Directions to Sandy Beach Park

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Coming from the north (Route 81 South) and from the west (Route 17 East).
Travel either south along Route 81 or west along Route 17 until you come to where 81 and 17 merge. Get off on exit 4S (Binghamton). Go down to the bottom of the exit. Stay in the same lane through the traffic light at the bottom of the ramp and take the Robinson Street exit. You’ll pass under a little bridge and go through the next light onto Brandywine Avenue. You’ll go under two sets of train tracks. Go through the next light and you’ll come to another, where you’ll cross Route 11 and get onto Tompkins St. You’ll go over a bridge and go through two more traffic lights before you get to a third. Take a left here onto Conklin Avenue. Drive for another 1.4 miles. At this point, cross an aqueduct over some more train tracks you’ll come to the entrance to Sandy Beach Park. It’s at the bottom of the slope coming down from the bridge on the left, so don’t miss it.

Coming from the south (Route 81 North).
Get onto Route 81 North. Get off on Exit 2W and go about 1 mile until you reach a traffic light. Take a right at this traffic light onto Colesville Road. Almost immediately, you’ll hit a second traffic light. Turn right at the light. Take this road for .7 of a mile (over a bridge that spans the Susquehanna and around a tight turn) until you come to yet another traffic light. Stay in the left-most lane so that when the light finally turns green you can make a left turn onto Conklin Avenue. Drive  approximately 1.6 miles. Sandy Beach Park is immediately after the City of Binghamton sign on the right side of the road (where there is also – if you pay attention to such things – a sign to reduce speed to 30 MPH), so don’t cruise past it.