Route 20 Scenic Byway
New York Scenic Byway 108 mi in New York.
About the Route 20 Scenic Byway
The New York State Scenic Byway designated section of U.S. Route 20 is 108 miles in length, and includes 7 Counties and 27 Municipalities. It is, of course, an important segment of the historic (1927) Transcontinental U.S. Route 20 highway, which is 3,300 miles in length, from the Atlantic Ocean in Massachusetts to the Pacific Coast of Oregon. The Route 20 scenic byway corridor celebrates Central New York's diverse heritage, natural beauty, and agricultural vitality, and is defined by rolling hills and broad vistas framed in a working landscape, lakes, tranquil communities, and historical places. The visitor experience is a reflection of Americana, a slowdown of time from the stir of the city, a chance to imagine how travelers used the corridor through history and an opportunity to explore a working landscape.
New York State Department of Transportation's own description, in its words. Byway page on dot.ny.gov.
Camping along the byway
- Mile 23 · 2.1 mi offStoney Pond State Forest Camping Area · State park · 17 sites · reservable
- Mile 70 · 3.2 mi offGlimmerglass State Park · State park · 47 sites · reservable
Public campgrounds within 5 miles of the road as the crow flies, in order along the byway; each one's page has its facts, season and weather by month.
About this page's facts
The line is the Federal Highway Administration's scenic byways layer (HEPGIS, a snapshot of 2022-06-24, a US government work), cut at the state line and simplified for the map; the length is the line's. The designation is the program's own: the national tiers from FHWA's America's Byways roster, the rest from the layer's designation field. Road conditions, closures and seasonal gates change: check the agency's own page and the state's road conditions before you go.