Field Trips

Field trips are fun – any parent is welcome to set one up for all to enjoy. They are typically opened first to members and then, if there’s space, to our public facebook group.

Some field trip ideas are:
History and Museums

• George Eastman House
• Genesee Country Village and Museum. Living history museum with a nature center and hiking trails.
• Strong Museum of Play
• Rochester Museum and Science Center
• Jello Gallery in Leroy
• Gonandagon State Historic Site in Fairport. Seneca Art and Culture Center and Long house replica.
• New York Museum of Transportation Rush NY
• Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse.
• Dayton Corners One Room Schoolhouse in Penfield
• Susan B. Anthony House.
• Erie Canal Historic Boat Tours: Sam Patch or the Colonial Belle.
• Stone Tolan Historic House
• Rundel Memorial Building
• Artisan Works

Science

• Ward’s Science – large science supplier, offers tours.
• Optimax – optics manufacturing, offers tours.
• Rochester Museum and Science Center
• Strasenburg Planetarium
• Greek Spark Solar
• Seneca Park Zoo
• Monroe County Crime Lab

Visual Arts

• The Memorial Art Gallery
• Ceramics Painting: Splatters Studio in Spencerport or Color Me Mine in Pittsford and Webster.
• Painting with a Twist in Greece and Henrietta.
• Coloring on Canvas.
• Rochester Contemporary Art Center.
• Rochester Arc and Flame.
• Turk Hill Craft School in Fairport
• Studio 34 Creative Arts Learning Center
• The Artful Fairy in Victor

Public Services

• High Acres Landfill in Victor (offers field trips).
• Shoremont Water Treatment Facility in Greece.
• Rochester Airport Tours.
• Your local fire department, ambulance, police station, grocery store, or library.
• Your local television or radio station.

Animal Rescue

• Wild Wings at Mendon Ponds Park – offers a number of educational programs including guided tours, private owl prowls, birds of prey demonstrations, owl pellet program, raptors for the arts, meet and greets.
• Lollypop Farms in Fairport – classroom programs, behind-the-scenes tours, self-guided tours, and youth service projects.

Agricultural Entertainment

• Stokoe Farms in Scottsville.
• Long Acre Farms in Macedon.
• Springdale Farms in Spencerport – featuring barnyard animals, a petting zoo forest trails, fishing, robotic dairy farm and group tours.

Working Farms

• Carpenter Family Farms
• Schutt’s Apple Mill in Webster
• Potato Tour and Dig at Chase Farms, Perinton
• Northwoods Alpaca Farm in Bergen

Nature and Outdoor Physical Activities

• Hansen Nature Center at Tinker Park in Henrietta.
• Mendon Ponds Nature Center at Mendon Ponds Park in Mendon.
• Fish Hatchery at Powdermills Park in Pittsford.
• Caledonia Fish Hatchery in Caledonia.
• Hiking (click here for a list of 80 local hikes)
• Genesee Waterways Center (canoe and kayak rentals)
• Lamberton Conservatory at Highland Park. Indoor botanical gardens.
• Horse riding lessons at local horse farms.
• High Falls Visitor Center

Restaurants

• Balsam Bagels
• Pittsford Dairy
• Oliver’s Candy’s
• Panera Bread
• Moonlight Creamery
• Uno’s Pizza

Indoor Physical Activities

• Trampoline Parks: Altitude in Henrietta
• Rock Climbing: Rockventures or Central Rock
• Total Sports Experience in Fairport and Gates
• Rochester Sports Garden in Henrietta
• Rochester Parkour
• Lasertron (laser tag)
• the Warrior Factory
• Hot Shots indoor beach volleyball
• Aerial Arts of Rochester. Circus training school.
• Ontario Play and Cafe in Henrietta.
• Bowling Alleys
• Rochester Y’s or the JCC
• Northern Hemisphere Gymnastics in Webster
• Swimming at local high schools and town aquatic centers

Ice Skating

• Village Sports in Fairport
• Bill Grey’s Iceplex in Henrietta
• Scottsville Ice Arena
• Genesee Valley Park

Performing Arts

• Geva Theater
• Nazareth College school performances
• TYKEs
• Rochester Philharmonic
• Eastman School of Music programs
• Hochstein performances and events

Other

• Escape Rooms

Day Trips to the West

• Lockport Caves and underground boat ride
• Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Preserve
• Palm Island indoor waterpark in Batavia
• Hidden Valley Animal Adventures
• Kelkenberg Farms in Clarence.

Buffalo (West)

• Buffalo Naval and Military Park
• Buffalo Zoo
• Buffalo Museum of Science
• Buffalo Botanical Gardens

Niagara Falls (West)

• Old Fort Niagara – historic lighthouse, castle and fort. Tours, reenactments, etc.
• Niagara Power Vista – learn about the hydroelectric power generated by Niagara Falls.
• Niagara Falls
• Aquarium of Niagara

Day Trips to the East

• Crackerbox Palace Animal Haven
• Sodus Bay Lighthouse Museum
• Syracuse Zoo
• Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology in Syracuse.
• Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse.
• Wonderworks at Destiny Mall in Syracuse.

Day Trips in the Fingerlakes Region

• Curtiss Aviation Museum, Hammondsport.
• Antique Wireless Museum, Bloomfield.
• Smithboys Boat Rentals – tour several Fingerlakes from the water.
• Cuming Nature Center in Naples. Educational programs, exhibits and trails.
• Corning Museum of Glass
• Sonneberg Gardens and Mansion State Historic Park in Canandaigua
• Rose Hill Mansion in Geneva.
• Bristol Mountain Aerial Adventures
• Mt. Morris Dam
• Harriet Tubman Home in Auburn.
• Seward House in Auburn.

Ithaca (Fingerlakes Region, Southeast of Rochester)

• Ithaca Science Center
• Ithaca Children’s Garden
• Cayuga Nature Center
• Ithaca State Parks: Taughannock State Park (pronounced Tuh-gan-uck), Buttermilk Falls State Park, Treman State Park
• Sagan Planet Walk