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Niagara Gorge

Floor73 m240 ft

Depth: 118 m
Rim: 200 m
Length: 24.4 km

Niagara Gorge is up to 118 m deep: the rim reaches 200 m and the floor 73 m, along 24.4 km.

All facts

Floor: 73 m

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Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Niagara Gorge

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Niagara Gorge, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
0.3 km S
+2 more within 0.4 km
Directions Map
Nearest trailhead
5.0 km NNE
Directions Map

All mapped places 4

Place	Distance
Parking	0.3 km S
Parking	0.3 km NNE
Parking	0.4 km SSE
Trailhead	5.0 km NNE

Depth

Depth of Niagara Gorge

Up to 118 m deep (typically 36 m) along the 24.4 km in view.

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km. Centreline follows the river (no mapped valley line).

3D map

Niagara Gorge 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Niagara Gorge terrain and contours

10 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 50 mShowing west → east through the centre

Niagara Gorge elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Niagara Gorge weather

Niagara Gorge forecast for about 200 m: unavailable right now. Try again in a few minutes.

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain.

Slope

Share of the 21 × 21 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 98% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

98.3%

Moderate, 15–30°

1.2%

Steep, 30–45°

0.3%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.1%

Steeper than 30°: 0.4% of the 441 km² view
Relief in view: 151 m low point 72 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 31.3%Grassland 27.0%Cropland 18.3%Built-up 14.3%Water 8.2%Bare rock / sparse 0.8%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 10.5 km; 2,760 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Ring-billed Gull1,104
Eastern Gray Squirrel1,002
Common buckthorn736
Canada Goose556
House Sparrow496
Red-winged Blackbird487

Where it sits

Where Niagara Gorge sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Puslinch Lake303 m102 km WNW

Downloads

Niagara Gorge downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGNiagara Gorge satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-28.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain: U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-28)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast: Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Niagara Gorge

Nearest parking

Nearest trailhead

West → east through the centre