Athol Springs New York Map
Explore Athol Springs, 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.
Interactive Map of Athol Springs, New York
How to Use This Athol Springs, New York Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Athol Springs, 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 Athol Springs.
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 | Athol Springs |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Erie County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 42.769781 |
| Longitude | -78.866423 |
| Population | 3,800 |
| Density | 680.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 14075, 14010 |
| Area Code | 716 |
| County Seat | Buffalo |
About Athol Springs, New York
Athol Springs is a locality in Erie County, New York, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,800. The population density is 680.0 people per km². Athol Springs is located at 42.7698°N, 78.8664°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 14075, 14010.Athol Springs rises from the earth as a quiet confluence of flat, productive land and the expansive, slate-gray presence of Lake Erie. It lies 4.2 miles north-northwest of Hamburg, NY (from Hamburg, NY: bearing 333°T), and is situated 8.1 miles south of Buffalo. The horizon here is dominated by the vast, open sky, which pulls the light downward to illuminate the modest geometry of the landscape, where the air retains a heavy, cooling dampness that persists long after the sun retreats. To the east, the terrain shifts into the subtle, inland creases of the plateau, while the proximity to the water ensures that the seasons announce themselves with a sudden, shivering intensity. Within the immediate footprint of the neighborhood, the Durham Road Playground offers a small, manicured patch of green where the local rhythm is measured by the changing shadows of the trees rather than the rush of distant commerce.
Industrial ambition and the steady pulse of regional transit have shaped the character of Athol Springs, which grew in tandem with the freight lines and the movement of goods through this corridor. While the heavy machinery of the past has quieted, the legacy remains in the sturdy, utilitarian architecture of the dwellings and the persistent, industrious spirit of the residents. Two miles away, the persistent flow of Rush Creek slices through the local geography, a quiet artery that reminds one of the water’s constant work in the basin. Residents often look toward the distant silhouette of Bear Ridge on the horizon, a faint, jagged line that provides a sense of scale to the otherwise level world of this place, grounding the daily experience of Athol Springs in a landscape that values endurance over spectacle.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Town Of Hamburg Land (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 236° SW
- Roundtree Playground (State Park) — 0.8 mi, 138° SE
- Woodlawn Beach State Park (State Park) — 1.4 mi, 028° NE
- Scranton Fire Fighter Memorial (Monument) — 2.7 mi, 139° SE
- Dipson Cinemas 6 (Cinema) — 3.2 mi, 073° E
- Hamburg Fairgrounds (Attraction) — 3.4 mi, 130° SE
- New York State Lands (State Recreation Area) — 4.2 mi, 153° SE
- Top of Mound (Viewpoint) — 4.6 mi, 011° N
- Lucy Smith & Colesville (Attraction) — 5.5 mi, 002° N
- Pavilion (Theatre) — 5.9 mi, 094° E
- Orchard Park Historical Society (Museum) — 6.2 mi, 092° E
- Start Over Again (Public Artwork) — 6.3 mi, 357° N
- Red Jacket Peninsula (Monument) — 6.5 mi, 008° N
- Heritage DiscoveRy Center (Museum) — 6.7 mi, 010° N
- Steel Plant Museum of Western New York (Museum) — 6.7 mi, 010° N
- Former site of Great Northern Elevator (Historic Ruins) — 6.8 mi, 357° N
- Children's Memorial Park monument (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 040° NE
- Buffal "O" (Attraction) — 6.9 mi, 358° N
- The Ruins at Canalside (Historic Ruins) — 7.5 mi, 355° N
- Eternal Flame Falls (Attraction) — 7.5 mi, 129° SE
- Buffalo Transportation Pierce Arrow Museum (Museum) — 7.5 mi, 359° N
- Buffalo Harbor Museum (Museum) — 7.8 mi, 356° N
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About This Athol Springs Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Athol Springs, New York. Coordinates: 42.769781, -78.866423. 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 Athol Springs includes the ZIP code (14075, 14010), telephone area code (716), county seat of Erie County (Buffalo), and school district assignment.
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. |
