Explore Ischua, 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 Ischua, 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 Ischua.
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 | Ischua |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Cattaraugus County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 42.247566 |
| Longitude | -78.399742 |
| Population | 480 |
| Density | 18.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 14743 |
| Area Code | 607 |
| County Seat | Little Valley |
Ischua defines the character of its landscape through the persistent, clear-running path of Ischua Creek, which meanders through the lowlands with a steady, unvarying purpose. It lies 11.8 miles north of Olean, NY (from Olean, NY: bearing 7°T), and is situated 5.5 miles north of Hinsdale. This waterway serves as the lifeblood of the immediate terrain, cutting through a topography of quiet slopes that rise toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Portville Ridge. The air here holds a crisp, earthen clarity, especially as the late afternoon sun illuminates the transition from the valley floor to the higher, wooded elevations. Only five miles away, the quiet expanse of Golden Hill State Forest offers a dense, protective canopy of hardwoods, while the nearby Ischua Valley creates a natural corridor that softens the transition between the higher ground and the fertile, flat bottomlands that define the local horizon.
Ischua preserves a legacy tied to the steady, methodical progress of inland development, where the economy has long been shaped by the rhythms of agriculture and the management of regional timber. The pace of life here is dictated by the turning seasons rather than the frantic pulse of industrial centers, allowing a localized, self-contained culture to persist among the fields and timber stands. Residents often look toward the nearby waters of Cuba Lake for seasonal recreation, finding a communal focus in the simple, reflective surface of the water against the backdrop of the surrounding countryside. This region remains a place of deliberate continuity, where the physical demands of maintaining a life on this specific stretch of New York land foster a quiet, observant temperament in those who call it home.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ischua, New York. Coordinates: 42.247566, -78.399742. 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 Ischua includes the ZIP code (14743), telephone area code (607), county seat of Cattaraugus County (Little Valley), 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. |