Great place to fish. During peak time there is an entrance fee of $3 per person that's ACTUALLY…read morefishing. Also they have a side by side that can transport about 4 at a time back and forth from parking lot to fishing spots. That is $1/person. KNOW AND USE FISHING ETIQUETTE!! People who fish here are REAL anglers who don't appreciate beginners that cross lines, and cast out of turn.

If you can find this place off of transit Road near Newfane, New York, you will not be…read moredisappointed. Great place to walk, or fish or even hike. After you descend a very steep hill, you can walk along the riverbed and it beaches, and it's well-maintained pathways and find yourself a good spot to fish or just enjoy nature. Walk down as far as the dam and the highly oxygenated water makes for a wonderful fish spawning environment and keeps the creek stocked and the fishermen happy. Walk off the beaten path, want to steep, wooded hills or if it's warm enough, walk, right in the creek itself. And then to get back to your car you have to go up that very steep hill. My wife and I enjoy this place very much.

Four Mile Creek State Park, New York I found this campground…read moreon Https://parks.ny,gov as I was planning a trip, a lifelong goal, to see Niagara Falls. I chose Four Mile Creek State Park for its proximity to the Falls, and nearby attractions like Fort Niagara, an Aquarium, the Niagara Power Vista, and the Underground Railroad Heritage Center, to name a few. This camp offers a shuttle service to these places, no need to worry about parking! I was welcomed by a cheerful office staff and given a map for the Niagara Falls State Park. I went to my site 13, it was nicely shaded and I had access to 30amp service and water a few sites away. The bathrooms & showers were clean and had access to washer/dryer. I met lots of nice people and the weather was great. (6/1 to 6/8) Every member of staff I encountered was friendly and accommodating. Shout out to maintenance staff, Mike, the shuttle driver and Tim, manning the Camp Store. In fact, Tim even circulates the campground every night after the store is closed with ice & firewood. I visited the Falls, walking all over the American side then walked across the bridge to Canada for lunch observing the Canadian side of the Falls. But my favorite thing about this whole journey was the sunsets on Lake Ontario. On clear nights, the city of Toronto is visible. Every night campers would drift down to the field on the lake to watch the sunset. It was the most mesmerizing thing, many different people connecting with this beautiful world.

We love this campground and our tent site! We were near the bathrooms, within sight of the…read moreplayground and could see the water. The little beach area was only about a 3 minute walk. It is such a cool campground and with it you get free parking in downtown near the attractions.

Clean and green, this is a well-kept park. Many benches and shaded areas are there for you too…read moreenjoy; many have a plaque to honour someone nearby. Parking lot is small, but there are other lots nearby. Good for a walk, run, bike or even fishing.

This phenomenal park makes me want to buy a house down the street from here! Just for the amazing…read moreview of Lake Ontario. Plenty of benches, well kept recreational trail perfect for romantic walks, walks with the family, joggers or riding your bike. Bring your camera if you're have a passion for photography.

This is right on Lake Ontario. There are houses that you'll see around here as well, so it's not…read moreall state land. Tons of picnic tables easy parking lot easier access. I bet it's awesome in the summer but I was here in the winter. A very wet slippery set of trails here as we head into winter season. Probably better in the summer or in the dead of winter when it's frozen this time of year it was a slippery mess. This was my second hike on the outside chronicles winter challenge in 20 21-20 22.

This park is well kept, offering walkable beach, smaller marina/boat lunch perfect for access for…read morelaunching your boat, kayak, canoe. As other yelpers mentioned, recommend water shoes, crocs, or water proof sandals. They do have trails, picnic tables throughout the park, disc golf, playground, and a neat lily pod, where the river and lake split. Perfect for a relaxing day near Lake Ontario.

Well kept trails - although there is a tick warning they really have taken care to offer the safest…read morepossible trails. Love the Barred Owl & the 300 year old tree. Just a beautiful day for a walk, there was full sun but it felt wonderful & shaded on the trails (11 or so miles of them). We will definitely go back. There were plenty of inclines on the trails to get your heart rate going!

Such a great trail where you can take lots of different paths. There's a stream and waterfall going…read morethrough it. It's nice for any season. Dogs are allowed! It's a great excuse to do something healthy before you head out to Lake Effect ice cream!

Great place for a hike! Dogs allowed!! There's a cool hanging bridge that you can walk over…read more There's walking along near a waterfall. You walk into an apple orchard if you take a certain trail. They have a boy scout display that is partly still around, but seems like some of it has since been destroyed. They seem to have a nice frisbee golf course as well!

This is the only park (that I know of) in the Lockport area that I would consider an actual hiking…read moreand not just a walk through the woods. There is a nice, clean restroom building as well as pavilions for rental and a pond for fishing. Semi-recently a disc golf course was added, which I'm not a fan of because they cut down a decent amount of the front part of woods and it takes away from the experience in nature. But, I suppose it's a good way to bring more people to the park. The hiking trails can be a bit rooty, rocky and muddy in parts, so best to pay attention to your footing. I don't mind it because it makes the hike more challenging. There are up and down hills as well as a suspension bridge. The trails are marked with different colors. I also like that it's not easy to get lost here since I have a pretty bad sense of direction. Also, I've seen birds, deer, chipmunks, squirrels and snakes here. Whether you want to have a picnic by the pond, get a good hike in or both, Royalton Ravine is a nice setting for it!

What a beautiful, natural, "un-touristy" stretch of rocky shoreline, adjacent to grassy meadow…read morefields, just two blocks from the main drag (Queen Street) in Niagara-on-the-Lake. This area is akin to a craggy shoreline with a walking trail by the water's edge. You can clearly see an old, rocky fort/garrison just across the bay. My TO friends told me that area is actually in Nw York state, and the building is Fort Niagara. When I say it's close, I'm saying a good swimmer could swim there from here! There is a large, prominent hexagonal gazebo centrally located on the grassy stretch by the water's edge. It is quite Victorian in style, with white wooden cut-outs and embellishments. I thought it would make for a gorgeous location, with he craggy shoreline and Lake Ontario behind it, for wedding or engagement photos, or any momentous occasion, really. Just a beautiful site. (A gallery owner later informed us that this gazebo was built for the Stephen King movie, "The Dead Zone", and they gifted it to the town when the movie was done, as so many locals loved it. It really does seem to fit perfectly on the site). There is a large parking lot by the park, but I believe it is paid parking, FYI. It takes but ten minutes to walk the shoreline trail and back, but it's a wonderful stroll on a lovely day, and the area is so picturesque, it's like out of a postcard. Definitely worth the time, if you are in the area

We were in NOTL during a sweltering heat wave and would have dearly loved to swim here. But you…read moreabsolutely need water shoes! The "beach" is very pebbly, not sandy, and so is the lake floor. Too sharp and hard on our feet. I wish we'd known ahead of time.

A great place to go and rock climb while enjoying what nature has to offer. Over the years, there…read morehas been significantly more foot traffic, and as a result, more noise pollution and waste items have been popping up. I think that with more focus on an "all things in, all things out" approach, this area would be better for both bouldering enthusiast in addition nature fanatics alike!

Another vacation win- they have something here I have never seen- a nature trading post! You can…read moretrade rocks, crystals, fossils and such for their inventory or participate in a point based scavenger hunt, taking photos throughout the park, and redeem points for something in their inventory. I ma a huge rock hound, crystal nut- not just because my name is Crystal, I've loved picking up shiny rocks since I was a small child. Quartz and mica are two I remember finding often as a child. Here- they had a huge inventory of various raw and polished stones, fossils, animal bones and such. And that was just in the Nature Exchange! The park is wonderful too, plenty of trails to lead you down by the river, wonderful trees, great overlook viewpoints throughout. As part of the Niagra Parks system, they have bike trails too. We stopped here twice, once to explore and once for me to pop back in with my photos and pick out a raw piece of turquoise! A birthday win for me! Shout out to the young lady who talked to me in the morning, she wasn't there when I returned- and I am pretty sure the 2 young men thought I was crazy (I am), but they were all very helpful for this big kid out playing in nature!

You can get some great pictures from this state park. It wasn't busy at all. It borders Canada. I…read morethought it was a very nice park. The visitor/information center was closed when we were there. It has some beautiful views.

The flowers are blooming, the chill and snows are gone, and the beautiful flowers are blooming!!…read moreGet out to see what New York State Parks have to offer, as there are a lot of state parks in the Niagara Falls area!!!

Such a let down after they renovated it for 2 years…read more I used to love sitting at a table in the shade with my book and watch my family bring our dogs down there to play and now I can't even do that because the tables and chairs are gone and they build up the rock wall around the beach. The beach is still inaccessible there are giant cement blocks so it's not a straight shot down for a wheelchair and the grass around them is very uneven and hilly like ground for a wheelchair to go over and I got stuck in the rocks and had to ask people to help push me out, then on the way back to the walk way (video I posted) my wheelchair was going to flip. There are small simple things that they could have been done, I've been to other beach's that have strips over the sand/ rocks that wheelchairs can ride over. The building looks nice they added a small golf course. To me it seems like all they did was build the restaurant and build up the rock walls especially around the beach.

As summer 2026 is just ahead of us and I'm looking forward to going. But before they started the…read morenew renovations I would take my grand dogs and my dog there and play in the water. It's a beautiful location. Nice and private dogs. Love it. And I would go by myself and spend the whole entire day there. Relaxing. I have nothing bad to say about the place the way it was. Like I said, I'm looking forward to coming there very very soon and I will post what I think