RiverRock Gardens

RiverRock Gardens is in Erie County, Niagara Frontier, New York. RiverRock Gardens is situated near Reuben “Bud” Bakewell Ice Rink, as well as near the sports venue Bud Bakewell Arena.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Strawberry Island and Buffalo AKG Art Museum.

Strawberry Island

Nature reserve

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Strawberry Island is an uninhabited island in the Niagara River located in Erie County, New York, southeast of Grand Island. The five-acre island is owned by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and is managed as a fish and wildlife preserve.

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Art gallery

Photo: TonyTheTiger, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Buffalo AKG Art Museum, formerly known as the Albright–Knox Art Gallery, is an art museum located adjacent to Delaware Park, Buffalo, New York, United States. Buffalo AKG Art Museum is situated 2½ miles southeast of RiverRock Gardens.

Riverside Institute of Technology

School

Photo: D-Day, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Riverside Institute of Technology was a public high school located in Buffalo, New York. It served Grades 9–12 and taught according to the Board of Regents. Riverside closed in June 2019 after years of low academic performance and safety concerns. Riverside Institute of Technology is situated 4,200 feet south of RiverRock Gardens.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kenmore and Ferry Village.

Kenmore

Town

Photo: Pubdog, Public domain.

Kenmore is a village in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 15,205 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Buffalo-Niagara Falls metropolitan area. Kenmore is situated 2 miles east of RiverRock Gardens.

Ferry Village

Hamlet

Grand Island is an island town in Erie County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town's population was 21,389 representing an increase of 5.00% from the 2010 census figure. Ferry Village is situated 2 miles northwest of RiverRock Gardens.

Tonawanda

Photo: Pubdog, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Tonawanda is the name of both a city in the Northtowns of Erie County, New York, and the unincorporated suburban township that surrounds it. The incorporated village of Kenmore also makes up part of the Town of Tonawanda.

RiverRock Gardens

Type: Sand
Category: landform
Location: Erie County, Niagara Frontier, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.95759° or 42° 57′ 27″ north

Longitude

-78.91003° or 78° 54′ 36″ west

Open location code

87J3X35Q+2X

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1019326148

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=sand

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Reuben “Bud” Bakewell Ice Rink and Bud Bakewell Arena.

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