--- title: "Amherst – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Amherst, United States: city. Nearby: University at Buffalo, New York's 26th congressional district, Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic Church Buildings.…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/amherst" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/amherst.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- City · United States · New York # Amherst What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Amherst 10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name. 1. University at Buffalo University with campuses in and around Buffalo and Amherst, New York 2.6 km · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_at_Buffalo) 2. New York's 26th congressional district U.S. House District in Buffalo and Niagara Falls, NY 3.8 km · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York%27s_26th_congressional_district) 3. Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic Church Buildings Church building in New York, United States of America 5.8 km · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blessed_Trinity_Roman_Catholic_Church_Buildings) 4. All-High Stadium Football stadium in Buffalo, New York 4.7 km · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-High_Stadium) 5. University at Buffalo Law School State University of New York, School of Law 2.6 km · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_at_Buffalo_Law_School) 6. University at Buffalo Stadium College football and track stadium 2.9 km · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadview_Stadium) 7. Edmund B. Hayes Hall University building in Buffalo, New York 3.3 km · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_B._Hayes_Hall) 8. Ellicott Creek Park Park in New York, United States 5.6 km · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellicott_Creek_Park) 9. Daemen University Private college in Amherst, New York, U.S. 1.7 km · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemen_University) 10. Former Reformed Mennonite Church Church building in New York, United States of America 3.8 km · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Former_Reformed_Mennonite_Church) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## Getting to Amherst **Airports:** Buffalo Niagara (BUF), 7 km · Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester (ROC), 93 km · John C. Munro Hamilton (YHM), 94 km\ **Stations:** Amherst Street, 5.3 km · University, 3.1 km\ - Rochester → Amherst 98 km · quickest by road, 1h 31m · $9–12 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/rochester-to-amherst) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Rochester&to=Amherst) - Syracuse → Amherst 216 km · quickest by road, 3h · $18–25 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/syracuse-to-amherst) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Syracuse&to=Amherst) - Pittsburgh → Amherst 299 km · quickest by road, 4h 33m · $29–39 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/pittsburgh-to-amherst) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Pittsburgh&to=Amherst) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Amherst) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Amherst Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Amherst. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in and around Humboldt Parkway, from which you can get to the Cold Spring business district and Masten Park via East Ferry and East Utica Streets. - Get in and around The East Side's major east-west crosstown routes are, from north to south: East Amherst Street, East Delavan Avenue, East Ferry Street, East Utica Street, and finally Best Street, which turns into Walden Avenue at its junction with Genesee Street in front of Martin Luther King, Jr. - Get in and around Elsewhere, parking in the Cold Spring business district is limited to one hour on weekdays between 7AM and 7PM along Jefferson Avenue between East Ferry and Riley Streets, and in Delavan-Grider to two hours on weekdays between 7AM and 7PM along Grider Street from the Kensington Expressway ramps to East Ferry Street. - Get in and around Turning right on Fillmore Avenue, the bus meanders its way through Humboldt Park and Genesee-Moselle via French, Kehr, and East Ferry Streets before turning northward, serving Delavan-Bailey and Kensington-Bailey via Bailey Avenue, Langfield Drive, and Eggert Road. - Get in and around Turning westward down East Ferry Street and from there southward on Main Street, the route proceeds through Hamlin Park, Cold Spring, and Masten Park before ending at the Utica Metro Rail Station. From [Wikivoyage: Buffalo/East Side](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Buffalo%2FEast_Side), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Fire Island](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/fire-island) US 10 ways of moving, 19 sources 535 km 2. [Vinalhaven and the Fox Islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vinalhaven) US 9 ways of moving, 13 sources 812 km 3. [Bacalar](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bacalar) MX 9 ways of moving, 41 sources 2,848 km 4. [Caye Caulker](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/caye-caulker) BZ 9 ways of moving, 42 sources 2,938 km 5. [Vieques](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vieques) PR 8 ways of moving, 12 sources 3,036 km If you know how people move in Amherst – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Camherst&title=Amherst&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Famherst), and the note gets an entry. 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