The Niagara River running through the gorge at the Niagara Glen in autumn
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Niagara Glen

Hiking trail · Niagara Falls, ON

No ticket needed. Pay-and-display parking on site. Nature Centre is seasonal; a bouldering permit is required for all climbers in the Glen.

About 4 km of trails down in the Niagara Gorge through old-growth Carolinian forest

Why go to Niagara Glen

The Niagara Glen sits in the Niagara Gorge at 3050 Niagara Parkway in Niagara Falls, where Niagara Parks maintains about four kilometres of hiking trails. Visitors walk down about 80 stairs into the gorge and follow paths through one of Niagara's last pockets of old-growth Carolinian forest, past large boulders beside the Niagara River.

Niagara Parks rates most of the trails as moderate, and entry to the trails is free. Pay-and-display parking is on site, climbers need a permit to boulder in the Glen, and a free self-guided audio tour called Rekindling All Our Relations shares Indigenous connections to the landscape.

Did you know?

  • Niagara Parks says the Glen is one of Niagara's last pockets of old-growth Carolinian forest.source ↗
  • Niagara Parks describes the landscape as shaped by over 400 million years of geological history.source ↗
  • A free self-guided audio tour, Rekindling All Our Relations, explores Indigenous peoples' cultural and spiritual connections to the Glen.source ↗

In the press

Where

Map showing Niagara Glen

3050 Niagara Pkwy, Niagara Falls, ON L2E 6T2

How to get there

Nearest airports

  • YYZ

    Toronto Pearson International Airport

    125 km · about 1.5 hours to Niagara Falls source ↗

    • Air Canada
    • WestJet
    • Porter Airlines
    • Flair Airlines
    • Air Transat
    • Air North

    airport ↗

  • YTZ

    Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport

    127 km · just over 1.5 hours to Niagara Falls source ↗

    • Porter
    • Air Canada

    airport ↗carriers source ↗

  • YHM

    John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport

    under an hour to Niagara Falls source ↗

    • Porter
    • WestJet

    Air Canada Landline runs a coach from here to Toronto Pearson.

    airport ↗

Shuttles, ferries and seaplanes

  • Air Canada's motorcoach from Toronto Pearson to Niagara District Airport and the Marriott on the Falls, three round trips a day.source ↗

Typical fares

  • Air Canada · Vancouver to Toronto (YTO)Fares from $217 seen on Oct 31, 2026 · one-wayairline ↗
  • Air Canada · Calgary to Toronto (YTO)Fares from $208 seen on Oct 31, 2026 · one-wayairline ↗
  • WestJet · Vancouver to Toronto (YTO)Fares from $190 seen on Oct 31, 2026 · one-wayairline ↗

Fares change daily; check the airline.

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