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Stockton New Jersey Map

Explore Stockton, 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 Stockton, New Jersey

How to Use This Stockton, New Jersey Map

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

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.

CityStockton
StateNew Jersey (NJ)
CountyHunterdon County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude40.407883
Longitude-74.978224
Population495
Density350.0 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code08559
Area Code609, 640
County SeatFlemington
School DistrictSouth Hunterdon Regional School District

About Stockton, New Jersey

Stockton is a locality in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. It is a small community with a population of 495. The population density is 350.0 people per km². Stockton is located at 40.4079°N, 74.9782°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Stockton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 08559.

Stockton occupies a narrow, verdant shelf where the land yields gracefully to the passage of the Delaware and Raritan Canal. It lies 11.5 miles west of Hopewell Mercer County, NJ (from Hopewell Mercer County, NJ: bearing 277°T), and is situated 7.2 miles northeast of Buckingham. This waterway acts as a silent, linear mirror to the architecture of the locality, reflecting the muted tones of stone houses and the deep greens of the surrounding woodlands. Beyond the immediate banks, the terrain rises into modest, wooded elevations that hold the morning mist long after the sun has climbed. While the distant Fox Hill Range remains a jagged, pale suggestion on the western horizon, the immediate environment is defined by this intimate intersection of water and earth, where the Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park provides a continuous, shaded corridor for those who traverse the landscape on foot or by bicycle.

Stockton retains the quiet gravity of a place that once relied upon the commerce of the canal to animate its stone mills and general stores. Though the industrial clamor of the nineteenth century has long since faded, the physical remnants—the sturdy masonry and the deliberate layout of the streets—persist as a ledger of its origins. Today, the economy of Stockton favors the artisan and the small-scale proprietor, replacing the heavy freight of the past with a slower, more deliberate exchange of goods and ideas. Life here moves in accordance with the steady, unforced pace of the seasons, far removed from the dense, frantic energy of the state’s urban centers. Even on quiet afternoons, one might find a solitary traveler pausing near the water, observing the way the light catches the surface of the canal, momentarily connecting the present reality of Stockton to the long, lingering shadows of its heritage.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Bridge Street (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 166° S
  • Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park (State Park) — 0.2 mi, 121° SE
  • Centre Bridge (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 178° S
  • Delaware Canal State Park (State Park) — 0.4 mi, 199° S
  • Wickecheoke Creek Preserve (Conservation Area) — 0.4 mi, 324° NW
  • William Penn State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 0.6 mi, 222° SW
  • David R. Johnson Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.6 mi, 222° SW
  • William Penn State Forest - David R. Johnson Natural Area (State Resource Management Area) — 0.6 mi, 222° SW
  • Preserved Farm (Monument) — 1.3 mi, 214° SW
  • Solebury Orchards (Attraction) — 3.1 mi, 237° SW
  • The Bucks County Children's Museum (Museum) — 3.1 mi, 157° SE
  • Buck Statue (Public Artwork) — 3.4 mi, 150° SE
  • Friends of the Delaware Canal (Museum) — 3.6 mi, 156° SE
  • Goat Hill Overlook (Viewpoint) — 4.2 mi, 152° SE
  • Mill Dam Remnants (Historic Ruins) — 6.7 mi, 287° W

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About This Stockton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Stockton, New Jersey. Coordinates: 40.407883, -74.978224. 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 Stockton includes the ZIP code (08559), telephone area code (609, 640), county seat of Hunterdon County (Flemington), and school district assignment (South Hunterdon Regional 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.