| Official Name: | Wanakah, New York |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Mapsize: | 260px |
| Pushpin Map: | United States |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the United States |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | New York |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Erie |
| Subdivision Type3: | Town |
| Subdivision Name3: | Hamburg |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 3.12 |
| Area Land Km2: | 3.12 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.20 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.20 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 3137 |
| Population Density Km2: | 1005.64 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 2605.48 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 590 |
| Coordinates: | 42.7461°N -78.9031°W |
| Area Code: | 716 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 36-78124 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0968754 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Wanakah is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in the town of Hamburg in Erie County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 3,199.[2]
Wanakah is part of the Buffalo - Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Wanakah is located at 42.7461°N -78.9031°W (42.74622, -78.90308) in the western part of the town of Hamburg, on the shore of Lake Erie. The Wanakah CDP encompasses the hamlets of Wanakah, Mount Vernon and Clifton Heights.[3] New York State Route 5 (Lake Shore Road) is the main road through the CDP, leading northeast to Lackawanna and Buffalo and southwest towards Angola.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.1sqkm, all land.[2]