Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse

The oldest remaining lighthouse on Lake Ontario sits high above the Rochester harbor, and visitors can climb to the top of it to see the light, the lens – and the view. Now if, when you get to the lighthouse, you wonder where the shore is, it's half a mile (almost a kilometer) northeast. That's how much land has been added to the northern shore of New York since the lighthouse was built in 1822. The museum inside the keeper's house has a lot of displays on Rochester's harbor history.

• museum
• outdoors
• history

Address

70 Lighthouse St

Getting there

Lake Ave to Latta Rd, go SE 400 ft, turn left before river

Hours

May-Oct: Fri-Sun 1-5PM; other times by appointment

Price

Adults $5; ages 5-17 $2; under 5 free

Website

geneseelighthouse.org (opens in a new tab)