RECREATION

State Parks

• Forestville / Mystery Cave
  Route 2, Box 128 • Rochester, MN 55965
  Preston
  507-352-5111
  This park preserves the natural beauty of the wooded valleys and an historical 1800s town site, as well as offering camping, picnicking, trout fishing, hiking, snowmobile trails, and ski trails.  map

Recreation Areas

• Chester Woods Park
  8378 Highway 14 • Rochester, MN 55934
  507-285-7050
  This park features picnic shelters, a playground, hiking areas, a swimming beach, boating and fishing opportunities, as well as offering partial hook-up campsites.  map

Billiards

• All-Star Billiards
  4140 18th Avenue • Rochester, MN 55901
  877-279-9097
  This local pool hall features fourteen pool tables; there are ten nine-foot tables and four seven-foot tables, and pool cues and supplies are also sold. more...  map

Bowling

• Recreation Lanes
  2810 Broadway • Rochester, MN 55906
  507-288-2601
  This bowling facility features automatic scoring, bumper bowling, a restaurant, and a lounge, as well as offering miniature golf and batting cages.  map

Equine

• Horse N' Hound Farm
  56138 403rd Avenue • Zumbro Falls, MN 55991
  507-753-9974
  Offers horse riding lessons, sales, and dog training. more...

• Turn Crest Stable
  26947 County Highway 34 • Rochester, MN 55944
  Kasson
  507-634-4474
  This equestrian centre provides horse riding lessons, summer riding camps, and horse boarding.  map

Golf

• Eastwood Golf Course
  128 Eastwood Road • Rochester, MN 55902
  507-281-6173
  This beautiful eighteen-hole golf course features hilly terrain, with no water hazards; also offered are equipment rentals, cart rentals, lessons, a driving range, a pro shop, and a restaurant.  map

• Maple Valley Golf Course
  8600 Maple Valley Road • Rochester, MN 55902
  507-285-9100
  Nestled amidst the natural beauty of limestone bluffs, this eighteen-hole golf course is the most scenic in south-eastern Minnesota, and features the Root River that meanders through the course; equipment rentals, cart rentals, a pro shop, lessons, food, and beverages are also offered.  map

• Meadow Lakes Golf Course
  70 45th Avenue • Rochester, MN 55902
  507-285-1190
  This links-style eighteen-hole golf course features water on fifteen of the eighteen holes, two island greens, and four sets of tees to challenge golfers of all levels; amenities include a clubhouse, a restaurant, a lounge, a pro shop, golfing lessons, equipment rentals, cart rentals, and a driving range.  map

• Northern Hills Golf Course
  4800 Circle Drive • Rochester, MN 55902
  507-281-6170
  This tight, challenging eighteen-hole golf course features rolling terrain, with a small creek that winds its way through the midst of the course; equipment rentals, cart rentals, a golf shop, a driving range, food, and beverages are also provided.  map

• Oak Summit Golf Course
  2751 Airport Highway 16 • Rochester, MN 55902
  507-252-18008
  Oak Summit Golf Course is an exciting, challenging eighteen-hole golf course, offering one an opportunity to use all of the clubs in one’s bag; cart rentals are recommended for this somewhat hilly course, which also offers a pro shop, a lounge, and club rentals.  map

• Rochester Country Club
  3100 Country Club Road • Rochester, MN 55902
  507-282-3170
  This country club offers an eighteen-hole golf course that has been acclaimed by Golf Digest, golfing lessons, a driving range, and equipment rentals, as well as featuring a swimming pool, tennis courts, platform tennis, a restaurant, a lounge, and showers.  map

Hiking & Climbing

• Douglas State Trail
  5412 Highway 15 • Rochester, MN 55906
  651-296-6699
  This thirteen mile blacktop trail passes through a scenic mix of forest and rolling fields, where one may have a chance to see the plentiful partridges, pheasants, and geese that populate these woods.  map

Tennis

• Rochester Tennis Connection
  2700 Country Club Road Southwest • Rochester, MN 55901
  507-288-4851
  Rochester Tennis Connection features 6 indoor and 15 outdoor tennis courts, a full service pro shop and 6 teaching professionals. The facility is open to the public daily at 8am. Rackets are available for use at no cost.  more...  map

Miscellaneous Activities

• Prairie Walls Climbing Gym
  4420 19th Street • Rochester, MN 55902
  507-292-0511
  This climbing gym features rock and boulder climbing walls, and offers classes and instruction in rock climbing.  map

• Rochester Recreation Center
  21 Elton Hills Drive Northwest • Rochester, MN 55901
  507-281-6167
  This recreation centre features two regulation ice rinks, an Olympic-size swimming pool, a gymnasium, and an exercise room.  map