THE 10 BEST Niagara Falls Parks & Nature Attractions
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- Debra K20 contributionsSelf guided tour. Understanding how the elevator was built and seeing the Falls at another angle was very cool. Yes, cold when visiting in the winter, but beautiful!Written January 9, 2025This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- RCPKrakow, Poland100 contributionsGreat experience to visit nigra during Canada visit. You feel relaxed to see falls. Great as beauty of canada.
Highly recommended.!!!Written January 14, 2025This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - 697billmAllison Park, PA351 contributionsA nice state park along the river and falls. There is plenty to see and paved trials to follow along the river for several miles. It also includes Goat and the Three Sister islands. There are plenty of benches to rest if walking. If driving there a re multiple parking lots. This park is billed as the first state park in the nation. There is plenty to see and do. Allot of the attractions in the park are reviewed separately. Seeing the falls lit up at night is a must see. I would say you need multiple days to take it all in,Written November 7, 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- Paradise55415917 contributionsThis is part of the NY Niagra State park. The trail is easily walkable with beautiful scenery. Definitely take the bridges to the 3 Sister islands for up close look of Niagra river. We parked in Lot 2 $10 we were able to walk over the bridge to the main park as the trails are a big loop!Written October 19, 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- arbi n217 contributionsThere are lovely walking routes in Whirlpool State Park that offer a variety of breathtaking river views. Without a doubt, I would strongly advise doing the same when visiting Niagara Falls.Written September 30, 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- Beepa1942DeWitt, MI72 contributionsOur grandchildren enjoyed their first visit to the Falls and the State Park. The day was a warm sunny October afternoon, perfect for walking and viewing the falls.Written October 11, 2023This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- Richard P1 contributionDo your research before hiking. We... Did not. The views are breathtaking (as are the stairways). The trail is rugged to travel and can be very narrow (and dangerous) in many places. Experienced hikers should do fine. Overweight older gentlemen like myself should think twice.
We were expecting a Watkins Glen style hike where you could hike down and walk a slopping roadway back to the top. No such luck. You go down 400+ stairs and you will have to come back up the same-ish amount.
To be fair. We entered at the stairs to the right of the pullover parking area and walked only until we found the next set of stairs. The trail goes farther and could get easier... But at that point, we weren't talking any chances.
NOT FOR BEGINNERS.Written June 12, 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - ArrowVoyagerBrampton, Canada842 contributionsOne of the Best hikes ever. The scope of the Niagara Gorge is truly impressive. So many great things to see with the Highlite being the Rapids racing by within feet. It is an awesome experience. You can walk for miles or just turnaround after one mile. Very easy walking platform as it is the old trackbed for the Great Gorge Route.Written July 24, 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- 697billmAllison Park, PA351 contributionsA nice little easy walk from the scenic trolley stop or parking lot.You get a totally different view of the river and surroundings. You can relax and take in the natural view of the river. When we were there, there was no crowds as the other tourist stops.Written November 7, 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- 697billmAllison Park, PA351 contributionsI was expecting a little larger. The penguins, otters, and sea lions are in my opinion the main attraction. For the price of admission you get to visit two sites. The main aquarium build and the lake 360, a 2 -5 minute walk away. I was able to visit both in about an hour. The price at first seemed high, but in today's value most likely true costWritten November 7, 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- ChristinaCherry Hill, NJ8 contributionsMy fiance and I visited the Niagara Wine Trail in October and it was beautiful. We used Amore di Vino tours and Denise was wonderful. She organized a tour for us with tastings at multiple wineries and a distillery. Lunch was also included among other snacks and surprises. Our driver, Harold, was wonderful. The wineries were all fun to visit and had delicious wines, but our favorite by far was Spring Lake Winery. It was absolutely beautiful there, with a large food menu and music, we could have stayed there all day and would definitely go back and visit again. Definitely make sure you visit Spring Lake Winery!Written May 21, 2021This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- MaryNiagara Falls, NY59 contributionsHaving grown up on Elmwood Avenue, one City Market away from Pine Avenue and Route 62, I've known this park all my life, I've always loved it, and I always will!!! :) Most of my childhood was in the 1960s and 70s, and although my parents, with whom my sister and I shared so many adventures in this park, are now interred in St. Joseph's Cemetery, adjacent to the park :( , many of the features which made this park so special to two little girls and their parents, are alive and well! :) The picnic tables, grills, and gazebos are all still there, servicing today's generations of happy family picnic-goers; although my physical situation is different now, I often walk through the front of the park that's adjacent to St. Joe's, and find that, in snow-free weather, the grass is quite manageable with the careful use of a walker! :) There is also a public restroom which is also manageable, but I prefer to use the one at Tim Horton's, across the street from the park! :) Hyde Park Pond is popular, again in clement weather, for fishing and small boats - fishermen and women have been known to come home with admirably sized fish, and even a few turtles, from this pond! :) The Rose Garden still blooms in the summer; the old 1960s/70s playground has been reconstructed and is a reasonably close facsimile; the Veterans' Memorial is new, only a few years old...and, Fall is coming, time for Hyde Park's old-growth trees to blaze in all their Autumn glory!!! :) For those of you who don't drive, getting to Hyde Park is easy: just take the NFTA Metro bus #55, which features a stop across the street from the park on the way up, and one directly in front of the park on the way back! :) See you soon, Hyde Park, with my camera!!! :)Written September 3, 2019This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- WanderPhiladelphia, PA204 contributionsGreat lookout point to see Horseshoe Falls. The mist from the powerful falls will soak you. Amazing seeing the falls so close up.Written November 1, 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- Mark T10 contributionsHike, Walk, Run around Niagara Reservoir.
If you park at the Power Authority parking lot, and take paved trail up onto reservoir embankment, you can walk around most of the way. If you go counter clockwise, following the mile markers, around 6 miles you will come to a "no trespassing" gate. Go through it, and at 6.5 miles, just before the dam, on the right you will see a radio tower and a little dirt path that goes out by a cematary on Witmer Road, go out that way (steep climb down the embankment to path), turning L on Witmer and cross in front of the dam on Witmer road back to the parking lot for a total of 7.3 miles. Or do it in reverse, going in front of dam on Witmer, turn right on dirt road by cemetary . . .Written June 10, 2018This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - Izvara N45 contributionsThis trip was organized by my business partner and it was a nice experience . The trip covered the upper part of the falls , the sound was so loud and thunderous , we enjoyed it . The view was absolutely scenic and captivating .Written December 26, 2019This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.