Hiking routes around Buffalo

One long-distance trail passes through: Empire State Trail (1,190 km). Erie Canalway Trail (Buffalo to Rochester) has more of its length here than any other route: 27 km within 15 km, of 155 km from Buffalo to Rochester. 1 of the 5 local routes is under 10 km; the rest run longer or leave the area.

• Erie Canalway Trail (Buffalo to Rochester)Regional · ECT27 km within 15 km · 155 km in all · Buffalo to RochesterEmpire State Trails
• Empire State TrailNational · EST27 km within 15 km · 1,190 km in all · New York City to Buffalo
• Shoreline TrailLocal · RW25 km within 15 km
• Erie Canalway Trail (Hertel Avenue to Tonawanda)Local · ECT13 km within 15 km · Hertzel Ave, Buffalo to Tonawanda
• Erie Canalway Trail (Buffalo Harbor State Park to Hertel Avenue)Local · ECT13 km within 15 km · Buffalo Harbor State Park to Hertel Avenue
• Erie Canalway Trail (Tonawanda to Amherst)Local · ECT1.1 km within 15 km · Tonawanda to Amherst
• Main StreetLocal0.5 km within 15 km

Each name opens the route on Waymarked Trails.

• Routes from Waymarked Trails, which draws the hiking routes mapped on OpenStreetMap (data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); counted on Oct 19, 2026.
• Only routes someone has mapped as a route on OpenStreetMap are counted. Signposted paths no one has mapped, and walks without waymarks, are not.
• Lengths within 15 km are measured on Waymarked Trails’ simplified lines and take in a route’s branches and variants; a path two routes share counts for each. A route’s length in all follows its main line along the mapped ways, and those marked “about” come from the simplified lines.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Hiking routes