Wayne County is located on the southern shore of Lake Ontario between the two major cities of Rochester and Syracuse. Sodus Bay, located about midway between these two cities, is the largest bay on the American shore of Lake Ontario.

    Perhaps the most unique geographic feature of Wayne County is drumlins. Much of the county is flat except for these large rounded hills shaped like submarine sandwiches which run north and south. These rounded hills were formed when the glacier began to melt and move from the area. One of the more famous drumlins which runs perpendicular to Lake Ontario is being eroded away by wind and waves and has formed what is called Chimney Bluffs. There is now a state park at that location. Another well-known drumlin is the one in the town of Palmyra called Hill Cumorah, where Joseph Smith is said to have found the Golden Plates which were translated into the Book of Morman.