Rome, NY Road Trips
Plan drives from Rome, NY with practical route pages for distance, drive time, fuel cost, road character, and places to stop along the way.
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Trip Routes
3
Longest Drive
261.2 mi
Borough Park, NY
Quickest Drive
5h
The Bronx, NY
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Rome, NY by the Numbers
Recent demographic snapshot from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey.
Population
31,795
Median Income
$58,857
Median Home Value
$137,200
Median Age
40.4
Source: US Census Bureau ACS 5-year (public domain). See our methodology for details.
Traveler Guide to Rome, NY
Rome is a city of 32,000 people (2020) in Central New York State, not far from Utica.
1 Fort Stanwix National Monument, 100 N James Street. Daily 9AM-5PM. This reconstructed colonial fortress was the site of the Siege of Fort Stanwix during the Revolutionary War. Guided tours available. See web page for tour times and special events. No entry fee. 2 Oriskany Battlefield State Historic Site, 7801 New York 69, Oriskany, ☏ +1 315-655-3200. Apr-Oct: 10AM-4PM. (updated Mar 2018)
1 Turning Stone Resort Casino, 5218 Patrick Rd, Verona, toll-free: +1 800-771-7711. (updated Mar 2018) 2 Delta Lake State Park, 8797 State Route 46, ☏ +1 315 337-4670. $7/car, campsites $15-33/night ($5/night more for out-of-state visitors). (updated May 2020) 3 Capitol Theatre, 220 W Dominick St, ☏ +1 315-337-6277. Restored 1920s theater. Films, live theater, musical performances. (updated Dec 2018)
Teddy's, 851 Black River Blvd, ☏ +1 315-336-7839. Four-time winner of Riggiesfest. DiCastro's Brick Oven, 615 Erie Blvd. W., ☏ +1 315-336-0671. (updated Nov 2017) 1 Delta Lake Inn, 8524 Fish Hatchery Rd, ☏ +1 315-533-7710. Tu-Su 11AM-close. Overlooks Delta Lake. (updated Dec 2018) 2 Copperccino's Coffee House, 254 W. Dominick St, ☏ +1-315-356-4760, [email protected]. Tu-Su 10AM-4PM. Coffee, breakfast options, sandwiches, salads, desserts. (updated Jan 2021)
1 Copper City Brewing, 1111 Oneida St. Tu-Su. (updated Dec 2018)
The Rome Motel, 8257 Turin Rd., ☏ +1 315-336-4200, toll-free: +1 800-346-2182. (updated Nov 2017) Adirondack 13 Pines Motel, 7353 River Rd, ☏ +1 315-337-4930. (updated Nov 2017)
1 Rome station, 6599 Martin St, toll-free: +1-800-872-7245. (updated Oct 2023) Amtrak, ☏ +1 215-856-7924, toll-free: +1-800-872-7245. Operates trains throughout the United States of America. (updated Dec 2020) Routes stopping in Rome: Empire Service operating twice daily between Niagara Falls (New York) and New York City including stops in Buffalo, Buffalo (Depew), Rochester, Syracuse, Rome, Utica, Schenectady, Albany (Rensselaer), Hudson, Rhinecliff, Poughkeepsie, Croton-on-Hudson, and Yonkers. Maple Leaf train operating daily between Toronto and New York City, in partnership with VIA Rail Canada. Stops between Toronto and Niagara Falls (New York) include in Oakville, Burlington, Grimsby, St. Catharines, and Niagara Falls (Ontario). Stops between Niagara Falls (New York) and New York City are the same as those made by the Empire Service. Border crossing processing takes place in Niagara Falls, where passengers must detrain with their baggage. Train crew members are staffed by VIA Rail within Canada, and by Amtrak within the United States. 2 Griffiss International Airport (RME IATA). General aviation, no scheduled flights.
CENTRO (Central New York Regional Transportation Authority), ☏ +1 315-797-1703. Regional bus service based in Syracuse, with transit links to Utica.
Travel tips adapted from Rome (New York) on Wikivoyage, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Content summarized; visit the source for the full article. See our methodology for how we use it.
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