The Erie Canal begins at the junction with the Champlain Canal at Waterford, near the Federal Lock at Troy and runs west some 342 miles to the Niagara River near Buffalo. The Canal varies in character. Much of the eastern canal follows wide rivers, and much of the western canal is hand dug into a hillside with small picturesque towns. There are 34 locks and 15 lift bridges.

And above all, Beware The Canal Monster!

• Troy Lock     (-2.5)
• Town of Waterford     (0.0)
• Waterford Flight Locks     (0.3 - 2.3)
• Cohoes Falls
• Village of Crescent     (4.2)
• Lock E-7 at Vischer Ferry     (12.6)
• Schenectady Yacht Club at Rexford     (16.4)
• Lock E-8 at Scotia     (23.4)
• Lock E-9 at Rotterdam Junction     (28.3)
• Lock E-10 at Cranesville     34.5()
• City of Amsterdam     (37.3)
• Lock E-11 at Amsterdam     (38.8)
• Lock E-12 at Tribes Hill     (43.0)
• Village of Fonda     (48.2)
• Lock E-13 at Randall     (52.9)
• Town of Canajoharie     (60.5)
• Lock E-14 at Canajoharie     (60.9)
• Lock E-15 at Fort Plain     (64.3)
• Town of St. Johnsville     (69.7)
• Lock E-16 at St. Johnsville     (71.2)
• Guard Gate 3 at Indian Castle     (74.7)
• Lock E-17 at Little Falls     (77.7)
• Guard Gate 4 at Little Falls     (78.5)
• City of Little Falls     (78.7)
• Lock E-18 at Jacksonburg     (81.9)
• Guard Gate 5 at Herkimer     (86.2)
• Town of Herkimer     (86.3)
• Village of Ilion     (87.8)
• Lock E-19 at Frankfort     (93.9)
• City of Utica     (99.7)
• Utica Harbor Lock     (100.7)
• Lock E-20 at Whitesboro     (104.2)
• Guard Gate 6 at Rome     (111.6)
• City of Rome     (114.2)
• Guard Gate 7 at Rome     (114.3)
• New London Junction Lock     (120.9)
• Lock E-21 at New London     (122.8)
• Lock E-22 at Sylvan Beach     (124.2)
• Village of Sylvan Beach     (128.8)
• Oneida Lake     (129.2, 149.5)
• Winter Harbor Marina     (151.0)
• Lock E-23 at Brewerton     (153.1)
• Oswego Canal     (160.0)

• Lock E-24 at Baldwinsville     (172.1)
• Village of Weedsport     (188.8)
• Old Richmond Aqueduct     (200.8)
• Cayuga-Seneca Canal     (201.5)
• Lock E-25 at Mays Point     (203.1)
• Lock E-26 at Clyde     (209.0)
• Village of Clyde     (211.3)
• Lock E-27 at Lyons     (220.0)
• Lock E-28A at Lyons     (221.4)
• Drydock at Lyons     (221.5)
• Lock E-28B at Newark     (225.6)
• Village of Newark     (225.8)
• Village of Palmyra     (234.9)
• Lock E-29 at Palmyra     (235.5)
• Lock E-30 at Macedon     (238.6)
• The Canal Monster
• Village of Fairport     (246.1)
• Fairport Lift Bridge     (246.2)
• Bushnell's Basin Guard Gate     (249)
• Bushnell's Basin     (249.5)
• Cartersville Guard Gate     (251.6)
• Town of Pittsford     (252.7)
• Lock E-32 at Pittsford     (254.4)
• Lock E-33 at Henrietta     (255.7)
• Genesee River Crossing at Rochester     (259.5)
• Spencerport Guard Gate     (269.1)
• Village of Spencerport     (270.4)
• Adams Basin Lift Bridge     (273.3)
• Village of Brockport     (278.0)
• Village of Holley     (283.0)
• Hulberton Road Lift Bridge     (286.0)
• Village of Albion     (292.3)
• Eagle Harbor Lift Bridge     (295.0)
• Knowlesville Lift Bridge     (298.0)
• Village of Medina     (302.5)
• Village of Middleport     (308.0)
• Village of Gasport     (313.4)
• Adams St. & Exchange St. Lift Bridges, Lockport     (319.4, 319.6)
• Lock E-34-35 at Lockport     (320.1)
• City of Tonawanda     (341.0)
• Niagara River & Falls     (341.2)
• Fall Foliage