Erie County Parks offer a wide range of fun winter activities including sledding, ice skating, cross country skiing, downhill skiing, snowmobiling, snow boarding and tobagganing.
1. Chestnut Ridge – snowboarding, sledding, tobaggan chutes (2 towers, 4 chutes), cross country skiing and this year downhill skiing with new tow rope
2. Como Lake Park – ice skating, sledding, cross country skiing
3. Emery Park – ski hill with t-bar, snowboarding, cross country skiing, snowmobiling
4. Ellicott Creek Park – cross country skiing
5. Sprague Brooke – sledding, cross country skiing, snowmobile trails
Buffalo Ice Rinks and Parks
1. Lafayette Ice Rink – 156 Tacoma Avenue
2. Timothy Burvid Rink – 25 Cazenovia
3. Bud Bakewell Rink – 2607 Niagara Street
4. Humboldt Basin Rink – Martin Luther King Jr. Park – 175 North Parade- 1:30-5:30pm Mon-Fri, Noon to 5:30- Sat/Sun
5. Rotary Rink – Downtown – 40 Fountain Plaza
NY State Parks offer winter activities as well.
1. ArtPark – Cross country skiing
2. Beaver Island State Park- snowshoe, sled, ice fish, cross country skiing and snowmobiling by permit (call773-3271)
3. Buckhorn Island Sate Park – Cross Country skiing
4. De Veaux Woods State Park – Cross Country skiing
5. Devil’s Hole State Park – Cross Country skiing
6. Evangola State Park – Cross Country skiing, snowmobiling (call 549-1760)
7. Fort Niagara State Park – snowshoeing, cross country skiing, sledding
8. Golden Hill State Park – Cross Country skiing, snowshoeing, snowmobiling
9. Joseph Davis State Park (Lewiston) – Cross country skiing, snowmobiling (754-4596)
10. Knox Farm State Park – Cross country skiing and snowshoeing
11. Reservoir State Park – Witmer Road, Niagara Falls, NY – Cross Country skiing, sledding, snowmobiling, ice skating
12. Whirlpool State Park – Cross Country skiing
13. Wilson Tuscarora State Park – Wilson, NY – Cross country skiing, snowshoeing, snowmobiling
