8°F, early morning, snow and ice crunching under my feet, air smelling fresh, and not a soul anywhere. One of the rewards of being up before the sun!

Emery Park is in the village of South Wales, NY and offers hiking, biking, picnic shelters, baseball, cross-country skiing, showshoeing, and also downhill skiing with a T-Bar to get you back up. You can also hike along the East Branch of Cazenovia Creek in its eastern-most section. And finally, it also has a disc golf course.

For the waterfall hunters, it features several small waterfalls (that I am yet to see and photograph! That has to be corrected as soon as possible!). You can find info on those on Fullzguy's Western New York Waterfalls page.

Emery Park is a short drive south from East Aurora and not far from Buffalo and its suburbs.