Ship Bottom New Jersey Map
Explore Ship Bottom, 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 Ship Bottom, New Jersey
How to Use This Ship Bottom, New Jersey Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Ship Bottom, 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 Ship Bottom.
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 | Ship Bottom |
| State | New Jersey (NJ) |
| County | Ocean County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 39.642897 |
| Longitude | -74.180416 |
| Population | 1,098 |
| Density | 595.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 08008 |
| Area Code | 856, 609 |
| County Seat | Toms River |
| School District | Long Beach Island School District |
About Ship Bottom, New Jersey
Ship Bottom is a locality in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,098. The population density is 595.4 people per km². Ship Bottom is located at 39.6429°N, 74.1804°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Ship Bottom is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 08008.Ship Bottom occupies a narrow, sandy stretch of land where the horizon is defined entirely by the restless, rhythmic pulse of the Atlantic Ocean. It lies 3.5 miles south-southwest of Long Beach, NJ (from Long Beach, NJ: bearing 213°T), and is situated 6.1 miles southeast of Stafford. The landscape here is defined by shifting dunes and a low-lying topography that feels suspended between the sky and the salt-sprayed air, with Flat Island resting quietly in the nearby shallows. Beyond the immediate reach of the tide, the terrain flattens into a mosaic of marsh and meadowland, eventually giving way to the more wooded expanse of Bass River State Forest twelve miles inland. On a clear day, the faint, distant silhouette of Sandy Ridge might haunt the western skyline, a reminder of the solid earth that exists far beyond this fragile, shifting strip of sand.
Ship Bottom maintains its character through the ebb and flow of a seasonal economy, where the summer sun draws visitors to the wide, open expanse of Municipal Beach. The local rhythm is dictated by the salt-heavy wind and the quiet, inland presence of Mill Creek, which meanders toward the water, and the serene, freshwater stillness of North Pond. Historically, the locality served as a precarious waypoint for mariners, and today it remains a place where the infrastructure of modern life meets the raw, unyielding force of the coast. Life here moves with the tide, reflecting a persistent, working-class resilience that values the clarity of the horizon over the complexities of the mainland.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 0.3 mi, 241° SW
- Bayfront Bathing Beach (Local Recreation) — 0.5 mi, 321° NW
- Sunset Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 331° NW
- Municipal Beach (Local Recreation) — 0.6 mi, 199° S
- Beachfront (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 200° S
- Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 0.6 mi, 318° NW · 130k acres
- Manahawkin Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.8 mi, 322° NW
- Ocean County Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 311° NW
- 9/11 Memorial (Monument) — 5.4 mi, 313° NW
- Sea Dragon (Attraction) — 6.0 mi, 211° SW
- Giant Wheel (Attraction) — 6.0 mi, 210° SW
- Train (Attraction) — 6.0 mi, 211° SW
- Hang Ten (Attraction) — 6.0 mi, 211° SW
- Early History of Beach Haven (Monument) — 6.4 mi, 209° SW
- Stafford Performing Arts Centre (Arts Centre) — 6.9 mi, 307° NW
- Stafford Forge Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.1 mi, 306° NW
- Great Bay Boulevard Wildlife Management Area (Marine Protected Area) — 7.4 mi, 222° SW
- Massacre at Long Beach Island (Monument) — 8.1 mi, 026° NE
- Island Beach State Park (State Park) — 8.6 mi, 022° N
- Brigantine National Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 8.9 mi, 210° SW · 6,922 acres
- Cedar Creek (Viewpoint) — 16.9 mi, 354° N
- Port Republic Wildlife Management Area (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 17.6 mi, 248° W
- Sea Wall Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 18.6 mi, 211° SW
- Popcorn Park Animal Refuge (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 20.1 mi, 337° NW
- Elizabeth B. Alton Auditorium (Theatre) — 21.3 mi, 241° SW
- Barnegat Bay Maritime Museum (Museum) — 21.3 mi, 358° N
- Stockton University Art Gallery (Museum) — 21.5 mi, 241° SW
- Stockton Performing Arts Centre (Arts Centre) — 21.5 mi, 241° SW
- The Showroom (Theatre) — 22.5 mi, 216° SW
- Wentworth Gallery (Gallery) — 23.3 mi, 213° SW
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About This Ship Bottom Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ship Bottom, New Jersey. Coordinates: 39.642897, -74.180416. 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 Ship Bottom includes the ZIP code (08008), telephone area code (856, 609), county seat of Ocean County (Toms River), and school district assignment (Long Beach Island 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. |
