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Townsends Inlet New Jersey Map

Explore Townsends Inlet, 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 Townsends Inlet, New Jersey

How to Use This Townsends Inlet, New Jersey Map

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

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	Townsends Inlet
State	New Jersey (NJ)
County	Cape May County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	39.126503
Longitude	-74.711273
Population	600
Density	320.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	08243
Area Code	609, 640
County Seat	Middle Township

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About Townsends Inlet, New Jersey

Townsends Inlet is a locality in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. It is a small community with a population of 600. The population density is 320.0 people per km². Townsends Inlet is located at 39.1265°N, 74.7113°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 08243.

Townsends Inlet holds the salt-crusted edge of the world where the relentless pulse of the Atlantic Ocean meets the shifting sands of the coast. It lies 5.7 miles south of Upper, NJ (from Upper, NJ: bearing 184°T), and is situated 6.4 miles east-northeast of Middle. Granny Creek carves its narrow, winding path through the marshy perimeter, feeding into the wider currents that define the shifting geometry of the shoreline. To the north, the salt-bleached silhouette of Gull Island emerges from the tide like a low-slung, grassy spine, while the Sea Isle City Water Body remains a quiet sanctuary for the birds that wheel through the humid, brine-heavy air. On clear, crisp days, the distant, hazy silhouette of Cabin Ridge might suggest a rugged interior, but here the horizon belongs entirely to the flat, unending reach of the water. The light at dusk softens the sharp edges of the dunes, turning the sea-grass into a field of copper wire that catches the fading sun.

Townsends Inlet draws its character from the enduring friction between the seasonal migration of visitors and the quiet persistence of those who navigate the rhythms of the tide. The local economy has long been tethered to the water, shifting from the traditional harvests of the bay to a pace dictated by the summer sun and the retreat of autumn. Unlike the distant, wooded solitude of Belleplain State Forest or the inland depression of Poor House Flat, life here is measured in the maintenance of docks and the seasonal turnover of shore-side living. Even the nearby stillness of Magnolia Lake feels worlds away from the constant, rhythmic percussion of the surf against the pilings. There is an honest, utilitarian quality to the architecture here, where shingles weathered to the color of driftwood stand as silent observers to the changing tides, grounding the locality in a history of maritime resilience.

Nearby Outdoor Places

85th Street Playground (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 127° SE
Sea Isle City Beach or Boardwalk (Local Recreation) — 0.2 mi, 101° E
Cape May Wetlands Wildlife Management Area (Marine Protected Area) — 0.3 mi, 299° NW
Cape May Coastal Wetlands Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.6 mi, 268° W
Avalon Borough Beach or Boardwalk (Local Recreation) — 0.7 mi, 202° S
Avalon Borough Estuary or Marsh (Local Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 204° SW
9/11 Memorial (Monument) — 1.7 mi, 191° S
Conservation Land (Local Park) — 1.9 mi, 202° S
Great Sound State Park (State Park) — 3.5 mi, 267° W
Beaver Swamp Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.8 mi, 292° W
Cape May National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 4.9 mi, 327° NW · 38k acres
Zoo entrance (Attraction) — 6.0 mi, 255° W
Corsons Inlet State Park (State Park) — 6.1 mi, 028° NE
U.S. Life Saving Station No.35 (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 207° SW
Dennis Creek Wildlife Management Area (Marine Protected Area) — 6.8 mi, 293° NW
The Sperlak Gallery and Sculpture Gardens (Gallery) — 7.5 mi, 286° W
Boardwalk Arch (Public Artwork) — 10.2 mi, 206° SW
Gateway 26 (Attraction) — 10.6 mi, 208° SW
Waterpark (Attraction) — 10.7 mi, 207° SW
Race Zone Amuseuments (Attraction) — 11.0 mi, 209° SW
Seaport Aquarium (Aquarium) — 11.0 mi, 209° SW
Korean War Memorial (Monument) — 11.5 mi, 210° SW
Franks Rio Grande (Cinema) — 11.9 mi, 229° SW
Ocean City Historical Museum (Museum) — 11.9 mi, 033° NE
Frank's Rio Stadium Theater (Cinema) — 11.9 mi, 229° SW
The Ocean City Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 11.9 mi, 033° NE
Binoculars (Viewpoint) — 12.5 mi, 036° NE
Juice Island (Nature Reserve) — 16.7 mi, 011° N
Tribeca Island Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 17.2 mi, 036° NE
Thomas Kinkade Gallery (Gallery) — 17.4 mi, 220° SW

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