101 Day Trips from Rochester

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Explore Gardens

	Wickham Farms - Lavender days (July), Sunflower spectacular (August)
	Stokoe Farms - Sunflower Experience (August)
	Garnsey Road Arboretum
	Sonnenberg Gardens
	The Webster Arboretum at Kent Park
	Maplewood Rose Garden
	Bristol Hills Lavender & Flower Farm
	Lavender Crest Farm

Get Wild on a Hike  

	Turning Point Park
	Victor Hiking Trails
	Letchworth State Park
	Stone Quarry Hill Art Park
	Watkins Glen

Time Travel Today  

	Genesee Country Village and Museum
	Susan B Anthony House
	Ganondagan State Historic Site
	Herschell Carousel Factory Museum
	Jell-o Gallery Museum
	Seward House Museum
	Mark Twain Study and Exhibit
	Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Museum
	Cooperstown Baseball Hall of Fame

Splash into Some Fun   

	Ontario Beach Park
	Hamlin Beach State Park
	Stony Brook State Park
	Kershaw Park
	Buttermilk Falls State Park
	Emerson Park
	Robert H. Treman State Park
	Chenango Valley State Park

 Spend the Day at a Museum  

	Memorial Art Gallery
	George Eastman Museum
	ARTISANworks
	Albright Knox Museum
	Everson Museum of Art
	Corning Museum of Glass
	Rockwell Museum
	Johnson Museum of Art
	Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute
	Antique Wireless Museum

 Explore These Towns  

	Canandaigua
	Skaneateles
	Naples
	Geneva
	East Aurora
	Corning
	Cooperstown
	Niagara on the Lake ( Don't forget your passport!)

 All Aboard Planes, Trains, and Automobiles 

	New York Museum of Transportation
	Edgerton Community Center Model Railroads
	Lehigh Valley Railroad Historical Society
	Rochester and Genesee Valley Train Museum
	Medina Railroad Museum
	Glenn H. Curtiss Museum
	National Soaring Museum

 On the Water 

	Colonial Belle
	Genesee Waterways Center
	Bay Creek Paddling Center
	Sam Patch
	Erie Canal Boat Company
	Harbor Town Belle
	Mid-Lakes Navigation
	Oneida Lake Boat Rental
	Niagara Falls Maid of the Mist
	Chataqua Belle

 Sip into Something....  

	Casa Larga
	Black Button Distilling
	J.D. Wine Cellers
	Glenora Wine Cellars
	Heron Hill Winery & Cafe
	Dr. Konstantin Frank Winery
	Vizcarra Vineyards
	Swedish Hill Winery
	Schultze Vineyards & Winery
	Lamoreaux Landing Wine Cellar
	Blackbird Cider Works
	The Winery at Marjim Manor

Play Ball!  

	Rochester Red Wings
	Rochester Knighthawks
	Buffalo Bills
	Buffalo Sabres
	Syracuse Mets
	Binghamton Rumble Ponies

 The Science of...  

	Rochester Museum & Science Center
	Strasenburgh Planetarium
	Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology
	Sciencenter
	Whitworth Ferguson Planetarium
	Museum of the Earth
	Roberson Museum & Science Center
	Kopernik Observatory & Science Center

 Connect with Nature  

	Tinker Nature Park
	Sonnenberg Gardens
	Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
	Cumming Nature Center
	Taughannock Falls State Park
	Cornell Lab of Ornithology
	Eternal Flame Falls
	Niagara Falls State Park
	Allegany State Park
	Oquaga Creek State Park

 Perfect Picks (apples, pumpkins, fruit)  

	Hurd Orchards
	G and S Orchards
	Gro-Moore Farms
	Wayne County Apple Tasting Tour
	Indian Creek Farm
	Lone Maple Farm
	Crooked Line Farm

Limiting our list to 101 ideas meant some great destinations may have been left off the list - if there is something you’d like to see added, share it with us on Facebook!

Most of these destinations are within an hour from downtown Rochester. For those that are a bit farther away:

             = Less than 1 hour away

          = 1 to 2 hours away

       = 2 to 3 hours away