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The Ponds New Jersey Map

Explore The Ponds, 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 The Ponds, New Jersey

How to Use This The Ponds, New Jersey Map

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

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	The Ponds
State	New Jersey (NJ)
County	Middlesex County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	40.305778
Longitude	-74.453935
Population	941
Density	1666.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	08831
Area Code	908
County Seat	New Brunswick
School District	Monroe Township School District

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About The Ponds, New Jersey

The Ponds is a locality in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. It is a small community with a population of 941. The population density is 1666.6 people per km². The Ponds is located at 40.3058°N, 74.4539°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 08831.

The Ponds occupies a quiet expanse of inland terrain where the horizon is defined by the subtle, persistent reach of the earth rather than the jagged peaks of distant elevations like the Mount Pleasant Hills. It lies 1.1 miles south of Monroe Middlesex County, NJ (from Monroe Middlesex County, NJ: bearing 185°T), and is situated 8.9 miles south-southwest of Old Bridge. Low-lying meadows and patches of dense woodland characterize the immediate vicinity, creating a landscape that holds the light of late afternoon in long, amber-hued slants across the grass. The air here carries the scent of damp loam and cooling soil, a stillness that feels removed from the frenetic energy of the state’s more crowded corridors. Cranbury Brook meanders through the periphery, its passage marking the steady, unassuming drainage of the lowlands toward the wider reaches of the regional watershed.

Historical echoes permeate the soil of The Ponds, particularly as the grounds of Monmouth Battlefield State Park occupy the very earth upon which the modern locality sits. This proximity to a significant site of conflict lends a gravity to the local atmosphere, grounding the daily rhythm of work and commerce in a long-standing continuity of land use. While the economy has shifted from the agrarian practices of earlier centuries toward the varied professional pursuits of the modern era, the physical presence of the park ensures that large swaths of the terrain remain preserved and observant of the past. Residents often find that the quietude of the surrounding fields, located a short distance from the waters of Brainerd Lake, provides a perspective that balances the industrious pace of life in this part of the country.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Monmouth Battlefield State Park (State Park) — 0.3 mi, 124° SE
Thompson Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 134° SE
Softball Fields (Local Recreation) — 2.4 mi, 076° E
Thompson Park Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 072° E
James Monroe Memorial Park (Local Recreation) — 2.6 mi, 111° E
Open Space (Local Park) — 2.7 mi, 013° N
Cranbury Barn Park (Museum) — 3.5 mi, 269° W
Jamesburg Park (Local Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 013° N
Picture Show at East Windsor (Cinema) — 4.5 mi, 244° SW
Reinhardt Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 4.5 mi, 283° W
Pigeon Swamp State Park (State Park) — 4.9 mi, 352° N
Assunpink Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.0 mi, 183° S
Manalapan September 11th Memorial (Monument) — 6.0 mi, 100° E
Manalapan Public Services Memorial (Monument) — 6.0 mi, 100° E
Schuchardt's Holiday House (Public Artwork) — 6.1 mi, 026° NE
Playhouse 22 (Theatre) — 6.3 mi, 009° N
NextGen Acting (Arts Centre) — 6.3 mi, 009° N
Bobov cemetery NJ (Monument) — 6.9 mi, 341° N
Orientation Theaters (Cinema) — 7.4 mi, 242° SW
Sunset Views (Viewpoint) — 7.5 mi, 301° NW
Horse Park of New Jersey (State Recreation Area) — 8.0 mi, 194° S
Molly Pitcher's Well (Registered Battlefield) — 8.0 mi, 108° E
Oakley Farmhouse (Museum) — 8.6 mi, 117° SE
Turkey Swamp Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.8 mi, 154° SE
Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County (Museum) — 8.9 mi, 119° SE
Iplay America (Theme Park) — 10.2 mi, 116° SE
John Rogers House (Historic Ruins) — 10.7 mi, 254° W
The Four Winds (Attraction) — 10.9 mi, 176° S
Discovery Bay (Attraction) — 11.0 mi, 176° S
Gateway National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 22.8 mi, 046° NE · 47k acres

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