Explore Angola, New York, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Angola, New York. 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 York 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 Angola.
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 | Angola |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Erie County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 42.638392 |
| Longitude | -79.027816 |
| Population | 2,046 |
| Density | 557.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 14006 |
| Area Code | 716 |
| County Seat | Buffalo |
| School District | Evans-Brant Central School District (Lake Shore) |
Angola occupies a quiet stretch of land where the flat, fertile plains of western New York meet the heavy, moisture-laden air that drifts inward from Lake Erie. It lies 2.4 miles southwest of Evans, NY (from Evans, NY: bearing 222°T), and is situated 6.7 miles west of Eden. Big Sister Creek carves a winding, limestone-lined path through the landscape, its channel deepening as it approaches the water, creating small, sheltered ravines that hold the morning mist long after the sun has climbed over the horizon. The terrain here is defined by a subtle, glacial persistence, where the earth is thick with the dark, nutrient-rich soil that once supported vast stretches of woodland. At Herman Park, the trees stand as silent witnesses to the changing seasons, their branches bowing under the weight of the lake-effect snows that define the local climate. Far to the south, the faint, hazy outline of Bear Ridge serves as a reminder of the more rugged topography that exists well beyond these gentle, agricultural expanses.
Angola grew from the early necessity of the rail lines that once pulsed through this region, connecting the industrial muscle of the north to the sprawling farmlands that characterize the interior. This history remains visible in the sturdy, unadorned architecture of the older buildings, which seem built to withstand the uncompromising winters that settle over the valley. The local economy, once tied strictly to the rhythms of the harvest and the locomotive, has shifted into a quieter, more deliberate pace, favoring small-scale commerce and the steady, domestic life of a place that values its own solitude. There is a distinct, lingering stillness in the evenings here, a sense that the residents are content to let the world move at its own frantic speed while they attend to the simpler, necessary tasks of the day. Life in Angola is measured not by grand gestures, but by the reliability of the seasons and the enduring presence of the landscape that surrounds every home.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Angola, New York. Coordinates: 42.638392, -79.027816. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Angola includes the ZIP code (14006), telephone area code (716), county seat of Erie County (Buffalo), and school district assignment (Evans-Brant Central School District (Lake Shore)).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |