Explore Scio, 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 Scio, 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 Scio.
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 | Scio |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Allegany County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 42.171457 |
| Longitude | -77.978615 |
| Population | 525 |
| Density | 153.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 14880 |
| Area Code | 607 |
| County Seat | Belmont |
| School District | Scio Central School District |
Scio occupies a quiet stretch of land where the persistent, clear waters of Vandermark Creek carve a steady path through the valley floor. It lies 24.0 miles east-northeast of Olean, NY (from Olean, NY: bearing 74°T), and is situated 3.8 miles north-northwest of Wellsville. The landscape radiates a modest, unadorned beauty, defined by the low, sweeping contours of the earth that rise toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Bow Ridge on the horizon. Within the immediate vicinity, the Town of Scio Land provides a protected expanse of green, offering a sanctuary for local flora that shifts in hue from the pale, budding greens of spring to the deep, rusted ochre of autumn. On clear afternoons, the light catches the surface of Amity Lake, a few miles away, mirroring the vast, open sky above the surrounding fields. The air here carries a crisp, inland quality, devoid of any heavy humidity, and the silence of the countryside is broken only by the rhythmic, low-frequency rush of the creek as it navigates the rocky bed.
History lingers in the foundational patterns of Scio, where the legacy of early agrarian settlement still informs the rhythm of life and the careful cultivation of the soil. The local economy remains tethered to the land and the modest industry that sustains the residents, reflecting a heritage built on patience and the steady extraction of value from the immediate environment. Nearby, the quietude of Smith Hollow provides a natural cradle for the geography, grounding the daily activities of the people in a sense of permanence and measured progress. Notable for its rejection of modern, frantic expansion, Scio maintains a character defined by its agricultural roots and the deliberate pace of its inhabitants. Life here unfolds with a predictable, grounded grace, where the seasonal transitions dictate the ebb and flow of work, and the landscape itself serves as the most enduring witness to the passage of time.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Scio, New York. Coordinates: 42.171457, -77.978615. 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 Scio includes the ZIP code (14880), telephone area code (607), county seat of Allegany County (Belmont), and school district assignment (Scio 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. |