Explore Aurora, 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 Aurora, 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 Aurora.
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 | Aurora |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Cayuga County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 42.753959 |
| Longitude | -76.702448 |
| Population | 607 |
| Density | 255.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 13026 |
| Area Code | 315 |
| County Seat | Auburn |
| School District | Southern Cayuga Central School District |
Aurora stretches along the eastern expanse of Cayuga Lake, where the water mirrors the shifting moods of the sky with a stillness that commands the landscape. It lies 14.1 miles south-southwest of Auburn, NY (from Auburn, NY: bearing 209°T), and is situated 6.7 miles east of Romulus. The terrain rises in soft, deliberate swells of earth, pushing away from the shoreline toward the deeper, inland reaches of the plateau. A mile to the north, the waters of Clifton Falls spill over stone ledges, their rhythmic descent providing a constant, low-frequency pulse to the quiet air. Beyond the immediate banks, the terrain is shaped by the subtle shifts of Beard Gully, a basin that carves its own slow path through the soil. Even on the clearest days, one can feel the immense distance to the Appalachian Mountains, which remain a faint, ethereal suggestion on the far horizon, leaving Aurora to exist in a space defined by the intimacy of its own fields and the wide, open reflection of the lake.
Aurora carries the weight of a long tenure, its architecture and character shaped by generations who recognized that the land offered more than simple passage. The economy has transitioned through cycles of agricultural labor and local trade, anchored by institutions that have long prioritized the cultivation of mind and earth alike. Within the boundaries of Aurora Village Of Land, the pace of life maintains a measured cadence, undisturbed by the frantic energy of more crowded regions. Residents move with an awareness of the seasons, acknowledging the nearby Lettie M Cook Memorial Forest and the persistent, quiet flow of Dean Creek as essential companions to their daily routines. Whether watching the light fade across the water or walking the paths marked by history, one senses that Aurora keeps its own counsel, favoring the enduring weight of its traditions over the fleeting demands of the modern world.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Aurora, New York. Coordinates: 42.753959, -76.702448. 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 Aurora includes the ZIP code (13026), telephone area code (315), county seat of Cayuga County (Auburn), and school district assignment (Southern Cayuga Central School District).
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. |