Western New York Outdoors
Allegany - Cattaraugus - Chautauqua - Erie - Genesee - Niagara - Orleans - Wyoming

A Parks and Recreation Guide to locations for outdoor adventures in WNY.

The Greater Buffalo-Niagara and Western New York region of New York State is blessed with many natural resources.  We enjoy our wilderness nature trails, state forests, hiking, camping, mountain biking, picnics, skiing, public fishing access areas and many other outdoor recreational activities.  Each link below will transport you to a page with a brief description, maps, images and other site links with related data for that location.  Private, Town, County and State Lands are included for the eight counties of WNY.

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Allegany County
Allen Lake State Forest
Almond Lake
Bald Mountain State Forest
Beaver Lake - Alma Pond and Alma Hill.
Bully Hill State Forest
Coyle Hill State Forest
Cuba Lake
Hanging Bog Wildlife Management Area - Crab Hollow State Forest.
Genesee Valley - Greenway Trail and Wildlife Management Area.
Gillies Hill State Forest - English Hill State Forest.
Hiltonville State Forest -Gas Springs State Forest.
Keeney Swamp State Forest - Keeney Swamp Wildlife Management Area.
Jersey Hill State Forest - Karr Valley Creek State Forest.
Klipnocky State Forest - Slader Creek State Forest.
Lost Nation State Forest - Cold Creek State Forest, Swift Hill State Forest.
Palmer's Pond State Forest - Phillips Creek State Forest, Turnpike State Forest.
Rattlesnake Hill Wildlife Management Area
Rushford Lake - Rush Creek State Forest.
Vandermark State Forest - Plum Bottom State Forest.

Cattaraugus County
Allegany State Park and Reservoir - Red House, Quaker and Science Lakes.
Boyce Hill State Forest -Bear Creek State Forest, Bryant Hill State Forest, Bird Swamp, Case Lake, Ischua Creek.
Bucktooth State Forest - Elkdale State Forest.
Cattaraugus Creek - Sunset Bay Pier mouth upstream to Springville Dam at Scoby Hill.
Cattaraugus State Forest -Mansfield Creek.
Connoisarauley Creek - Waterfall.
Crystal Lake -Skim Lake.
Dayton Lakes - Lake Flavia, Middle Lake, Little Conewango Creek, Conewango Swamp Wildlife Management Area.
Dobbins Memorial State Forest
East Otto State Forest

Golden Hill State Forest - Raecher Hill State Forest.

Harwood Lake Wildlife Management Area - Bush Hill State Forest, Farmersville State Forest.
Lime Lake - Lime Lake Outlet, McKinstry Creek.
New Albion Lake
Nine Mile Creek State Forest - Windfall Creek State Forest.
Pat McGee Trail
Pine Hill State Forest -South Valley State Forest.
Rainbow Lake
Rock City State Forest - McCarthy Hill State Forest.
Sculpture Park
Waterman Swamp
Zoar Valley Multiple Use Area - Point Peter, Valentine Flats.

Chautauqua County
Alder Bottom Wildlife Management Area - French Creek.
Cassadaga Lakes - Bear Lake, Cassadaga Creek.
Chautauqua Lake - Long Point on Lake Chautauqua State Park, Chautauqua Fish Hatchery, Tom's Point Wildlife Management Area.
Clear Creek
Eastside Overland Trail - Canadaway Creek Wildlife Management Area, Boutwell Hill State Forest, Harris Hill State Forest, Hatch Creek State Forest.
Findley Lake
Hartson Swamp Wildlife Management Area -Clay Pond State Wetlands.
Jaquins Pond Wildlife Management Area
Lake Erie State Park
Marden Cobb Waterway - Paddle Trail, Kabob Wildlife Management Area.
Overview Parks - Luensman Park and Erlandson Park, Oak Hill.
Rail Trails
Seaway Trail

Stockton State Forest

Watts Flats Wildlife Management Area - Hill Higher State Forest.
Wellman State Forest

Westside Overland Trail - Brokenstraw State Forest, Chautauqua Gorge State Forest, Mount Pleasant State Forest, North Harmony State Forest, Panama State Forest, Whalen Memorial State Forest.

Erie County
Akron Falls County Park
Beaver Island State Park - Grand Island, Niagara River, Strawberry Island, Motor Island.
Beeman Creek
Big Six Mile Creek Marina
Boston Forest
Buckhorn Island State Park - Navy Island.
Chestnut Ridge County Park - Shale Creek Preserve.
Clarence Pathways - Peanut Line, Clarence/Akron Pathways, Akron Rail Trail.
Como Lake Park - Cayuga Creek, Stiglmeier Park, Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve Unique Area.
DeVeaux Woods State Park

Eighteen Mile Creek - Rt. 5, Hobuck Flats, Rt. 20, 18 Mile Creek Park, South Branch, Old Mill Run Falls.

Elma Meadows
Ellicott Creek - Amherst State Park, Bike Path, Island Park, Glen Park.
Emery Park - Cazenovia Creek.
Erie County Forests - Sardinia Mark.
Evangola State Park
Franklin Gulf
Great Baehre Swamp State Wetlands
Greenway Nature Trail
Hamburg / Southtowns - Rush Creek, Boy Scout Pond, Heath Pond, Plaza Pond, Nike Base Ponds, Versailles.
Hampton Brook Woods Wildlife Management Area
Hunters Creek
Knox Farm State Park
Lake Erie - Sturgeon Point, Buffalo River, Naval Park, NFTA Small Boat Harbor.
Lakeshore Road - Woodlawn Beach, Wendt Beach, Bennett Beach, Big Sisters Creek, Point Breeze, Evangola.
Olmsted Parks - South Park / Botanical Gardens, Riverside, Delaware, Martin Luther King, Front, Cazenovia.
Onondaga Escarpment Unique Area

Penn Dixie - Paleontological and Outdoor Education Center.