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New Jersey maps: printable and free

5 free maps of New Jersey: high-resolution PNG (300 dpi) and PDF for US Letter or A4.

PDF = US Letter; A4 for other countries. Tap a map to view it full size. Free for personal, school and commercial use.

Data updated · By Ankit Kumar, compiled from public U.S. government and open datasets · How these numbers are made

1. New Jersey blank outline map

The state border only, with a scale bar. Good for labeling, coloring and tracing.

Blank outline map of New Jersey with no labels: about 88 miles wide and 168 miles tall, on a letter-size page.View full size
Blank outline map of New Jersey with no labels: about 88 miles wide and 168 miles tall, on a letter-size page.
PNG (2,475 × 3,205, 63 KB)PDF, US Letter (15 KB)PDF, A4 (15 KB)

2. New Jersey county map

All 21 counties, outlined without names.

Map of New Jersey showing the borders of its 21 counties, without names.View full size
Map of New Jersey showing the borders of its 21 counties, without names.
PNG (2,475 × 3,205, 109 KB)PDF, US Letter (40 KB)PDF, A4 (41 KB)

3. New Jersey labeled county map

The same 21 counties, each named. Names that don't fit inside a small area sit just outside, joined by a short line.

Map of New Jersey's 21 counties with each name printed inside its border, including Burlington County, the largest by land area.View full size
Map of New Jersey's 21 counties with each name printed inside its border, including Burlington County, the largest by land area.
PNG (2,475 × 3,205, 127 KB)PDF, US Letter (43 KB)PDF, A4 (44 KB)

4. New Jersey map with major cities

23 cities, chosen by 2024 Census population and spaced so no labels overlap. The capital is marked with a star.

Map of New Jersey with 23 major cities marked and labeled, including Trenton (capital), Newark, Paterson and Elizabeth.View full size
Map of New Jersey with 23 major cities marked and labeled, including Trenton (capital), Newark, Paterson and Elizabeth.
PNG (2,475 × 3,205, 153 KB)PDF, US Letter (50 KB)PDF, A4 (51 KB)

5. New Jersey elevation map

USGS 3DEP elevation as color plus hillshade. Legend in feet with meters underneath; the low point is sea level, so it has no marker, a star the capital.

Shaded-relief elevation map of New Jersey, colored from green lowlands to brown and white high ground, marking High Point (1,803 ft, highest) and Trenton, with a legend in feet and meters.View full size
Shaded-relief elevation map of New Jersey, colored from green lowlands to brown and white high ground, marking High Point (1,803 ft, highest) and Trenton, with a legend in feet and meters.
PNG (2,475 × 3,205, 1.4 MB)PDF, US Letter (621 KB)PDF, A4 (673 KB)

New Jersey: shape, counties and terrain

New Jersey spans about 88 miles from east to west and 168 miles from north to south, with 7,355 square miles of land. Its outline is irregular: the state fills only 53% of the box drawn around it on the map. The Census boundary file draws it as 2 separate land areas, only one of them larger than 100 square miles.

New Jersey has 21 counties. The largest by land area is Burlington County (799 sq mi) and the smallest is Hudson County (46 sq mi). The capital, Trenton, sits at 61 ft downtown (USGS).

Elevation runs from sea level along the Atlantic Ocean to 1,803 ft (550 m) at High Point in Sussex County, a range of 1,803 ft. The sampled average is about 218 ft.

On the relief map's elevation grid, 3% of the state lies below 0 ft, 73% between 0 and 500 ft, 16% between 500 and 1,000 ft and 7% between 1,000 and 1,500 ft and under 1% above 1,500 ft. Split from south to north into thirds, the southern third averages 21 ft, the central third 108 ft and the northern third 712 ft, so the land is highest in the northern third and lowest in the southern third.

More figures, with sources: New Jersey elevation: highest, lowest and average points.

How teachers and students can use these maps

  • Blank map: label Trenton, the capital, and the largest cities, then check them against the cities map. Older students can draw in rivers or mountain ranges from an atlas.
  • County map: find your own county among the 21. The labeled version works as an answer key; the blank one as a quiz.
  • Cities map: Trenton to Ridgewood is about 62 miles in a straight line. Measure it with the scale bar and see how close you get.
  • Elevation map: find High Point (1,803 ft) and the coast, at sea level, and work out the difference: 1,803 ft. Then use the legend to estimate the elevation of your town and check it with our elevation tool.
  • Printing: each map has a US Letter PDF and an A4 PDF. The PDFs are vector files, so lines and labels stay sharp at any size. The outline maps use very little ink in black and white.

License: free to use

These maps are free for personal, school and commercial use. Print them, copy them, change them, and use them in worksheets, slides, books, apps or websites. No permission or fee is needed. A credit is appreciated: Map: MyCurrentElevation.org.

The data behind them (US Census Bureau boundaries and population, USGS elevation) is in the public domain. Inter, the typeface on the maps, is licensed under the SIL Open Font License.

Sources

How each number is produced: methodology and data sources.

Other states and the US map: all printable maps · New Jersey elevation

Data updated · By Ankit Kumar, compiled from public U.S. government and open datasets · How these numbers are made

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