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Broome Gateway Rest Area

Broome Gateway Rest Area from directly overhead

Broome Gateway Rest Area is a rest area in New York, at a modelled elevation of 311 m. Nettle Hill stands 693 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is I Love NY Sculpture, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
NY State Department of Transportation

How to reach it

Coordinates42.01991, -75.78015

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Grange Hall Park: 1.4 mi
  • River Park: 1.7 mi
  • Schnurbusch Park: 3.3 mi
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial Park: 3.4 mi
  • SPC Lee A. Wiegand Memorial Park: 3.7 mi
Peaks
Attractions: 23
  • Ross Park Carousel: 7.6 mi
  • The Top: 8.1 mi
  • A Very Old Barn: 8.6 mi
  • banks Susquehanna River: 8.6 mi
  • Maple Tree Grove: 8.6 mi
Artworks: 12
  • I Love NY Sculpture: 0.0 mi
  • The Skirmisher: 8.6 mi
  • 16-17 mile marker from possible priesthood site: 9.0 mi
  • George F. Johnson statue: 9.5 mi
  • Dickinson Object: 10.5 mi
Historic sites: 9
  • Restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood: 8.7 mi
  • Martin Luther King Jr.: 8.8 mi
  • Chimney: 10.4 mi
  • Harry L. Johnson Memorial: 10.8 mi
  • Harpur Statue: 10.8 mi
Museums: 8
Springs: 3
  • The Salt Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Salt Springs: 8.7 mi
  • Spencer Spring: 17.2 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Laurel Ave Community Garden: 9.6 mi
  • Campus Garden: 10.9 mi
  • Outdoor Biological Research Facility: 11.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 2.9 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.7 miles of Broome Gateway Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nettle HillSE 125°693 m20.4 mi
Slocum HillSE 136°612 m16.2 mi
Page Pond HillENE 59°612 m17.1 mi
Maple HillESE 103°604 m19.0 mi
Penn HillESE 113°586 m17.9 mi
Tarbell HillE 79°580 m17.0 mi
Cork HillW 263°577 m15.1 mi
Slocum HillESE 110°568 m16.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3919:15
June solstice05:2820:0120:43
September equinox06:5118:2519:02
December solstice07:2915:5016:35

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222331435564686759483727
Precip in3.42.83.64.14.34.64.63.84.54.13.33.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montrose, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/223544562

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