Cleaned up Google Maps

All maps are now snapshots of one master map. You can now navigate the website by zooming, dragging, and clicking on the maps.

Then I went nuts, and added a ton of markers for things that look promising on Google Earth. Now it's a bigger mess than it ever was.

I also figured out how to draw the county borders on the maps.

The Google Maps API leaves much to be desired. In fact, the whole thing reeks of typical Google arrogance and stupidity. After messing around with it a while, finding out what doesn't work and what you can do, I eventually cobbled together a decent interface. Google needs to fire a lot of PhDs and hire some people with brains.


Union County
( 40.64849, -74.31513 )

  1. Ambrose Brook - Bound Brook ( 40.56764, -74.51489 )
  2. Ambrose Brook - Possumtown ( 40.55555, -74.48630 )
  3. Arthur Kill - Buckingham Ave ( 40.51462, -74.25871 )
  4. Arthur Kill - Carteret Waterfront ( 40.57186, -74.21301 )
  5. Arthur Kill - Ferry St ( 40.54576, -74.25424 )
  6. Branch Brook Park ( 40.75077, -74.18305 )
  7. D-R Canal - New Brunswick ( 40.50806, -74.46376 )
  8. D-R Canal - Somerset (N) ( 40.54077, -74.51404 )
  9. D-R Canal - Somerset (S) ( 40.52390, -74.49248 )
  10. D-R Canal - South Bound Brook ( 40.55880, -74.53118 )
  11. Delaware River ( 40.17371, -74.84843 )
  12. Echo Lake - Mountainside ( 40.67351, -74.34560 )
  13. Green Brook - Billian Legion Park ( 40.56222, -74.52483 )
  14. Hackensack River - Secaucaus (S) ( 40.76390, -74.08685 )
  15. Lake Surprise - Summit ( 40.69370, -74.37097 )
  16. Liberty State Park - Jersey City ( 40.69768, -74.06520 )
  17. New Market Pond - Piscataway ( 40.57675, -74.45490 )
  18. Newark Bay - Bayonne ( 40.66284, -74.13305 )
  19. Newark Bay - Rutkowski Park ( 40.68882, -74.11216 )
  20. Orange Reservoir - Rahway River ( 40.75964, -74.28903 )
  21. Passaic River - Basking Ridge ( 40.69503, -74.51600 )
  22. Passaic River - Chatham ( 40.73795, -74.37159 )
  23. Passaic River - Chatham ( 40.72583, -74.38948 )
  24. Passaic River - Dead River ( 40.65005, -74.52464 )
  25. Passaic River - East Hanover (N) ( 40.82749, -74.33529 )
  26. Passaic River - East Hanover (S) ( 40.82581, -74.33332 )
  27. Passaic River - Kearny ( 40.76313, -74.15933 )
  28. Passaic River - Livingston ( 40.77879, -74.36862 )
  29. Passaic River - Newark ( 40.73326, -74.15206 )
  30. Passaic River - Nutley ( 40.81175, -74.13909 )
  31. Passaic River - Riverside County Park (S) ( 40.80182, -74.13801 )
  32. Passaic River - Warren ( 40.67078, -74.46441 )
  33. Rahway River - Clark ( 40.62884, -74.29746 )
  34. Rahway River - Cranford (N) ( 40.66036, -74.30627 )
  35. Rahway River - Cranford (S) ( 40.65097, -74.30133 )
  36. Rahway River - Cranford (W) ( 40.65900, -74.30997 )
  37. Rahway River - Jackson's Pond ( 40.62805, -74.28492 )
  38. Rahway River - Lenape Park ( 40.67407, -74.31426 )
  39. Rahway River - Mohawk Park ( 40.64041, -74.29408 )
  40. Rahway River - Nomahegan Lake ( 40.66832, -74.31741 )
  41. Rahway River - Park ( 40.62040, -74.28944 )
  42. Rahway River - Rahway ( 40.59952, -74.26856 )
  43. Rahway River - South Branch (E) ( 40.60010, -74.27397 )
  44. Rahway River - South Branch (W) ( 40.57998, -74.30463 )
  45. Rahway River - South Mountain ( 40.73112, -74.30704 )
  46. Rahway River - Springfield ( 40.70824, -74.30186 )
  47. Raritan Bay - Cliffwood (E) ( 40.45089, -74.22033 )
  48. Raritan Bay - Cliffwood (W) ( 40.45216, -74.22269 )
  49. Raritan Bay - Cliffwood (Whale Creek) ( 40.45090, -74.22274 )
  50. Raritan Bay - Laurence Harbor (E) ( 40.45877, -74.24622 )
  51. Raritan Bay - Laurence Harbor (W) ( 40.46223, -74.25482 )
  52. Raritan Bay - South Amboy (N) ( 40.48343, -74.27059 )
  53. Raritan Bay - South Amboy (S) ( 40.47946, -74.26831 )
  54. Raritan Bay - South Amboy Ramp ( 40.48401, -74.27416 )
  55. Raritan River - Bound Brook ( 40.55995, -74.52758 )
  56. Raritan River - Edison ( 40.48791, -74.38382 )
  57. Raritan River - Highland Park ( 40.48864, -74.42226 )
  58. Raritan River - New Brunswick ( 40.48760, -74.43280 )
  59. Raritan River - Perth Amboy ( 40.50057, -74.27712 )
  60. Raritan River - Piscataway (N) ( 40.54085, -74.51236 )
  61. Raritan River - Piscataway (S) ( 40.50935, -74.46641 )
  62. Raritan River - Sayreville ( 40.47450, -74.35606 )
  63. Robinson's Branch - Rahway River ( 40.61839, -74.30495 )
  64. South River - Sayreville ( 40.45397, -74.37222 )
  65. South River - South River ( 40.45838, -74.38361 )
  66. Speedwell Lake - Morristown ( 40.81265, -74.48090 )
  67. Watchung Lake - North Plainfield ( 40.63723, -74.45384 )
  68. Weequahic Lake - Newark ( 40.70570, -74.19775 )
  69. Weston's Mill Pond - East Brunswick ( 40.46677, -74.42603 )
  70. Whippany River - Whippany ( 40.81921, -74.44021 )
  71. Woodbridge Creek (N) ( 40.58555, -74.26267 )
  72. Woodbridge Creek (S) ( 40.56256, -74.26890 )

All of present-day Union County was part of the Elizabethtown Tract, which was purchased in 1664, by English colonists from the Lenape Native Americans that lived in the area of present-day Elizabeth, New Jersey. Union County was formed on March 19, 1857, from portions of Essex County; it was the last of New Jersey's 21 counties to be established. With a population density of 4,955 inhabitants per square mile in 2000, Union County was the 15th-most densely populated county in the United States.

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