Amherst Quarry Lake

Amherst Quarry Lake is a lake in Buffalo, Erie County, New York. Amherst Quarry Lake is situated near the neighborhood Kensington, as well as near University Heights.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Darwin D. Martin House and Buffalo Zoo.

Darwin D. Martin House

Museum

Photo: Davepape, Public domain.

The Darwin D. Martin House is a historic house museum in the Parkside East Historic District of Buffalo, New York, United States. Built for businessman Darwin D.

Founded in 1875, the Buffalo Zoo, located at 300 Parkside Ave in Buffalo, New York, is the seventh oldest zoo in the United States. Each year, the Buffalo Zoo welcomes approximately 400,000 visitors and is the second largest tourist attraction in Western New York; second only to Niagara Falls.

Erie County Medical Center

Hospital

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

Erie County Medical Center is a hospital with 550 beds located in the East Side of Buffalo, New York and a member of the Great Lakes Health System. It is the primary teaching hospital for the University at Buffalo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Side and North Buffalo.

East Side

Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0.

If you're a visitor in Buffalo and you ask a local for advice, one of the things you'll almost certainly be told is to stay away from the East Side. "You take your life in your hands when you cross Main Street", so they might say, perhaps punctuating their…

North Buffalo

Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Perhaps North Buffalo doesn't have the immediate cachet of other parts of the city. The clothing boutiques on Hertel stock fashions that may not be as up-to-the-minute as the ones in the Elmwood Village.

Amherst

Photo: AndreCarrotflower, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Amherst is a town in Erie County, New York, United States. It is a suburb of Buffalo. As of 2020, the town had a total population of 129,595. This represents an increase from 122,366 as reported in the 2010 census.

Amherst Quarry Lake

Type: Lake
Categories: body of water and quarry
Location: Buffalo, Erie County, Niagara Frontier, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.941° or 42° 56′ 28″ north

Longitude

-78.8237° or 78° 49′ 25″ west

Open location code

87J3W5RG+CG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 652492231

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=lake

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Kensington and University Heights.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Manhattan (Gleasner) Park and LaSalle Island.

Buffalo: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: West Side and East Side.

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