Wheelchair-accessible car park
Yes
NT Kayak Launch Facilities Botanical Gardens in North Tonawanda
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North Tonawanda, Niagara County, New York, US
Accessibility
Wheelchair-accessible entrance
Yes
Comments (84)
Great place to go to practice your skills! Use the kayak launching gadget or just walk down the boat ramp. Please wear a pfd, its next to impossible to put on a pfd when floating. All the cool kids do it!Bring supplies for a picnic after paddling, its a great spot.
Love the kayak launches they have here. Great place to go for a nice paddle
Nice boat launch with a seperate kayak launch, nice area to have a picnic and visit the botanical gardens.
NT botanical gardens are a great place to relax and enjoy nature. From the boat and kayak launch, to fishing, to just smelling the flowers.
Showed up for a lunch time concert with food trucks and live music by young musician Vincent Bonelli. Rain delayed the concert, but not the spirit of hungry people. There are picnic tables surrounding the gazebo. I wish there were separate benches as well in the area. I asked some folks at a table if I could join them for the concert.So many people. Several brought their own chairs. There were all ages present, from youngsters to golden agers. People in work clothes and people in casual summer dress.Heard a table of ladies say they came over for food here, instead of eating at the golf course across the street. The ladies were plenty happy with food truck meal portion sizes and prices.From the amount of applause heard for performer on acoustic guitar, Id say people were quite pleased with the music, no matter where I was in the park.The botanical gardens is meticulously taken care of. Quite the artist and photographer dream venue.Plenty of parking. Lots of trash receptacles to accommodate the number of people enjoying food truck meals.Porta potty on premises. Game areas for children. Of course kayaking, boating and fishing happen here too. Small yet busy place!
Wish the park was cleaner from all the goose droppings. The park use to be clean and look decent now it has pealing paint, uneven gravel and poorly maintained area where people can sit on benches to enjoy the water.
I see people taking wedding photos here at the gazebo. Weather permitting of course.
Beautiful area and the gardens are managed by mostly volunteers. The kayak launch is really cool. Also a couple of Pokemon Go stops and gyms there for those that play. My girlfriend loves to come here and take pictures of the trees and flowers
Could use a real bathroom like a composting toilet house and drinking fountain.
It is a nice place to launch Kayaks. It has 2 kayak docks that make it easy and dry getting in and out of the water. The water is nice and calm almost any day. On the week days not many boats go by so if youre just starting out its the place to go.
The Kayak launch is very convenient, with rollers to make it easy to launch and retrieve your kayak. The Botanical Gardens concept seems a little weak. This place has a huge parking lot with a boat ramp, and some not extremely well landscaped green space.
Best time to go is on a sunny and calm day where there isnt as much wind resistance. But remember to bring sunblock as youll most likely be sitting in the sun for hours. The launch facilities are open to the public and are easy to use.
No permit required and its free - all these are in the area. never too busy. Makes entry and exit easy for novice to advanced kayakers, canoers. Ive launched my boat here too 100 ft away but you need a permit for boat launch.
We visited this quiet section of Tonawanda creek on a beautiful Saturday. Their was a convenient kayak launch adjacent to patkng, the ride was relaxing and peaceful, along wooded foliage, duck family hang outs and a quiet neighborhood.
I gotta little spot acrross the way. Perch, Walley, N-Pike, Rockbass heaven in June July and August. Caught this sheep head. I Never knew they had teeth. Catch and Release.
Great place to launch your boat or kayak!
Had a good time kayaking from that launch it was busy no longer then a 5 min weight.
One local spot to check out a beautiful botanical garden plus a kayak and/or canoe launch; it cant get any better than that for a family outing to enjoy the great outdoors in Tonawanda wildlife.
Nice and easy getting kayaks in and out
Very peaceful, people are very nice. A great place to launch your kayak and paddle around the island for dogs.
Well maintained, pretty easy to use launch ramp lots of parking which is a plus as I trailer mine.
Great place to visit and you dont have to pay to launch your kayaks there.
Good launch spot on the Erie Canal/Tonawanda creek. Lots of parking and roller launch.
Easy in easy out. Plenty of free parking. Nice paddle especially for beginners!
Great kayak launch, plenty of space to park and unload watercraft. I hear theres geocaches near this launch.
Easy access and lots of friendly and helpful people. My first kayak adventure. Ill be back for sure.
Nice place to go fishing, meet with a friend, or just relax outside. Quiet, even though its near a busy road.
Beautiful place to walk and take pictures. There are docks to put your canoe or kyak in.
Easy access to the water, great location, plenty of parking.
Except for the excessive goose poop its really nice place. We fish there a lot
Really great kayack launch. New and verry clean. nice gazebo and rest area.
Good place to launch. Usually pretty quiet and can get in and out quickly
Magical.
Great access and starting point for Kayaking..
Pass on this one. Looks like they have given up. The grass was mown when I got there, but any kind of botanical display was unkempt. See my photo
Great little launch, easy access, good parking
Not great for fishing but launch is great for kyacks
Great for Pokemon Go but little in the way of actually being a botanical garden.
Nice place to launch or get married lol
Nice launch really easy in and out. Never congested
Plenty of parking and easy water access.
Quiet park good for fishing n kayaks.
Quiet peaceful ride. Almost no motor boats
Photographed a wedding here. Just beautiful!
Easy set up & puff youre kayaking
Great place to launch your kayak from
Nice place to fish!
Great place to launch kayaks
Love what they are doing here in NT.
Easy to launch kayaks and return.
I dont want anyone to come here ever. Its mine, all mine.
Easy launch with great parking
Pretty run down. Needs a lot of work.
Love the flowers and the beautiful Erie canal
A beautiful thing, fun on the water.
Its looking better all the time.
Very clean and a Porta-Potty
Looks like fun place to be.
Painted railings today in Tonawanda..
Well kept nice area.
Great launch for handicapped
Easy in easy out
Beautiful spot on the canal!
Easy launch!
Nice stroll and flowers.
Beautiful
Peaceful
Very convenient.
Geese
Love this place
Love this place
Great place
A very nice place to launch a boat or kayak. We kayaked up the Erie Canal over a mile the was clam as usual. The nice thing is the park is just off Niagara Falls Bld and Robinson Rd. Plus there is a small picnic area.
One of my favorite kayak launches. Easy to get to Ellicott Creek Park,Gateway Park. Restaurants and bathrooms. Tonawanda Island and the Niagara River. The fishing is fantastic. Several bridges offer shade on a real sunny day. The people watching is incredible. World class scenery up and down . Wildlife everywhere. Then youve got excellent bike and walking paths literally adjacent to the launch. Sweeney and Niagara. If its ever busy you can easily launch nearby under a bridge or from shore.👀👍😄
Total reviews rating 4.6
84 Reviews for NT Kayak Launch Facilities Botanical Gardens 2023:
Review №1
2022-05-25Very convenient location - upstream from Ellicott Creek Park. Roller launch is great and very nice boat ramp to use if you have a kayak/canoe that you cant use rollers. Plenty of parking as well
Review №2
2022-06-05Love this place. It has a rolling kayak launch, so its really easy to get in and out of the water. Its inside of a nice little park, with lots of parking.
Review №3
2021-07-20Great place to launch your yak. A lot of debris in the water from all the rain this last trip.Parking lot is big which helps with my 10 trailor.Only 10 minutes from my house.
Review №4
2021-06-20I only went to see the kayak launch. I great shape, big enough for launching and inbound kayakers. Plenty of parking, not to mention Its at the N. Tonawanda Botanical Gardens. Beautiful. Will repost after I kayak.
Review №5
2022-06-15Great location to kayak. Roller launch or small stones to help keep out of mud. Senior kayak are more likely to slip in mud.
Review №6
2020-09-29I am hesitant to write a review about this gem because I want to keep it all to myself. Parking lot is huge and there are far less people here than the Ellicott Creek launch. Easy access, and a few different routes to take along the water. One of my favorite spots to launch!
Review №7
2021-06-16Its actually a really nice little area. Peaceful for the most part. I think they should expand on the informational signs, to help educate the youth. Thats wonderful.
Review №8
2020-06-20Its a pretty and peaceful place. Needs to be more flowers but its nice.
Review №9
2022-05-27...and a great to grab a meal somewhere else and eat it here... it has the feel of a city park!
Review №10
2021-09-14We love to get our food, open our car windows and eat our food there. We watch the people getting in and out of there kayak while we are there. We have watched fisherman catch there fish there. The kids love it there. We get out when there isnt a lot of people there. Due to covid it is not frequent. Love this spot