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Erie Canalway Trail (Amherst to Lockport)
Next nearby hike: Erie Canalway Trail (Tonawanda to Amherst) 3.9 mi · 6.3 kmExplore Erie Canalway →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 12–26 °C (54–79 °F)
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Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
About this trail
From the Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village in Amherst and follows the Erie Canal, passing through woods, fields, and water views of boats and wildlife. Ends beside the dramatic “Flight of Five Locks” in central Lockport.
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Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 12 km · 7 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Place
- Erie Canalway (grouped by trail name)
- Nearest town
- 7.2 km W of Rapids (Niagara County, New York) · GeoNames
- Part of
- Erie Canalway Trail (Buffalo to Rochester) (regional route)
- Best months
- Apr–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- New York
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- ECT
- Operator (OSM)
- Empire State Trails
- From / to
- Amherts → Lockport
- Route centre
- 43.1278, -78.7170
- Route start
- 43.0853, -78.7280
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 17814584
- Official info
- empiretrail.ny.gov/buffalo-rochester/amherst-loc
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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