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Day Trips Around Rochester, New York

Your guide to exploring within two hours of Rochester and the Finger Lakes region.

This expanded and updated second edition offers hundreds of easy day trips within two hours of Rochester! Local travel expert Debi Bower, founder of daytrippingroc.com, shares her insider knowledge with detailed guides and suggested activities in Rochester, the Finger Lakes region, and beyond. This edition features four new day-trip destinations—Penn Yan, Hammondsport, Auburn, and Ellicottville—perfect for revisiting familiar favorites or discovering new gems. Day Trips Around Rochester, New York is the ultimate guide for residents and visitors eager to experience everything the region has to offer.

“As many years as I’ve been using your site to explore Rochester and the surrounding area with my family, reading this gave me a list of things I still need to do and reminded me of favorites I want to return to. I think this will be amazing for residents, new ones, those who have been here for ages, and visitors to the region.” Cristin M.

Meet the Author

Debi Bower is a web designer, photographer, and award-winning travel writer in Rochester, New York. After years of documenting day-trip ideas for her Girl Scout troop, she launched daytrippingroc.com in 2017 as a community resource, writing detailed guides highlighting the best places to visit in the city of Rochester, the Genesee Valley, and the Finger Lakes region, as well as several destinations in Central New York, Western New York, and the Southern Tier.

I published the first edition of Day Trips Around Rochester, New York: Your Guide to Exploring within Two Hours of Rochester and the Finger Lakes Region in 2023. The second edition is available starting on March 25, 2025.

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