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Owego Rest Area

Owego Rest Area from directly overhead

Owego Rest Area is a rest area in New York, at a modelled elevation of 247 m. Seely Hill stands 582 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Livingston Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 27 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
NY State Department of Transportation

How to reach it

Coordinates42.08637, -76.28048

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Livingston Park: 0.8 mi
  • Marvin Park: 1.1 mi
  • Halstead Playground: 1.4 mi
  • Draper Park: 1.4 mi
  • Ahwaga Park: 1.6 mi
Nature reserves: 21
Historic sites: 20
  • Civil War Soldiers & Sailors Monument: 1.4 mi
  • Tioga County Veterans Memorial: 1.4 mi
  • SaSaNa Loft Monument: 1.9 mi
  • Hickories Park Founding Plaque: 2.8 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 13.1 mi
Museums: 16
Attractions: 14
Artworks: 10
Gardens: 3
  • Campus Garden: 15.3 mi
  • Outdoor Biological Research Facility: 15.5 mi
  • Laurel Ave Community Garden: 17.9 mi
Springs: 3
  • Tamarack Spring: 17.5 mi
  • The Salt Spring: 24.6 mi
  • Salt Springs: 24.6 mi
Cliffs: 2
Rest areas: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Round Top Recreation Area: 15.9 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Potter's Falls: 24.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Owego Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Seely HillNW582 m19.9 mi
Cork HillESE577 m12.5 mi
Bald MountainNNW570 m18.3 mi
Beech HillNW561 m19.9 mi
Park HillWNW559 m20.0 mi
Ingraham HillE556 m17.0 mi
Dawes HillNW552 m19.0 mi
Lucky HillESE550 m18.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4119:17
June solstice05:3020:0320:45
September equinox06:5318:2719:04
December solstice07:3115:5216:37

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465766706962503930

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Endicott, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/223447993

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