1
Durand Eastman Park
Managed by Monroe County Department of Parks
797 acres13.8 mi of trail
Eastman Lake TrailDurand Lake TrailYellow TrailPurple TrailLeastman Trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
Outdoors · Rochester
Rochester, NY parks, trails & bike paths
About 13% of Rochester is conserved land, roughly 3,101 acres. There are about 50 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Durand Eastman Park (13.8 mi), Seneca Park (6.3 mi), and Cobb's Hill Park (5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Rochester, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Rochester outdoors
Conserved land
13%
3,101 of 23,633 acres
Trails
50 mi
1.3 mi per sq mi · 45 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
63
15 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
146.1 mi
48.3 mi lanes · 35.1 mi off-road paths
Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
2
Seneca Park
Managed by Monroe County Department of Parks
209 acres6.3 mi of trail
Windsor Breach TrailOlmstead Trail SouthGorge Overlook TrailOlmstead Trail North
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
3
Cobb's Hill Park
Managed by City of Rochester
118 acres5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Tryon Park
Managed by Monroe County Department of Parks
69 acres4.6 mi of trail
G3Outer HornGreen HornRock RingK15
Dog rules not recorded
5
Genesee Valley Park
Managed by Monroe County Department of Parks;City of Rochester
579 acres3.4 mi of trail
Red Creek Trail
Dog rules not recorded
6
Highland Park
Managed by Monroe County Department of Parks
148 acres3.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
7
Ontario Beach Park
Managed by Monroe County Department of Parks
40 acres0.7 mi of trail
Ontario Beach Park Boardwalk
No dogsMapped in OpenStreetMap
8
Jones Square Park
Managed by City of Rochester
7 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 60 parks & preserves
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Park4 ac · 0.6 mi trail · Directions
- Middle Maplewood Park68 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Pulaski Park7 ac · 0.4 mi trail
- Genesee Crossroads Park4 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Edgerton Park21 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Genesee Gateway Park16 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Maplewood Nature Center14 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Brown Square Park4 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- High Falls Terrace Park4 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Verona Playground4 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- The International Plaza2 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Maplewood Park37 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Bausch & Lomb Riverside Park23 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Crittenden Road Ball Diamonds13 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Norton Village Recreation Center12 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Turning Point Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Marie Daley Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- RMSC Public Access Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Henry Lomb Memorial Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Centennial Sculpture Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Midtown Commons1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Anthony Square1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Ellwanger Barry1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Schiller Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Conkey Corner Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Aqueduct Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Camp Eastman42 ac · Directions
- Cobbs Hill23 ac · Directions
- Lower Falls Overlook Park9 ac · Directions
- Sebastian Park6 ac
- Don Samuel Torres Park3 ac
- Grand Avenue Park3 ac
- First Street Park2 ac
- Brewster Harding Park2 ac
- Genesee Valley Greenway State Park1 ac · Directions
- J.P. Riley Park1 ac
- Aberdeen Square1 ac · Directions
- Field St Rec Center1 ac
- Norris Drive Park1 ac · Directions
- Browncroft Rose Garden1 ac
- Midtown Parcel 51 ac · Directions
- Tacoma Park1 ac
- Saint Paul Pocket Park1 ac · Directions
- Washington Square Park1 ac · Directions
- Eastmoreland Park1 ac · Directions
- First Unitarian Universalist Gardens1 ac · Directions
- Wadsworth Square1 ac · Directions
- Goodwin Park1 ac · Directions
- Seth Green Park1 ac
- Nunda Park West1 ac
- Otto Henderberg Square Park1 ac
- Nunda Park East1 ac
Who protects the land
3,101 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 16 of 94 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes48.3 mi
- Off-road bike paths35.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes62.7 mi
- Genesee Riverway Trail (bike route)0.6 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball106
- Tennis92
- Basketball54
- Golf21
- Soccer16
- Football12
- Pickleball6
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Rochester and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rochester | 13.1% | 49.8 mi | 63 |
| Irondequoit | 5.7% | 20.1 mi | 14 |
| Greece | 13.5% | 35.6 mi | 14 |
| Brighton | 9.5% | 24.3 mi | 11 |
| Chili | 10% | 29.8 mi | 10 |
| Gates | 3.8% | 3.3 mi | 5 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Rochester's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.
Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.
How we measure
"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 31.8-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.