Amenities Baseball Skate Park Boat Launch Playground Football Basketball Kayak/Canoe Amphitheater Parks & Recreational Opportunities Launch along Buffalo’s Waterfront Soccer Splash Pad Concessions Parking Tennis Pool Picnic Shelter Restrooms NIAGARA RIVER Ice Rink Dog Park Multi-Use Trail RIVERSIDE PARK Riverside Park Columbus and Prospect Park Times Beach Nature Preserve GEORGE WASHINGTON PARK The last park to be added to Buffalo’s These neighboring pocket parks are two of Once a dumping ground for dredged materials, historic Olmsted system, Riverside Park is a Buffalo’s oldest public spaces. About a half-mile off today, the protected wetlands and woodlands of BLACK ROCK nationally-registered historic site that offers the waterfront, one can feel refreshing breezes off Times Beach provide wildlife habitat with trails CANAL PARK Grant St many amenities, but is disconnected from the the lake, but without the waterfront views. and boardwalks to take in the sights and sounds of Niagara St waterfront by the I-190. nature amidst the backdrop of downtown Buffalo. TOW PATH Scajaquada RIVER PARK Pathway UNITY ISLAND PARK LaSalle Park Forest Ave Black Rock Canal Park Wilkeson Pointe Sitting along the Niagara River, Black Rock Buffalo’s largest waterfront park offers many Established as a park in 2013, Wilkeson Pointe Canal Park is a prime stop along Buffalo’s sports fields, open meadows and trails where park features naturalized landscapes, a wind sculpture Riverwalk Trail, featuring a boat launch for goers can take in panoramic waterfront views. The park, a public beach, kayak launches, and a beer motorboats and jet skis, and an off leash Bark park also features an off-leash dog park, and the garden on Buffalo’s Outer Harbor. Park for dogs. City’s only skate park. Main St West Ferry St BRODERICK PARK Elmwood Ave CANADA PAT SOLE PARK Tow Path Park Waterfront/Emerson Park Outer Harbor Delaware Ave COLUMBUS & Tow Path Park is a 5 acre county park named Another City park separated from the waterfront This open area features a bike path, which connects PROSPECT PARK for the historic towpath that once followed the by the I-190, Waterfront/Emerson Young Park has by ferry to the Inner Harbor at Canalside, and FRONT PARK Erie Canal. It offers views of the Niagara River, sports fields and a playground for neighborhood offers event space for summertime concerts and ROTARY PARK and is a popular spot for fishing and picnicking. residents to enjoy. festivals. Future plans include natural restoration, FOURTH ST recreational trails, and flex event space. BLACK ROCK CANAL PLAYGROUND WATERFRONT\EMERSON LASALLE PARK YOUNG PARK Unity Island Park Erie Basin Marina Buffalo Harbor State Park ERIE BASIN The northern end of Unity Island offers Erie Basin Marina is a municipal inland harbor New York’s newest state park, and the first within MARINA panoramic views of the Niagara River and completed in the 1970s that offers a place to dock the City of Buffalo, this park along Lake Erie and launch boats, as well as several restaurants, BUFFALO NAVAL & winding recreational trails for pedestrians and features a nautical themed playground, a beach, Seneca St bicyclists that form part of the Riverwalk Trail. restrooms, a small beach, gardens, and a public boat launches, and a restaurant. VETERAN'S PARK observation deck with magnificent view of Lake CANALSIDE Erie and the Buffalo skyline. TIMES BEACH NATURE PRESERVE RIVER FEST PARK MUTUAL RIVER FRONT WILKESON POINTE FATHER PARK CONWAY RED JACKET PARK RIVER FRONT PARK Broderick Park Buffalo Naval & Veteran’s Park Tifft Nature Preserve ALO RIV F E The newly renovated Broderick Park on the Buffalo’s Naval & Veteran’s Park hosts a museum This 264-acre nature sanctuary boasts 5 miles of OUTER HARBOR F R U B southern tip of Unity Island sits at an historic that pays tribute to the sacrifices of our nation’s trails through forests, ponds and wetlands, and endpoint of the Underground Railroad, and military. It is home to several awe-inspiring offers programs for environmental education and LAKE ERIE today is a popular fishing spot that connects to decommissioned US Naval vessels, smaller vessels scientific research. the Bird Island Pier for long walks with one-of- and military aircraft. a-kind waterfront views. BUFFALO HARBOR TIFFT STATE PARK NATURE PRESERVE Front Park Canalside Union Ship Canal Commons N Another historic Olmsted park, Front Park Canalside has quickly become Buffalo’s premier This rehabilitated brownfield, once the site of an Parks features a semi-circular terrace with panoramic waterfront attraction. The heart of Buffalo’s iron smelting factory, is now a peaceful waterfront waterfront revitalization, the space hosts a park, with bike trails, fishing spots, and ample Riverwalk and views of Lake Erie and the Niagara River. The UNION SHIP plethora of events throughout the year, including seating to take in the waterfront views. multi-use trails park once included the neighboring Fort Porter CANAL COMMONS grounds, where the Peace Bridge Plaza exists festivals, concerts, and an outdoor ice-skating rink. today. 0 0.5 1 2 Miles.
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