Outdoors · Finger Lakes
Livonia Lives Between Conesus and Hemlock
Livonia's local identity is lake country with rules: Conesus access, Hemlock watershed care, town parks, fishing, and public-water history.
Published June 24, 2026 · Last verified June 24, 2026
Livonia has Finger Lakes beauty with a public-water conscience. DEC says Hemlock-Canadice State Forest includes land in Livonia, Conesus, Springwater, Richmond, and Canadice. The 6,849-acre forest surrounds Hemlock and Canadice Lakes, which have supplied drinking water to Rochester and nearby communities for more than 100 years.
The town and village parks page brings that big landscape down to daily life. Hemlock Lake Park sits at the north end of Hemlock Lake near the City of Rochester watershed. Vitale Park in Lakeville offers fishing access to Conesus Lake, picnic tables, a gazebo, playground, and concerts.
DEC’s Conesus Lake page adds Sand Point at the north end, operated by the Town of Livonia and DEC. So Livonia’s lakes are beautiful, but they also carry responsibility: drinking-water land, fishing access, park rules, concerts, and town gathering space.
That balance is the local story. Lakeville, Vitale Park, Hemlock Lake Park, Sand Point, Conesus Lake, and Hemlock Lake all show different ways people meet the water without forgetting how much that water does. Livonia feels prettier, and more grounded, when that responsibility stays in the picture.