Railroad Underpass: Original Watkins Glen Road Course
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Race direction on the original open road course around Watkins Glen ran in the traditional clockwise direction. Competitors coming out of the town itself crossed under the New York Central RR at this point. Later on in the circuit, they would cross the same line, this time at grade.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 42°21'45"N 76°53'20"W
- The Boot (Watkins Glen circuit) 4.5 km
- Cargill Salt Mine 35 km
- Pennsylvania Canal (North Branch Division) 67 km
- FCC Monitoring Station 69 km
- Old Barge Canal System (Remains) 77 km
- "Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania" 86 km
- Convergence of the Chesapeake, Ohio, and Great Lakes Watersheds 98 km
- Genesee Country Valley & Museum 108 km
- Mountain View Farm 137 km
- Bloomsburg Fairgrounds 156 km
- Watkins Glen State Park 1.4 km
- Dix, New York 3.1 km
- Watkins Glen International Race course 4.2 km
- Montour, New York 5.8 km
- Reading, New York 7.4 km
- Orange, New York 12 km
- Hector, New York 14 km
- Veteran, New York 15 km
- Tyrone, New York 15 km
- Seneca Lake 28 km