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Chautauqua Lake Rest Area

Chautauqua Lake Rest Area from directly overhead

Chautauqua Lake Rest Area is a rest area in New York, at a modelled elevation of 455 m. Parker Hill stands 708 m to the east, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Edward F. Loomis Jr Park, a park 2.1 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 18 miles off. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

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New York Department of Transportation

How to reach it

Coordinates42.13508, -79.34869

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Edward F. Loomis Jr Park: 2.1 mi
  • Town of Ellery Park: 2.4 mi
  • Village Park: 2.9 mi
  • Lakewood Community Park: 3.6 mi
  • Lucille Ball Memorial Park: 3.8 mi
Peaks: 50
Nature reserves: 25
Museums: 19
  • Bemus Point Historical Society: 2.8 mi
  • The Lawson Center for Boating Heritage on Chautauqua Lake: 2.9 mi
  • Lucille Ball Childhood Home: 3.9 mi
  • National Comedy Center: 6.1 mi
  • Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame: 6.1 mi
Historic sites: 15
Beaches: 7
Artworks: 6
  • Lucille Ball: 3.8 mi
  • Big Chair: 6.0 mi
  • Robert H. Jackson: 6.2 mi
  • Reuben E. Fenton: 6.4 mi
  • Jon's Fish Statue: 18.6 mi
Attractions: 5
  • I Love Lucy Mural: 6.3 mi
  • Panama Rocks: 8.3 mi
  • Lake Shore Savings Clock Tower: 22.0 mi
  • Boulder Ridge Stables: 22.6 mi
  • Dunkirk City Pier: 24.5 mi
Gardens: 4
Springs: 1
  • Sulfur Spring: 14.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chautauqua Lake Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Parker HillE 86°708 m24.9 mi
Braley HillESE 102°653 m21.2 mi
Pine HillE 96°649 m18.5 mi
Arab HillNE 36°640 m14.6 mi
Boutwell HillNE 36°635 m15.2 mi
Round TopE 97°635 m22.8 mi
Pickup HillNE 49°630 m15.0 mi
Tug HillENE 64°630 m24.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2218:5319:30
June solstice05:4220:1520:58
September equinox07:0518:4019:17
December solstice07:4316:0416:49

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242533455765696861503930
Precip in3.82.73.23.93.94.44.63.64.24.13.73.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamestown 4 ENE, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1107008626

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