No matter what season it is, we love exploring the great outdoors that surrounds our beautiful city, and there's no better way than lacing up your hiking shoes and enjoying a leisurely hike and some fresh air. If you need to ease back into your fitness routine, get your steps in and hit these nine easy trails for some of the best easy hikes in Buffalo. Which ones are your favorites? Let us know (and send pictures).
1. Tifft Nature Preserve
Tifft Nature Preserve is a 264-acre nature refuge with five miles of nature trails and three boardwalks to explore. The hiking here is easy and scenic!
2. Amherst State Park
This small, New York state park is a great Sunday afternoon activity. Featuring meadows, trails, and Ellicott Creek, visitors can enjoy an easy hike or a picnic with friends and family.
3. Knox Farm State Park
Enjoy easy hikes along the paths, biking in designated areas, and even horseback rides with a permit. Knox Farm State Park has 633 acres to enjoy!
4. Eternal Flame Falls
Eternal Flame Falls is a bit higher on the difficulty scale, but it's still a relatively easy hike to this natural wonder, located at Chestnut Ridge Park. The trail to find it is 1.5 miles round trip.
Explore Eternal Flame Falls in this spellbinding video:
5. Chestnut Ridge Park
If hiking back to waterfalls isn't exactly your thing, stick around at Chesnut Ridge and you can enjoy several alternate trails to enjoy. This park provides easy hiking along with peace and quiet in Orchard Park.
6. Charles E. Burchfield Nature Center
If you thought nature was beautiful, just wait until you experience it at the Charles E. Burchfield Nature Center. This spot has some of the most interesting, easy hiking available near Buffalo. Bring your sneakers AND your camera!
7. Akron Falls Park
Akron Falls Park features several easy hiking trails that meander through a beautiful landscape. There is even a waterfall and a rushing creek to enjoy!
8. Reinstein Woods
The Reinstein Woods is easy hiking near Buffalo with a 2.8-mile loop trail and plenty of nature to experience! This nature preserve is known for its wildlife - from birds to turtles and beyond.
9. Walton Woods
Walton Woods has a 1.4-mile loop trail. And their paved pathways make for ideal easy hiking, biking, and more. This is one lovely, easy hike near Buffalo you're sure to fall in love with.
Which of these trails are you most excited to lace up your boots for? Now that you know about some of our favorite easy trails around Queen City, let us know which trails you feel offer some of the best hikes in Buffalo. And if you want to amp up your hiking game, check out our friends at AllTrails+. You'll have no idea how you hiked before without it.
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