Overview
Sodus Point is a village of 860 people (2019) in the Finger Lakes Apple Country region of New York. It is a lakeside community surrounded on three sides by water, and part of the Rochester metropolitan area.
The village is on Sodus Bay, an arm of Lake Ontario.
1 sights · 6 places to eat
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Best things about Sodus Point
Sodus Bay Lighthouse Museum
The first floor of the building is a maritime museum. There's a reference library on the second floor, restricted access. The lighthouse tower is 50 feet tall. Free summer concert series.
Plan your trip
Best time to visit & weather
Most comfortable: May–Sep. Summer highs reach about 82°F; winter lows dip to about 19°F. Cold months (Jan, Feb, Dec) can bring snow and ice; check road conditions. Wettest: Jul and Jun. (climate data from nearby Rochester)
Blue bars: average daily high and low (°F). Purple columns: average monthly rain and melted snow (inches).
Getting there
- From you: to see whether to drive or fly, and how long it takes.
- ROC Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport, Rochester — 36 mi away (major hub). Directions
- SYR Syracuse Hancock International Airport, Syracuse — 46 mi away (major hub). Directions
Plan on getting in by car or boat. If coming in by boat from the lake, head for the lighthouse at the end of the pier, not the historic lighthouse on top of the hill, your boat will thank you.
Full “Get in” guide ↓Budget & where to stay
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Food for you
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Understand
The area became an important port on Lake Ontario in the 19th century. As the Erie Canal shifted state transportation patterns, the village's function as a port declined. In the later 19th century, it became a popular vacation resort, especially for people from Chicago and other cities during the summers.
Get in
Plan on getting in by car or boat. If coming in by boat from the lake, head for the lighthouse at the end of the pier, not the historic lighthouse on top of the hill, your boat will thank you.
See
Eat
In the village
Eat Docks Waterfront Restaurant and Lounge
Waterfront.
Eat Captain Jack's (Captain Jack's Good Time Tavern)
Breakfast is served in the waterfront dining room, F 7AM-11AM, Sa Su 7AM-noon. Waterfront, with boat docks.
Eat Hot's Point
Popular spot for breakfast and ice cream, free wi-fi.
Eat The Bay Street
Fancy restaurant (by Sodus Point standards) attached to a rustic bar with a shuffleboard table. It does not look like much from the outside.
On the bay
Eat Connelly's Cove
Waterfront, with boat docks.
Nearby
Eat Steger Haus
German restaurant.
Drink
See Eat - bars are at Abe's Waterfront, Captain Jack's, Papa Joe's, The Bay Street and Connelly's Cove, among others. Live music (mostly outdoors) is abundant and free every weekend from Memorial Day through Labor Day.
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