New Jersey Map with Cities, Counties and Roads Network

Discover New Jersey's Urban Centers, Counties, and Extensive Road Network on the State Map

Map of New Jersey, New Jersey map with cities, counties and roads network. This is a detailed map designed in a road-light style: interstates and U.S. routes are kept thin and quiet so that counties, county seats, rivers, bays, beaches and border lines do the heavy lifting. The best map approach here places immediate focus on the twenty-one New Jersey counties and their administrative centers across a compact landscape framed by New York and the Hudson River to the northeast, Pennsylvania and the Delaware River to the west, Delaware and Delaware Bay to the southwest, and the Atlantic Ocean along the entire coast. Use this guide to visually follow the counties, cities and shore points exactly as they appear on our map.

How to read this county-first, road-light New Jersey map

• Start with water and borders. The Delaware River forms the long western boundary with Pennsylvania; Hudson River, Upper New York Bay and Raritan Bay shape the northeast and the urban harbor; Barnegat Bay, Great Bay, and the Atlantic Ocean frame the Shore; Delaware Bay caps the southern point at Cape May.

• Lock on county seats. Look for the county-seat dots and labels: Hackensack (Bergen), Paterson (Passaic), Jersey City (Hudson), Newark (Essex), Elizabeth (Union), New Brunswick (Middlesex), Freehold Borough (Monmouth), Toms River (Ocean), Somerville (Somerset), Morristown (Morris), Flemington (Hunterdon), Trenton (Mercer), Mount Holly (Burlington), Camden (Camden), Woodbury (Gloucester), Salem (Salem), Bridgeton (Cumberland), Mays Landing in Hamilton Township (Atlantic), Cape May Court House in Middle Township (Cape May), Newton (Sussex), Belvidere (Warren).

• Use roads sparingly. The New Jersey Turnpike, Garden State Parkway, I-78, I-80, I-287, and I-195 appear as slim threads for orientation only. You will navigate primarily by counties, seats, coastlines and rivers.

North Jersey and the urban harbor - Bergen through Middlesex, with Morris–Somerset–Hunterdon in the interior

A. The Northeast Gateway - Bergen, Hudson, Essex, Union

Bergen County - seat: Hackensack

Bergen is New Jersey’s northeastern corner touching New York State and the Hudson River. Hackensack sits near the county’s center along the Hackensack River flanked by Teaneck, Paramus, Ridgewood, Englewood, Fort Lee and Mahwah at the state line. Bridges toward Manhattan align at Fort Lee while Ridgefield, Leonia, Cliffside Park and Edgewater hug the Hudson Palisades. The map’s road-light cues let the river and city clusters speak; you see Bergen’s identity at a glance.

Hudson County - seat: Jersey City

Hudson is the slim urban peninsula between the Hudson River and Newark Bay. Jersey City commands the waterfront opposite lower Manhattan. Hoboken, Weehawken, Union City, West New York, Guttenberg, North Bergen, Secaucus, Bayonne, Harrison and Kearny form the harbor lattice. With roads softened, the shoreline, ferry basins and bay edges keep you oriented.

Essex County - seat: Newark

West of Hudson, Newark dominates Essex at the Passaic River. Surrounding labels include East Orange, Orange, Irvington, Bloomfield, Montclair, Nutley, West Orange, Belleville and Caldwell. The Passaic River bend and Newark Bay edge are your primary shapes; thin interstate hints simply confirm that Newark sits at the urban hub.

Union County - seat: Elizabeth

South of Newark, Union bridges harbor to interior. Elizabeth fronts the bay near Newark Airport; inland towns include Union Township, Linden, Rahway, Cranford, Clark, Roselle, Hillside, Scotch Plains, Plainfield, Summit, Kenilworth, Westfield and New Providence at the Somerset line. County edges are more legible than any highway line, which is exactly what a county-first map should do.

B. Passaic and the Highlands - with Morris right behind

Passaic County - seat: Paterson

Paterson stands at the Great Falls of the Passaic River and shares the northern metro zone with Clifton, the city of Passaic, Wayne, Totowa, Woodland Park and West Milford in the uplands. The river curves and the Wanaque Reservoir hints anchor this county; the light highway grid leaves room for place names.

Morris County - seat: Morristown

Just west, Morris is a large green interior county of boroughs and townships. Morristown is central with Parsippany-Troy Hills, Denville, Dover, Rockaway, Madison, Florham Park, Chatham, Mendham, Mountain Lakes, Boonton, Kinnelon, Randolph and Mount Olive spread around it. Lakes in the northwest and the edge with Sussex and Warren help you visually step out of the urban core into the Highlands.

C. Sussex and Warren - the Delaware Valley ramparts

Sussex County - seat: Newton

The state’s far northwest county borders Pennsylvania along the upper Delaware River and New York near the Wallkill and highlands. Newton is the seat; you will also see Sparta, Vernon Township, Hamburg, Franklin, Ogdensburg, Hopatcong and Byram. The blue shape of Lake Hopatcong straddling the Morris border works as a superb orientation cue on the road-light layout.

Warren County - seat: Belvidere

Running south along Pennsylvania, Warren presents Belvidere as its seat and Phillipsburg as a key Delaware River city opposite Easton. Washington, Hackettstown (on the Morris edge), Hope and Alpha round out the labels. The Delaware’s curves and the ridge lines are enough to read the county without bold roads.

D. Somerset, Hunterdon and Mercer - the inner Garden corridor to the capital

Somerset County - seat: Somerville

Between Union, Middlesex and Hunterdon, Somerset clusters around Somerville with Bridgewater, Hillsborough, Bernards Township and Basking Ridge, Franklin Township, North Plainfield, Bound Brook, Manville, Raritan and Watchung. The Raritan River is your guide from Bound Brook through Somerville while light interstate lines suggest, not shout.

Hunterdon County - seat: Flemington

West of Somerset, Hunterdon reaches to the Delaware with Flemington as the seat. Towns like Clinton, Lambertville, Ringoes, Lebanon, High Bridge, Milford and Stockton appear in a landscape of creeks and preserved ridges. The Delaware River is the big blue anchor. Without heavy roads you clearly see the county’s rural pattern.

Mercer County - seat: Trenton

South of Hunterdon and Somerset, Mercer centers on Trenton, the state capital along the Delaware. Princeton, Lawrence Township, Hamilton, Ewing, Hightstown, East Windsor, Hopewell and Pennington surround it. The Delaware’s bend and the Assunpink Creek valley make the county layout intuitive on this map.

E. Middlesex and the Raritan Bay arc

Middlesex County - seat: New Brunswick

New Brunswick anchors Middlesex on the Raritan River with a strong cluster of labels: Edison, Woodbridge, Piscataway, Perth Amboy, Sayreville, South Amboy, Carteret, North Brunswick, East Brunswick, Monroe Township and Old Bridge. The Raritan Bay shoreline is a smooth blue curve toward Sandy Hook. The county’s shape and river bends stand out because the road symbology is restrained.

Part 1 wrap-up

You have just traced the north and central half of New Jersey from Bergen and Hudson along the harbor rim to Essex and Union, then northwest through Passaic, Morris, Sussex and Warren, before sweeping back through Somerset, Hunterdon, Mercer and Middlesex on the Raritan and Delaware corridors. Notice how easy it is to follow counties and rivers when highways are light.

The Shore, the Pine Barrens and the Delaware Bay lowlands - Monmouth through Cape May, with Camden-Gloucester-Salem and Burlington-Ocean in the interior

A. Monmouth County - seat: Freehold Borough

Monmouth stretches from Raritan Bay to the northern Shore. Freehold Borough is the county seat at the inland heart. The bay and ocean edge list Middletown, Keyport, Keansburg, Atlantic Highlands and Sandy Hook around the tip; ocean resorts like Long Branch, Asbury Park, Deal, Belmar, Spring Lake, Sea Girt and Manasquan march down the coast. Inland labels include Red Bank, Holmdel, Marlboro, Howell, Colts Neck, Freehold Township and Manalapan. The Shrewsbury and Navesink rivers make easy blue reference lines on our road-light design.

B. Ocean County - seat: Toms River

South of Monmouth, Ocean fills the long lagoon coastline with Barnegat Bay as the long blue strip. Toms River is the seat, accompanied by Brick, Lakewood, Point Pleasant, Lavallette, Seaside Heights, Seaside Park, Island Beach, Barnegat Township, Waretown, Lacey Township, Beach Haven and Tuckerton toward the southern bay. The Pine Barrens interior includes Manchester Township and Whiting. The barrier islands and inlets are crisp on this map; thin highway hints let the beaches and towns stay readable.

C. Atlantic County - seat: Mays Landing (Hamilton Township)

Atlantic County wraps the Great Egg Harbor River and Absecon Island. The administrative seat is Mays Landing in Hamilton Township near the river bends. The coast features Atlantic City, Ventnor, Margate, Longport, Brigantine and Absecon by the bay; inland, Pleasantville, Egg Harbor Township, Galloway, Hammonton and Somers Point appear. Great Bay and the marsh network are as important for orientation as any road.

D. Cape May County - seat: Cape May Court House (Middle Township)

At the southern tip, Cape May County fans between Atlantic Ocean and Delaware Bay. The seat Cape May Court House sits inland within Middle Township. Shore towns run the string: Ocean City, Strathmere, Sea Isle City, Avalon, Stone Harbor, Wildwood, North Wildwood, Wildwood Crest, and the historic city of Cape May itself. Cape May Point and the confluence of bay and ocean make the county boundary unmissable.

E. Cumberland County - seat: Bridgeton

North of Cape May along Delaware Bay, Cumberland centers on Bridgeton with Millville and Vineland the major interior cities. Fortescue, Fairfield, Greenwich and Port Norris dot the bayshore. Marshes and the Maurice River are your blue cues; highways stay light by design.

F. Salem County - seat: Salem

West of Cumberland, Salem hugs the Delaware estuary from Pennsville and Carneys Point down to Elsinboro and Alloway. The seat Salem lies near the tidal river. The road-light rendering lets you see Deepwater at the bridges toward Delaware, Mannington, Woodstown and Pilesgrove inland without clutter.

G. Gloucester County - seat: Woodbury

Northeast of Salem, Gloucester forms the Delaware River bend across from Philadelphia. Woodbury is the county seat. Nearby labels include Deptford, West Deptford, Paulsboro, Swedesboro, Glassboro, Pitman, Washington Township and Mantua. The Delaware River shoreline and Mantua Creek basins guide your eye.

H. Camden County - seat: Camden

Across the river from Philadelphia, Camden County places Camden at the waterfront with Pennsauken, Gloucester City, Cherry Hill, Haddonfield, Haddon Township, Collingswood, Voorhees, Somerdale, Lindenwold and Winslow Township inland. The quieted highway web keeps city names and the river edge legible.

I. Burlington County - seat: Mount Holly

A large interior and bay-fringe county stretching from the Delaware River to the Pine Barrens and down to the Mullica River region. Mount Holly is the seat; Burlington City, Bordentown, Florence, Edgewater Park, Riverside, Delran, Cinnaminson, Moorestown, Mount Laurel, Evesham (Marlton), Medford, Pemberton, Browns Mills, Riverton and Bass River signs appear. The Rancocas Creek and Pemberton lakes are easy orientation points, while the light Garden State Parkway line whispers along the eastern edge near Ocean County.

J. South Jersey synthesis - bays, beaches and Pine Barrens

From Freehold to Toms River, down through Mays Landing to Cape May Court House, and back up the Delaware Bay shore through Bridgeton and Salem to Woodbury and Camden, then east across Mount Holly toward Barnegat Bay, our map reads by coastlines, marshes and county blocks. This road-light cartography avoids highway clutter so that planning a shore trip or a Delaware River loop becomes a county-first experience.

County directory that mirrors the labels on our map

Bergen - Hackensack; Fort Lee, Teaneck, Paramus, Ridgewood, Englewood, Mahwah. Hudson - Jersey City; Hoboken, Bayonne, Union City, West New York, Weehawken, Secaucus, Kearny, Harrison, North Bergen. Essex - Newark; East Orange, Orange, Irvington, Montclair, Bloomfield, Belleville, Nutley, West Orange, Caldwell. Union - Elizabeth; Linden, Rahway, Cranford, Roselle, Union Township, Westfield, Summit, Plainfield, Scotch Plains. Passaic - Paterson; Clifton, Passaic, Wayne, Totowa, Woodland Park, West Milford, Wanaque. Morris - Morristown; Parsippany, Denville, Dover, Rockaway, Madison, Chatham, Boonton, Kinnelon, Mount Olive. Sussex - Newton; Sparta, Vernon, Franklin, Hamburg, Hopatcong, Byram. Warren - Belvidere; Phillipsburg, Washington, Hackettstown vicinity, Alpha, Hope. Somerset - Somerville; Bridgewater, Hillsborough, Franklin Twp, Bernards Twp, North Plainfield, Bound Brook, Manville. Hunterdon - Flemington; Clinton, Lambertville, Leb­anon, High Bridge, Milford, Stockton, Raritan Twp. Mercer - Trenton; Princeton, Lawrence, Hamilton, Ewing, Hightstown, East Windsor, Hopewell, Pennington. Middlesex - New Brunswick; Edison, Woodbridge, Piscataway, Perth Amboy, Sayreville, South Amboy, Monroe Twp, Old Bridge, Carteret. Monmouth - Freehold Borough; Middletown, Red Bank, Holmdel, Asbury Park, Long Branch, Belmar, Manasquan, Howell, Marlboro. Ocean - Toms River; Lakewood, Brick, Point Pleasant, Seaside Heights, Barnegat, Lacey, Beach Haven, Tuckerton, Manchester. Atlantic - Mays Landing (Hamilton Twp); Atlantic City, Ventnor, Margate, Brigantine, Pleasantville, Absecon, Egg Harbor Twp, Hammonton, Somers Point, Galloway. Cape May - Cape May Court House (Middle Twp); Cape May, Wildwood, North Wildwood, Wildwood Crest, Ocean City, Sea Isle City, Avalon, Stone Harbor. Cumberland - Bridgeton; Vineland, Millville, Fortescue, Port Norris, Fairfield, Greenwich. Salem - Salem; Pennsville, Carneys Point, Deepwater, Woodstown, Pilesgrove, Elsinboro, Mannington. Gloucester - Woodbury; Deptford, Glassboro, Washington Twp, Pitman, West Deptford, Paulsboro, Swedesboro. Camden - Camden; Pennsauken, Gloucester City, Cherry Hill, Haddonfield, Collingswood, Voorhees, Lindenwold, Winslow. Burlington - Mount Holly; Burlington City, Bordentown, Florence, Cinnaminson, Delran, Moorestown, Mount Laurel, Evesham, Medford, Pemberton, Browns Mills, Bass River.