Destinations · New York
Cortland
NY · 42.6011, -76.1806
Scenic Route 90, Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway and Route 20 Scenic Byway are signed byways within 30 miles of Cortland, New York.
Get in
Take Exit 11 and 12 from Interstate 81 around half an hour south of Syracuse and 45 minutes north of Binghamton.
The drives · Designated roads lead.
3 scenic drives near Cortland
Ordered by federal designation, then by how close each one runs to Cortland. All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways are named by the Federal Highway Administration, not by us.
- 01
Scenic Route 90
State scenic byway · 2 mi out
- 02
Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
State scenic byway · 17 mi out
Runs through Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests.
- 03
Route 20 Scenic Byway
State scenic byway · 20 mi out
Day-trip loops
Ready-made loops for Cortland are growing. What is within reach is measured today; plan a live day trip and the engine routes it now.
Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- Scenic Route 90 · 2 mi
- Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway · 17 mi
- Route 20 Scenic Byway · 20 mi
Public land
Lookouts
- Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook · 19 mi
- Taughannock Falls Overlook · 22 mi
Named places
- Courthouse Park · 0 mi
- 1890 House · 0 mi
- 1939 World's Fair Flagpole · 0 mi
- Sugget Park · 0 mi
- New York State Grange Museum · 1 mi
- Grange Museum · 1 mi
- Municipal Water Works Nature Park · 1 mi
- Dexter Park · 1 mi
A day out of Cortland, planned on real roads
The engine starts from town, weaves the byways and verified stops around it, and hands back an honest schedule — zero hallucinations.
Take the scenic way to Cortland.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.
More day-trip bases nearby
- Ithaca · 20 mi
- Eastern Finger Lakes · 24 mi
- Trumansburg · 25 mi
- Skaneateles · 27 mi
- Cazenovia · 28 mi