A Best of Rochester award-winning book for Best Published Literary Work of 2023! Explore the beauty and hidden gems of the Rochester, New York, area with local travel expert Debi Bower. As the founder of the website daytrippingroc, Bower offers detailed guides and suggested activities, highlighting the best places to visit in Rochester and the surrounding Finger Lakes region, plus several destinations in Central New York, Western New York, and the Southern Tier. Day Trips Around Rochester, New York is the ultimate guide for residents and guests looking to explore the region and experience all it offers. Discover hundreds of easy day trips within two hours of Rochester.
Debi Bower is a web designer, photographer, and award-winning travel writer from Rochester, New York. She has lived in the area for fifty years, with her youth spent in West Irondequoit with her parents and sister and young adult life in Holley and North Chili. Bower currently lives in Scottsville with her husband, where they raised their two daughters, who now have families of their own. After years of documenting day-trip ideas for her Girl Scout troop, she launched the website daytrippingroc 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.