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Nova Ohio Map

Explore Nova, Ohio, 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 Nova, Ohio

How to Use This Nova, Ohio Map

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

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.

CityNova
StateOhio (OH)
CountyAshland County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude41.028944
Longitude-82.304607
Population480
Density18.0 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code44859
Area Code419
County SeatAshland

About Nova, Ohio

Nova is a locality in Ashland County, Ohio, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Nova is located at 41.0289°N, 82.3046°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 44859.

Nova emerges from the flat, fertile expanse of the Ohio landscape as a quiet intersection of rural industry and open sky. It lies 11.1 miles north of Ashland, OH (from Ashland, OH: bearing 4°T), and is situated 6.3 miles southeast of New London. Buck Creek meanders through the periphery of the fields, its slow, muddy current marking the boundary where cultivated earth yields to patches of dense, unmanaged woodland. The horizon remains largely uninterrupted, save for the distant, hazy suggestion of Sugar Ridge that occasionally catches the late afternoon light, turning a bruised purple against the gathering clouds. Near the edges of the settlement, the manicured greens of Rolling Acres Golf Course offer a sharp, deliberate contrast to the wilder growth of the surrounding acreage, while the stillness of Clare Mar Camp Lake holds the reflection of the clouds in its shallow, undisturbed basin.

Nova maintains a rhythm dictated by the turning of the seasons and the steady labor of the surrounding agricultural tracts. The local economy persists as a quiet extension of the regional heritage, where the legacy of the Western Reserve lingers in the sturdy architecture of older barns and the layout of the primary thoroughfares. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of those who work the soil, a culture defined by the endurance of small-scale production and the maintenance of long-standing family holdings. Residents navigate the day beneath a vast, wide-open sky that seems to amplify the quietude of the plains, ensuring that the character of Nova remains grounded, industrious, and deeply connected to the texture of the fields that define its borders.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Rolling Acres Golf Course (Park) — 1.6 mi, 360° N
  • Charlemont Reservation (Local Park) — 2.8 mi, 027° NE
  • Clare-Mar Lakes (Private Recreation) — 3.5 mi, 044° NE
  • Eagle Crest Golf Club (Park) — 3.5 mi, 126° SE
  • Robert J Nunney Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.8 mi, 288° W
  • Wellington Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.4 mi, 028° NE
  • Findley State Park (State Park) — 7.5 mi, 032° NE
  • Lorain County Metro Parks (Local Park) — 8.0 mi, 021° N
  • Observation Mound (Viewpoint) — 8.5 mi, 023° NE
  • Wellington Reservoirs (State Recreation Area) — 8.9 mi, 022° N
  • Wellington Reservation (Nature Reserve) — 9.0 mi, 025° NE
  • Spencer Reservoir (State Recreation Area) — 9.9 mi, 064° NE
  • Spirit of '76 Museum (Museum) — 10.7 mi, 025° NE
  • Johnny Appleseed Monument (Monument) — 10.8 mi, 187° S
  • Verterans Memorial (Monument) — 10.9 mi, 186° S
  • Greenwich Historical Society and Museum (Museum) — 11.1 mi, 270° W
  • Jack Miller Stadium (Stadium) — 11.5 mi, 186° S
  • Mohicanville Reservoir (Recreation Area) — 13.4 mi, 164° S
  • Warrn Brown Amphitheater (Theatre) — 17.4 mi, 355° N
  • Oberlin Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 17.7 mi, 012° N
  • Warner Concert Hall (Theatre) — 18.6 mi, 014° N
  • Underground Railroad Monument (Monument) — 18.6 mi, 014° N
  • The Workshop (Gallery) — 18.7 mi, 014° N
  • The Studio Gallery & Lyceum (Gallery) — 18.7 mi, 014° N
  • Verite Glass (Gallery) — 18.7 mi, 014° N
  • Giant Three-Way Plug (Public Artwork) — 18.8 mi, 014° N
  • Westfield Historical Society (Museum) — 19.4 mi, 090° E
  • BibleWalk (Museum) — 19.6 mi, 211° SW
  • Mansfield Memorial Museum (Museum) — 21.7 mi, 211° SW
  • Cuyahoga Valley National Park (National Park) — 38.3 mi, 063° NE · 19k acres

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About This Nova Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Nova, Ohio. Coordinates: 41.028944, -82.304607. 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 Nova includes the ZIP code (44859), telephone area code (419), county seat of Ashland County (Ashland), 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.