Explore Glenwood, 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 Glenwood, 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 Glenwood.
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 | Glenwood |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Niagara County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.948987 |
| Longitude | -73.896247 |
| Density | N/A /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 10701, 14069 |
| Area Code | 914, 716 |
| County Seat | Lockport |
Glenwood stretches across a landscape defined by the quiet accumulation of silt and the persistent, patient drainage of the interior plains. It lies 5.9 miles north-northeast of Niagara Falls, NY (from Niagara Falls, NY: bearing 31°T), and is situated 9.9 miles north of Grand Island. A mile to the east, the steady, narrow currents of Fish Creek carve through the dense loam, providing a rhythmic backdrop to the stillness that settles over the fields as the afternoon light turns a pale, bruised violet. Seven miles toward the northern horizon, the vast expanse of Lake Ontario exerts a cooling influence on the air, tempering the heat of summer and holding the chill of winter in a suspended, gray tension. The land here does not rise into jagged prominences, but rather yields to subtle, wide-reaching undulations that catch the wind and carry the scent of damp earth and drying stalks across the open terrain.
Glenwood emerged from a tradition of labor that favored the fertile, stubborn soil and the accessibility of its inland waterways. The economy remains tethered to these roots, where the legacy of regional agriculture finds its modern expression in the careful stewardship of the land and the quiet industry of those who work it. Just two miles away, the Earl W. Brydges Artpark serves as a distinct point of cultural intersection, where the raw, elemental character of the environment is transformed into a space for human expression and public gathering. Life in Glenwood moves with a measured cadence, shaped by the cycles of the seasons and the enduring necessity of the land, leaving the residents to cultivate a sense of place that is as reliable and unadorned as the horizon itself.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Glenwood, New York. Coordinates: 40.948987, -73.896247. 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 Glenwood includes the ZIP code (10701, 14069), telephone area code (914, 716), county seat of Niagara County (Lockport), 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. |