Highland Park
450 Highland Ave. | 585-753-PARK
monroecounty.gov/parks
When readers selected Highland Park to win this category, they handed the victory to Rochester’s first public park. It also happens to be the most intact Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park in Rochester’s system. Highland is most readily associated with its lilacs and the yearly Lilac Festival, but the original section of the 150-acre park functions as an arboretum. Winding paths follow rolling lawns that pass through flowering trees, bushes, and gardens. The park’s stand of magnolias is brilliant when in bloom.
Finalists: Cobbs Hill Park | Ellison Park | Mendon Ponds Park
