UB and Regional Resources
This collection is a list of University at Buffalo websites, local Buffalo area self-care resources, and things to do in the Buffalo-Niagara region.
- University at Buffalo Counseling Center
Self-Assessment Program: On-line Screening; mental health, wellness, and safety promotion resources; UB Well Program; groups - University at Buffalo Career Services
Finding campus jobs, mentors, career planning - University at Buffalo Student Conduct and Advocacy
Mediation program, rules and regulations, student-wide judiciary,
student advocate - University at Buffalo University Police
Alerts, theft prevention - University at Buffalo Student Response Center
Information on registering for classes, student records, financial aid, paying bills, administrative policies and procedures, university academic policies, graduate school, veterans affairs - University at Buffalo Student Health
- University at Buffalo LGBTQ Support at UB
- University at Buffalo Sexual Assault Prevention
- Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings in Greater Buffalo Area
- Buffalo Drug Abuse Treatment Programs
- Women for Sobriety
A non-profit organization dedicated to helping women overcome alcoholism and other addictions - Narcotics Anonymous Meetings in Western New York
- Mental Health Association of Erie County
Information and referral services, mental health, veterans programs, healthy eating and more - Crisis Services
24-hour hotline, suicide prevention, rape and domestic violence services, mental health information, trauma services, referrals - Buffalo Spree Magazine List of Top Local Physicians
- Himalayan Institute of Buffalo
Yoga, Ayurveda, meditation, special events, training - Taoist Tai Chi Society, Buffalo, NY Branch
- Greater Buffalo Massage Therapists Listing
Things to Do in Greater Buffalo
There are many great things to do in Western New York: great restaurants, movies, nightclubs, music, craft, and food festivals, plays and concerts, and more. Below are some leisure activities that you might consider including in your your self-care. Below are a few recommendations from our team:
Delaware Park in Buffalo
A beautiful park designed by Frederick Law Olmstead, who also designed Central Park in New York City. Below are some of these things that you can do within Delaware Park.
- Shakespeare in Delaware Park
Plays by Shakespeare have been produced for 35 seasons in the Park. There are two plays every summer, talks with the directors before the play on Tuesdays, and music before the play on Wednesdays. Free. - Buffalo Zoo
300 Parkside Ave, Buffalo, NY 14214 716-837-3900
Accessible through Delaware Park is a great place to visit any time of the year. Some of the zoo highlights include the elephants, giraffes, polar bears, Bengel (Indian) tigers, zebras, and the snow leopards. Before you visit, check the website to see if there are any special exhibits that are rotating through. - Go for a jog
Within Delaware Park there are several miles of trails that weave in and out of the park, as well as a four-mile loop around Hoyt Lake. In addition, you can jog or do sprint workouts around the track located in the park. - Relax with a picnic or barbeque
There are plenty of places to sit down in Delaware Park and enjoy a bite to eat, including many picnic tables and benches. You are allowed to barbecue as well, but you must provide your own grill. - Join a game of baseball, tennis or basketball
There are several baseball diamonds, tennis courts and basketball courts located in Delaware Park.
Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens
2655 South Park Ave, Buffalo, NY 716-696-3555
Beautiful gardens you can enjoy any time of year with a wide range of plants and flowers. There are classes, special events, holiday programs and more. Open all year.
Tifft Nature Preserve
1200 Fuhrmann Blvd, Buffalo, NY 716-896-5200 X 338 or 716-825-6397
Operated by the Buffalo Museum of Science, a 264 acre nature refuge dedicated to conservation and environmental education. Consists of ponds, marshes and woodlands for bird watching, fishing, snowshoe rental and cross-country skiing.
Woodlawn Beach State Park
S-3580 Lakeshore Road, Blasdell, NY 716-826-1930
Great place for a fall walk along the lake on the one mile long sand beach. A nature center/bathhouse complex with exhibits about the park’s natural history is connected to the beach by an interpretive nature boardwalk through the wooded wetlands.
Roycroft Campus
31 South Grove Street, East Aurora, NY 716-655-0261
Original “Arts & Crafts” campus has events, walking tours July-September, and a craft shop, restaurant and inn
The Great Pumpkin Farm Fall Festival
11199 Main Street, Clarence, NY
Food, spooky haunted house, Boo Barn, amusement rides, hayrides, pumpkins and more
Buffalo Museum of Science
1020 Humboldt Parkway #1, Buffalo, NY 716-896-5200
Multiple programs for adults and kids, special exhibits, 400 seat 3-D auditorium, hands-on exhibits, the most complete record of life of the greater Niagara Region along with exhibits on space, dinosaurs, life in ancient Egypt, gems and more. Open all year.
Forest Lawn Cemetery
1411 Delaware Ave., Buffalo, NY 716-885-1600
Beautiful 269-acre cemetery is on the State and National registers of historic places. Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted in 1849, it includes the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Blue Sky Mausoleum. It is the final resting place of famous African Americans Mary B. Talbert and Reverend J. Edward Nash, as well as President Millard Fillmore and Seneca Nation orator Red Jacket. Guided tours in summer; open year round.
Kissing Bridge
Route 240, Colden, NY
Skiing, snow boarding, tubing, lessons, food, bar, music
Rotary Ice Skating Rink
40 Fountain Plaza, Buffalo, NY 716-856-3150
Free skating located at the corner of Main and Chippewa Streets in Fountain Plaza, concession and skate rental counters
Tifft Nature Preserve
Snowshoeing and cross-country skiing
Buffalo Zoo
Open year round
Buffalo Museum of Science
Open year round
Albright-Knox Art Gallery
1285 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY 716-882-8700
Modern and contemporary art, art from different styles and cultures, gift shop, tours, library, restaurant. Open year round
Burchfield Penney Art Center
Buffalo State College 1300 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY 716-878-6011
Artwork by artists from the Buffalo, Niagara and Western New York area; special events, and educational programming. Open year round.
Broadway Market Christmas Food Fair (November)
716-893-0705
First Night Buffalo
716-635-4959
Many free downtown Buffalo events with great fireworks at midnight
Christmas in the Country Craft Show
5600 McKinley Parkway
Hamburg Fairgrounds,
Hamburg, NY 716-648-9733
Early November annual craft show voted one of the best in the country with hundreds of vendors and artisans
Knox Farm State Park
437 Buffalo Rd., East Aurora, NY 716-655-7200
Former country estate of Knox family, scenic trails, cross-country skiing, horseback riding, farm animals, Audubon tours
Vidler’s 5 & 10 Store
676-694 Main St, East Aurora, NY 716-452-0481
Nostalgic country variety store with an enormous variety of merchandise in the center of lovely East Aurora
Plantasia: Garden & Landscape Show
Event Center and Artisan Hall
Erie County Fairgrounds
5820 South Park Avenue
Hamburg, NY
Gardening and landscape show featuring theme gardens, free education seminars, children’s discovery center, and market
Buffalo and Eric County Naval & Military Park
1 Naval Park Cove, Buffalo, NY 716-847-1773
All branches of the Armed Forces are represented in this Buffalo waterfront attraction. Tours of decks and hulls of missile cruisers, destroyers and WWII submarines are available as well as planes, tanks, uniforms and other military artifacts.
Cofeld Judaic Museum Of Temple Beth Zion
805 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY 716-836-6565
The temple houses a magnificent collection of more than a thousand Judaic artifacts dating from 10th Century to the present on display in three rooms.
Elmwood @ Bidwell Farmer’s Market
716-856-4533
999 Broadway - Buffalo, NY 14212
8am-1pm locally produced fruits, flowers, veggies
Holland Tulip Festival
716-652-8444
Games, food, entertainment
Niagara Falls
The US side of the Falls has many attractions including helicopter rides over the Falls, site-seeing tours, casino, tours, and even a wedding chapel. Below are some of the main attractions.
- Maid of the Mist boat rides up to the falls are lots of fun and wet, slickers provided.
- Cave of the Winds where you can climb the stairs and be 20 feet from Bridal Falls, wet, slickers provided.
- The Niagara Aquarium has fish and aquatic life from the Great Lakes as well as the rest of the water world.
- Niagara Falls State Park is the oldest state park in the nation, 400 acres, trails, Cave of the Winds, islands, picnic area, visitor’s center with a movie theatre which features about the Falls, viewmoblie at Prospect Point, and gift shop.
- Whirlpool State Park is 2.5 miles north of the Falls with amazing view of the Giant Whirlpool and powerful rapids of the Niagara River. The park has 109 acres with bike trails, picnic tables, playground, fishing and cross-country skiing in the winter.
- Niagara Gorge Discovery Center is a geological museum with a 13-minute show of the history of the Gorge and the Falls, hands-on displays, and a spectacular view of the Niagara River and Gorge.
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