| The
newly remodeled Visitor Center at Prospect Park is the perfect place to start
and end your adventure at Niagara Falls State Park. In
addition to visitor information, the Center houses the Festival Theater, a gift
shop and a variety of foodservices including specialty coffees, ice cream, a deli
and snack bar, as well as a patio grill. Outside,
our lush floral garden depicts the entire Great Lakes region, spanning more than
one-and-a-half acres. the garden is planted with 26,000 tulips and 35,000 annuals.
Walking through the garden, you can trace the route of water that flows from the
Great Lakes to the Niagara River and over Niagara Falls. The plantings and walkways
represent land areas. The grassy areas are designed in the shapes of Lakes Michigan,
Superior, Huron and Erie. You
can follow the Niagara RiverŐs course along a walkway that leads into the Visitor
Center and to the lower patio where Lake Ontario is depicted. The Garden is a
lovely way to brush up on your geography and learn where the NiagaraŐs water comes
from and where it goes. There
are several footpaths that lead from the Visitor Center to every area of the park,
and the Niagara Scenic Trolley departs from near the Visitor Center roughly every
15 minutes in the summer traveling all across the park to the many points of interest.
Admission
to the Visitor Center is free. | 
