forged in this intersection of historical homesteading and the preservation of expansive, wilder tracts that resist the encroachment of modern sprawl. Life here moves with the measured pace of the seasons, characterized by the steady maintenance of rural roads and a shared, quiet respect for the vast, inland geography that separates the village from the distant, frantic energy of the coast.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sandyston, New Jersey. Coordinates: 41.251934, -74.801029. 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 Sandyston includes the ZIP code (07826), telephone area code (732, 848), county seat of Sussex County (Newton), 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. |