Fairy Houses in Tinker Park Rochester New York

Fairy Houses in Tinker Park Rochester New York

One of our favourite fall vacations is a short trip to Rochester, New York, to do some shopping and sightseeing. We didn’t get there this year, so I dug out some photos from our visit in October 2016. The highlight that year was a forest trail filled with tiny fairy houses!

Tinker Nature Park

We always stay in Henrietta NY, which is at the south end of Rochester. And about 10 minutes from the hotel, there’s Tinker Nature Park, with a nature centre, and several walking trails

On our 2016 visit, we were surprised to learn that people had added fairy houses along one of the trails. So, obviously, we chose that trail for our walk.

There are photos of 12 fairy houses below, and you can see all 24 houses that we found, in the video at the end.

Finding the First House

It was a long walk along the trail, but eventually we reached the first fairy house.

This was an elaborate structure, with a water bucket and swing hanging from it.

fairy house with water bucket and swing
fairy house with water bucket and swing

The house  was on a wooden pole, with a happy turtle on top.

fairy house with happy turtle on top
fairy house with happy turtle on top

Fairy House 2

The next house was on the ground, with a little door leading into the tree. I love the little pots, and the bright red heart decoration!

fairy house on the ground, with a little door
fairy house on the ground, with a little door

Fairy House 3

The next house was built on a short pole, and had a little swing.

fairy house on a short pole with a swing
fairy house on a short pole with a swing

Here’s a closer view of the polished rocks at the bottom.

polished rocks at the bottom
polished rocks at the bottom

Fairy House 4

There was a sturdy ladder at next house, and wooden steps leading up to the door.

fairy house with sturdy ladder and steps
fairy house with sturdy ladder and steps

Here’s a close up view of those steps, and the little door.

close up view of those steps, and the little door
close up view of those steps, and the little door

Fairy House 5

There were a couple of swings at the next house, and a painted door.

house with swings and painted door
house with swings and painted door

Fairy House 6

We almost missed the next house – it was right on the ground, with a little painted door and rocks around the frame.

house on the ground, with a little painted door and rocks around the frame
house on the ground, with a little painted door and rocks around the frame

Fairy House 7

The next house had a beautiful blue door, with a hand-painted sign.

“Sorry we missed you. We are dancing in the garden. – the fairies”

Sorry we missed you. We are dancing in the garden. – the fairies
Sorry we missed you. We are dancing in the garden. – the fairies

Fairy House 8

The next house was unusual, even by fairy house standards! It had a bright red door, and an antler on the side.

house with bright red door, and an antler on the side
house with bright red door, and an antler on the side

Fairy House 9

This house had a large lucky horseshoe in front, and a strange shape on top

house with large lucky horseshoe in front
house with large lucky horseshoe in front

Fairy House 10

House number 10 had a beautiful set of doors, with delicate engraving and fancy handles..

house with a beautiful set of doors, with delicate engraving
house with a beautiful set of doors, with delicate engraving

Fairy House 11

There was a beautiful fuchsia door on this house, with a set of steps leading to it.

beautiful fuchsia door on this house
beautiful fuchsia door on this house

Fairy House 12

And here is the last fairy house that we found on the trail.

house with bright green, yellow window, and fierce lion door knocker
house with bright green, yellow window, and fierce lion door knocker

The door was bright green, with a yellow window, and a fierce lion door knocker.

There was a sign over the door at this house too:

“Fairy Meeting Place – Nightly Gatherings Held After Dark”

I’m not brave enough to go into the forest after dark, so I’ll have to take their word for it!

Fairy Meeting Place – Nightly Gatherings Held After Dark
Fairy Meeting Place – Nightly Gatherings Held After Dark

End of the Fairy House Trail

It was a lovely walk through the woods, and it ended too soon.

Unfortunately, the last time we visited Tinker Park, they had removed all the fairy houses, because of vandalism.

I’m glad we got to see the houses, while they lasted, and it’s sad that people destroy things.

Fairy House Video

You can see all of the fairy houses in the short video slide show below.

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