Jamestown (New York)



Jamestown is a city in Chautauqua County, in New York's Southern Tier. The birthplace of actress Lucille Ball, Jamestown is now home to the National Comedy Center, a state-of-the-art interactive museum. You can also enjoy the waterfront of Chautauqua Lake and the Chadakoin River.

Understand
Although Jamestown is a small city, it is the largest in Chautauqua County. It has cold, snowy winters and mild summers, even cool at night sometimes in August.

By car
Jamestown lies just south of Interstate 86 (New York State Route 17), a cross-state route that runs from I-90 at Erie, Pennsylvania, across the Southern Tier to I-81 at Binghamton. It's the most common way to get to Jamestown.

Coming from the north, you might take State Route 60 from Dunkirk and Fredonia, or U.S. 62 from Buffalo. U.S. 62 proceeds south to Warren, Pennsylvania).

Get around
You will need a car as public transportation is very limited. Chautauqua Area Regional Transit System (CARTS, soon to be rebranded CHQ Transit) has small buses that travel around Jamestown and into the western suburbs, but the schedules and routes are more suited to residents' needs than those of tourists.

See

 * Chautauqua Lake is a long, thin lake stretching 17 miles northwest from Jamestown to Mayville. Boating and fishing are common.
 * Chautauqua Lake is a long, thin lake stretching 17 miles northwest from Jamestown to Mayville. Boating and fishing are common.
 * Chautauqua Lake is a long, thin lake stretching 17 miles northwest from Jamestown to Mayville. Boating and fishing are common.
 * Chautauqua Lake is a long, thin lake stretching 17 miles northwest from Jamestown to Mayville. Boating and fishing are common.

Go next

 * Allegany State Park, off Interstate 86, is the largest NY state park outside of the Adirondacks and Catskills