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Skillman New Jersey Map

Explore Skillman, 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 Skillman, New Jersey

How to Use This Skillman, New Jersey Map

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

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

Latitude	40.420106
Longitude	-74.714605
Population	237
Density	62.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	08558
Area Code	609, 640
County Seat	Somerville
School District	Montgomery Township School District

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About Skillman, New Jersey

Skillman is a locality in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. It is a small community with a population of 237. The population density is 62.4 people per km². Skillman is located at 40.4201°N, 74.7146°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 08558.

Skillman maintains a low, deliberate profile across the landscape, defined primarily by the quiet passage of Rock Brook as it winds through the verdant, uneven terrain. It lies 3.3 miles northeast of Hopewell Mercer County, NJ (from Hopewell Mercer County, NJ: bearing 49°T), and is situated 8.2 miles north of Mercer. Pheasant Hill rises a single mile away, anchoring the horizon and casting long, cooling shadows over the fields during the late afternoon. Beyond the immediate clearings, the land transitions into the dense, protected expanse of the Sourland Mountain Preserve, where the heavy, humid air of the late afternoon often settles among the trees. The light here does not glare; instead, it filters through the canopy in muted, shifting shades of green and amber, lending a sense of permanence to the quiet intersections and the weathered, unhurried fences that border the roads.

Skillman carries the weight of a long agricultural legacy, having transitioned from quiet farmland into a landscape of sprawling estates and preserved open spaces. The local economy is largely defined by this land-based heritage, where the pace of life remains tethered to the seasonal cycles of the surrounding woods and meadows rather than the frenetic energy of the nearby metropolitan corridors. Remnants of historical agrarian industry remain visible in the architecture of older structures, which stand as functional, unadorned witnesses to the generations who cultivated this soil. The character of Skillman is quiet and intensely private, a place where the stillness of the interior woods and the slow, consistent movement of water define the rhythm of the days.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sourland Mountain Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 359° N
Sourland Mountain Preserve 45 (Local Recreation) — 1.5 mi, 356° N
Montgomery Township Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 1.7 mi, 319° NW
Highfields Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 279° W
Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space Preserve (Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 238° SW
Highfields (State Conservation Area) — 2.2 mi, 272° W
Sourland Mountain Preserve 37 (Local Recreation) — 2.2 mi, 330° NW
Washington Crossing State Park (State Park) — 2.3 mi, 297° NW
Montgomery Township Forest (Local Resource Management Area) — 2.6 mi, 126° SE
Saint Michaels (Conservation Area) — 2.7 mi, 218° SW
Art Sparks (Arts Centre) — 3.2 mi, 232° SW
The Awakening (Public Artwork) — 3.2 mi, 219° SW
John Hart Monument (Monument) — 3.4 mi, 230° SW
Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park (State Park) — 3.7 mi, 093° E
Mercer County Park (Local Park) — 4.2 mi, 152° SE
Heritage Tour - 19 (Monument) — 5.1 mi, 149° SE
Princeton Battle Monument (Monument) — 5.6 mi, 153° SE
Princeton Garden Theatre (Cinema) — 5.7 mi, 148° SE
Lewis Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 5.7 mi, 147° SE
Pond dialogue (Attraction) — 6.7 mi, 158° S
Stony Brook Swinging Bridge (Attraction) — 7.2 mi, 158° S
Sunset Views (Viewpoint) — 8.3 mi, 119° SE
John Sanford Farmland Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 9.0 mi, 005° N
Negri-Nepote Native Grassland Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 10.7 mi, 071° E
The Sarnoff Collection (Museum) — 10.8 mi, 198° S
Don Evan's Black Box Theater (Theatre) — 10.9 mi, 198° S
Washington Crossing Open Air Theater (Theatre) — 10.9 mi, 225° SW
Arcaro Award Gallery Inc (Gallery) — 11.0 mi, 023° NE
John Rogers House (Historic Ruins) — 11.4 mi, 162° S
Cranbury Barn Park (Museum) — 13.0 mi, 128° SE

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