Buffalo City Hall Observation Deck

The Buffalo City Hall Observation Deck sits at 597 feet along the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, with the surrounding terrain dropping 18 feet within 600 meters of the site. Buffalo lies just 0.1 mile to the south-southeast. Several parks are visible within a half mile, including Waterfront/Emerson Young Park to the west-northwest, Five Flags Park and Erie Hills Pedestrian Mall to the south and southeast, and Patty Parete Park and Johnson Park to the north. The Maritime Memorial appears to the south-southeast at 0.3 mile, and Emerald Beach is visible to the west-southwest at 0.6 mile. Two vessels, the USS Grenadier (SS210) and the USS Croaker, are in view to the south at 0.6 mile. Amherst is 7.5 miles north-northeast, and Niagara Falls lies 16.5 miles to the northwest. Sunrise and sunset times shift across the year, from a 5:38 a.m. sunrise near the June solstice to a 7:44 a.m. sunrise near the December solstice, with sunset ranging from 4:45 p.m. in December to 8:58 p.m. in June. The Duck Blind lookout precedes this stop, and a Bridge overlook follows along the route.