High Falls of the Genesee River (Rochester, New York, USA)

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High Falls of the Genesee River (Rochester)

The High Falls of the Genesee River in Rochester (like the Lower Falls) could've easily become a real scenic icon. However, one look at it and you can sense it's out-of-place with the beat-up factories and buildings surrounding the river (which I'm sure is polluted). Nonetheless, there remains a relative calm to the area as you can enjoy the falls from a long pedestrian bridge over the river.

I can totally envision employees from the nearby Kodak building taking a stroll over here during their breaks to perhaps unwind a little before rejoining the daily grind. Imagine that for a lunch break!

Now imagine locals and 9-to-5'ers taking in the scene while we were in hiking clothes armed with cameras and a tripod! It almost felt like we were going through downtown LA in hiking gear, and I'm sure we drew quite a few snickers and laughs at our expense on our visit to this falls :)

Directions: I don't remember the route we took too well because we were busy trying to navigate the urban traffic to get to these falls (which can be thought of as urban parks). I recalled we went from I-490 and exited onto the Inner Loop Road somewhere deep in downtown Rochester (we had taken a pretty roundabout way to even get to the I-490 by way of the I-90 to the I-390, and then took the I-590 to the I-490 by way of Monroe Ave (highway 31)). Within the Inner Loop Road, we found public parking in a structure nearby and walked to the High Falls pedestrian bridge.

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June 15, 2007

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