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Persia New York Map

Explore Persia, 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 Persia, New York

How to Use This Persia, New York Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Persia, 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 Persia.

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	Persia
State	New York (NY)
County	Cattaraugus County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	42.385339
Longitude	-78.936147
Population	2,600
Density	28.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	14070, 14130
Area Code	716
County Seat	Little Valley

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About Persia, New York

Persia is a locality in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,600. The population density is 28.0 people per km². Persia is located at 42.3853°N, 78.9361°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 14070, 14130.

Persia occupies a landscape defined by the patient, persistent work of glacial retreat and the quiet accumulation of topsoil over bedrock. It lies 19.5 miles south of Evans, NY (from Evans, NY: bearing 171°T), and is situated 7.7 miles south of Collins. Beyond the immediate threshold of the village, the land drops into the shadowed crease of Skinner Hollow, while the rhythmic flow of Thatcher Brook provides a constant, low-frequency pulse to the surrounding terrain. To the distant horizon, the silhouette of Cream Ridge anchors the view, a jagged promise of elevation that never quite encroaches on the flat, productive fields. The air here holds a particular clarity in the late afternoon, when the low sun catches the dust motes above the meadows and turns the stalks of dried grass into thin, glowing filaments of amber.

Persia maintains an economy rooted in the slow, seasonal requirements of the earth, where the labor of the day is measured by the changing color of the leaves or the arrival of the first heavy frost. Residents often find their way toward the quiet trails of the Deer Lick Conservation Area, a space that preserves a sense of stillness rarely found in more frantic districts. While the proximity to the Harry E Dobbins Memorial State Forest and the deeper waters of Linlyco Lake offers a reprieve from the domestic, the identity of Persia remains tied to the intersection of agriculture and the maintenance of a deliberate, rural pace. Life here operates according to an internal clock, indifferent to the noise of the wider world, favoring the steady persistence of local traditions over the friction of modern speed.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Deer Lick Nature Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 048° NE
Deer Lick Conservation Area (Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 048° NE
Cattaraugus County Forest Land (Local Park) — 2.9 mi, 144° SE
Zoar Valley Unique Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 036° NE
Gowanda Water Co-Village Land (Local Park) — 3.4 mi, 006° N
Bear Point (Viewpoint) — 3.4 mi, 048° NE
Zoar Valley Multiple Use Area (State Resource Management Area) — 3.6 mi, 038° NE
Conewango Creek Waterway Access (State Recreation Area) — 5.6 mi, 169° S
South Dayton Depot Movie and Rail Museum (Museum) — 6.0 mi, 254° W
Pat McGee Trail (State Recreation Area) — 6.2 mi, 149° SE
Cattaraugus State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 7.0 mi, 131° SE
Erie County Lands (Local Conservation Area) — 7.0 mi, 051° NE
Boundary (Attraction) — 11.5 mi, 076° E
The Bathers (Public Artwork) — 12.4 mi, 095° E
Griffis Sculpture Park: Mill Valley Road site (Attraction) — 12.4 mi, 094° E
Griffis Sculpture Park: Rohr Hill site (Attraction) — 13.0 mi, 089° E
Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 14.8 mi, 218° SW
Ellington Town Bell (Monument) — 14.8 mi, 218° SW
Kazoo Factory (Museum) — 18.3 mi, 006° N
Andrews Theatre (Theatre) — 19.4 mi, 144° SE
Allegany State Park (State Park) — 20.4 mi, 168° S
Jenn Suhr Olympic Flag Pole (Monument) — 20.5 mi, 281° W
Fredonia Opera House (Cinema) — 20.6 mi, 281° W
Lake Shore Savings Clock Tower (Attraction) — 21.0 mi, 283° W
Forever Wild Forest Trail Head (Nature Reserve) — 21.0 mi, 283° W
Bartlett Theatre (Theatre) — 21.0 mi, 283° W
Michael C Rockefeller Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 21.1 mi, 283° W
Adams Art Gallery (Gallery) — 21.3 mi, 288° W
Dunkirk Historical Museum (Museum) — 21.3 mi, 288° W
Allegheny National Forest (National Forest) — 26.7 mi, 180° S · 514k acres

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