Leg 1 of 6Niagara to Bayside

Table Rock → Rochester

148 km · 7 postcards · designed for 14 days

Leg 1 of 6 on the Niagara to Bayside road. Over the Rainbow Bridge, down the Niagara to Buffalo, then east on the Thruway across the flats to Rochester.

The road as your marker sees it. Dots below mark the postcards.

Along the way

km 0
Table Rock
The lip of the Horseshoe Falls, Canadian side. The start, with the spray on your face.
Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
km 1
Rainbow Bridge
The border, halfway across the gorge. One passport stamp and the road is American.
Photo: Dough4872, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
km 13
Grand Island
The big island in the Niagara River, two bridges long. Buffalo's skyline appears at the south bridge.
Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
km 30
Buffalo
City Hall's art deco tower and the old grain elevators on the lake. The Thruway begins here.
Photo: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
km 89
Batavia
The county seat where the Holland Land Company sold western New York a farm at a time. Flat fields either side.
Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
km 105
Le Roy
Birthplace of Jell-O, 1897. The museum still sells the boxes.
Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
km 148
Rochester
High Falls on the Genesee in the middle of the city, Kodak's old towers behind. End of leg one.
Photo: Warren LeMay from Chicago, IL, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0