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Western New York Outdoors
A Parks and Recreation Guide to locations for outdoor adventures in WNY.

The Seaway Trail
The western section of New York State's National Scenic Byway in Orleans, Niagara, Erie and Chautauqua Counties.

Description:

This is an inland corridor trail that travels along the St. Lawrence Seaway to the southern shorelines of Lake Ontario, the Niagara River and Lake Erie thru the Western New York region.  It is a tourist destination, created back in 1978, that connects communities and the region.  You can drive it, as a vacation, in about 4 days or boat it.  Attractions, landscapes, historic sites, lighthouses, parks, museums, harbors and numerous cities, towns and villages welcome your stops.

This marked trail is designated as a great American road trip that offers scenic, natural, historic, cultural, archaeological and recreational opportunites.  The trail is 504 miles long, 454 miles in New York State and the rest in Pennsylvania.  The longest recreational trail in America.

Maps:

Click here for a Tour Map.

Images:  Click on a thumbnail pic to enlarge the image.

Evangola State Park NYS Seaway Trail map at the campground near the Lake Erie southern shoreline.	Seaway Trail Center Visitors can stop for a view of Lake Erie along the shoreline at Hamburg.
Lake Erie View from side of Visitor Center on July 29th, 2005.	Banners Route 5 in Hamburg from the parking lot at new Visitors Center.
Lake Erie Scenic view in Hamburg along Route 5. The shoreline from Mt. Vernon park toward Hoover and Woodlawn beaches.	Lake Erie View Driving north on Route 5 looking toward the City of Buffalo.
Niagara Falls One of the great wonders of the world along the Niagara River.	Lake Ontario The historic Old Fort Niagara where the Niagara River mouth meets the Great Lake.

Other Related Sites:

America's Byways
The Seaway Trail - Tour planning has a trail map of the western section as a downloadable PDF file.
I Love New York - NYS tourism.
NYS DOT
Seaway Trail Erie - PA.
Town of Hamburg Visitors Center

 

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