New Jersey to Niagara Falls

From where in Jersey? Are you driving? How fast do you need to get from point A to B?

The Fingerlakes region of NY State is lovely to drive through in summer..although I haven't a clue what it's like in winter. Keep an eye on the weather as you approach Buffalo, they tend to get LOTS of lake-effect snow. Reply to this

I've heard that Amtrak runs trains across NY state, although I've never looked into it. I bet it would be a lovely way to travel. Having a quick look at the map, the train would run up to Albany from the City, then across the state to the west.
Your route would most likely take you from Hackettstown into NY City, then up through NY state to Rochester or Buffalo. (I think the NJ Transit runs the train line through Hackettstown). I would imagine it would be a fairly long day... unfortunately I do not believe there is a train line that cuts directly from NJ across to Niagara.

Good luck!

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I live in Buffalo and we take lots of road trips. I don't think it's a particularly pretty trip unless you go in the fall when the leaves are changing colors.

If you're going in the dead of winter you do need to watch weather reports and I suggest driving because it goes faster that way. I'm not familiar with NJ, but when I drive from Buffalo to NYC it's about 6.5 hours. So to NJ it shouldn't be much more than that. I would plug your destination and point of origin into Mapquest and follow their directions for the shortest route.

I've taken the train from Buffalo to NYC also and it was nice not to have to drive, but the trip was looooonnnngg. Driving yourself would be faster. Reply to this