Get in
[edit]From Buffalo-Niagara International Airport, it's less than a 30-minute drive to Downtown Lockport. Lockport is served by the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA). Lockport is a 30-minute drive east of Niagara Falls, NY down Route 31.
Get around
[edit]It is best to rent a car. In the summer Lockport has a tourism trolley. The NFTA bus stops are not far from the downtown attractions.
See
[edit]- There is a museum in the old lock control structure that contains historic photographs, maps, engineering drawings, and machinery.
- The Canal Discovery Center is housed in an old church about 100 yards to the west of the locks.
- Lockport is home to the widest bridge in North America which spans the canal to the southwest of the locks.
- The Niagara County Historical Society at 215 Niagara Street is a complex of buildings that together tell the story of Niagara County history.
Do
[edit]- 1 Lockport Cave & Underground Boat Ride, 5 Gooding St. (NY 78 to Main St, left on Pine), ☏ +1 716-438-0174. Tours normally depart hourly. 10 May - 18 May: Sa Su noon-4PM; 24 May - 20 Jun: daily noon-4PM; 21 Jun - 1 Sep: daily 10AM-5PM; 2 Sep - 13 Oct: M-F 11AM 1PM 3PM 5PM, Sa Su 11AM-4PM. This 70-minute walking tour starts with a viewing of the "flight of five" locks that gave the city its name. A walk along the canal speaks to the industrial history of the area, and then it's into the Lockport Cave, a man-made tunnel built to provide hydraulic power to those canalside industries. A short boat ride takes you deeper into the tunnel before returning to end the tour. $9.00 (ages 4-12: $6.00; under 4: free).
- 2 Lockport Locks & Erie Canal Cruises, 210 Market St., ☏ +1 716-433-6155, toll-free: +1-800-378-0352. Lockport Locks & Erie Canal Cruises offer sightseeing and dinner cruises on the Erie Canal. Round trips daily at different times of the year (no operation from mid-October to early May). $14, children 4-10 $8.
- 100 American Craftsmen is an annual show of arts and crafts held at the Kenan Arena. The arena is on the historic Kenan Center campus.
- Ida Fritz park plays host to the Taste of Lockport every August and to a Cruise Night every Monday during the summer.
- Just outside of Lockport is Niagara Wine Trail. It features 10 wineries.
Buy
[edit]A bookshop on the Erie Canal at the Erie Canal Discovery Center or Lockport Locks and Erie Canal Cruises.
- 1 Tops Friendly Market, 5827 S Transit Rd., ☏ +1 716-439-4366, fax: +1 716-439-8464. Daily 6AM-midnight. Large, well-stocked supermarket.
Eat
[edit]- 1 Molinaro's, 90 Walnut St., ☏ +1 716-438-0631. M W Th 10:30AM-8PM, Tu 10AM-5PM, F 10:30AM-9PM, Sa 3PM-9PM, Su noon-7PM.
- 2 Shamus, 98 West Ave., ☏ +1 716-433-9809, [email protected].
- 3 Danny Sheehans, 491 West Ave., ☏ +1 716-433-4666. Tu-Th 4PM-9PM, F Sa 4:30-9PM, Su 3-8PM.
- 4 Village Eatery, 429 Davison Rd., ☏ +1 716-433-0688. M-Th 11AM-8PM, F Sa 11AM-9PM, Su 3-8PM.
Drink
[edit]- 1 New York Beer Project, 6933 S Transit Rd. Brewery, gastropub, event space, and rooftop terrace. Built to resemble an old brewing warehouse in New York City.
- 2 Freedom Run Winery, 5138 Lower Mountain Rd, ☏ +1 716-433-4136, [email protected]. Tasting room daily, noon-6PM (F until 8PM).
Sleep
[edit]- 1 Quality Inn, 551 S. Transit St., ☏ +1 716-434-4411.
- 2 Lockport Hotel, 515 S Transit St., ☏ +1 716-434-6151.
- 3 Lockport Inn & Suites, 315 S Transit St., ☏ +1 716-434-5595, fax: +1 716-433-0105, [email protected].
Camping
[edit]- 4 Niagara County Camping Resort, 7369 Wheeler Rd, ☏ +1 716-434-3991.
Connect
[edit]- 1 Lockport Post Office, 138 East Ave., ☏ +1 716-514-5000, fax: +1 716-434-1365.
Go next
[edit]| Routes through Lockport |
| END ← Niagara Falls ← | W  E
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→ Middleport → Rochester |
| END ← Newfane ← | N  S
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→ Amherst/Clarence → East Aurora |
| Niagara Falls ← Lewiston ← | W  E
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→ Childs → Rochester |
| Tonawanda/North Tonawanda ← Amherst ← | W  E
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→ Middleport → Rochester |