Planning Your Next Rochester Day Trip

There is no better way to usher in springtime in Rochester than with maple syrup, bird migrations, April showers, and May flowers!

Summer produce, fresh water, and 13,500+ square miles to explore. Enjoy everything summertime in Rochester has to offer.

Scenic train rides, leaf-peeping, bird migrations and ghost walks happen only in autumn in Rochester–take advantage of them while you can!

Rochester has many holiday-themed events to help you connect with your holiday spirit! Enjoy the stories and traditions this season offers.

It’s cold, it’s snowy, it’s dark. It’s wintertime in Rochester! Here are a few suggestions to help embrace our winter season.

My favorite day trips in 2020 weren’t so different from our 2019 trips except they were a little less often, with less stops and less people.

I hope this list of my day trips around Rochester helps inspire your adventures! It’s amazing what you can see when you start exploring.

Routes 5 & 20 is a 67-mile stretch of scenic highway where NY-5 & US-20 converge, following an ancient foot trail of New York’s first people.

Ice cream, gelato, Italian ice, frozen yogurt, and custard—we love these shops’ outstanding atmosphere, taste, and innovation.

These Rochester craft breweries show off their newest and most popular creations while giving you a complete food experience.

I find the color green soothing, especially when surrounded by it. Enjoy some of my favorite places to go green!

Rather than an escape, I think of these as transcending places that encourage us to transcend space, time, and state of mind.

These paved pathways and boardwalks are ideal for folks using strollers, walkers, wheelchairs, or managing other mobility challenges.

Trying various activities with your partner is a great way to connect, learn more about each other, and shake up your routine.

In addition to our seven favorite neighborhoods for 2021, we’ve mapped out 100+ more extraordinary Rochester-area homes for you to enjoy.

Venture into one of these New York State Parks within a two-hour drive of Rochester and discover what makes them unique.

Some food destinations are well-established, while others quickly become favorites as Rochester’s culinary scene explodes.

Find out which locally grown produce (fruits, vegetables, plants) are at their peak each month, and enjoy Rochester-area harvest festivals.

When you walk into one of these old country stores, you’re stepping back in time with aisles of old-fashioned toys, knickknacks, and candies.

Have fun finding these quirky roadside attractions—shoe trees, a skeleton army, a metal dragon, a shark girl—within two hours of home.

During Maple Weekends March 19-20 and 26-27, 2022, producers open their sugar shacks to celebrate the process of turning sap into syrup.

The benefits of sharing Rochester experiences as gifts go beyond personal happiness. Less clutter, less waste, less stress—less is more.

The term street art means different things to different people. Here, we interpret street art to mean any outdoor, free, public wall art. 

These day trips into Rochester’s geologic history, filled with drumlins, fossils, and a meromictic lake will leave you awe-struck.

If you’re looking to spend time outdoors, give snowshoeing a try. There are places around Rochester to rent and learn how to use them.

These lighthouses along Lake Ontario in New York are within a two-hour drive of Rochester. And where there’s a light there’s a sweeping view!

Rochester railfans are incredibly lucky that passionate preservationists before us saw the value in retaining structures we appreciate today.

Rochester has an excellent performing arts scene! Find plays and musicals by high school and college students, local professionals, and touring companies.