Tew's Falls — Attraction in Hamilton

The city decided to charge people for $10 parking on a FARM. And the farm is not walkable to the waterfall cause there's no sidewalks and it's far. And so they organized a SCHOOL bus where it's $5 per person to bring you to the falls.

First of all, WHY are they doing this whole stupid shuttle bus idea?? They won't even allow dogs or coolers and wagons on the bus... so we saw families carrying all their bags of food on the bus. Oh did I mention there were no picnic tables or anything so don't think of eating lunch there :)

And second of all... the waterfall honestly was not worth $10 + $5/ person. Same with Dundas peak. Because when you look down... ooooo I see houses and the railroad track oh wow SO beautiful!!! .. roll my eyeballs. It's the other side where there's more trees. And the spot where people take all their insta pics... okay it's the SAME SPOT. there's like 2 spots. That's all. And the cliff is slanted in a way where it goes inwards so if you stand on the edge, there's nothing supporting you from underneath except for a few slabs of rocks that sticks out. Oh my god honestly people who wants to take cool cliff pics can just drive north. There's tons of those. Why are u trying to kill urself?

The only reason why it was a good day for me still is cause I was there with old friends I haven't seen in 6 months. And it was more about the company. But seriously. WHY ARE THEY CHARGING FOR THINGS MOTHER NATURE PROVIDED?!?! Oh yes you built a PATH and a few platforms. Clap clap clap. City of Hamilton, that is so wonderful how you found ways to rip people off and to transform that one nature spot into a big tourist trap. This place will only be worth it IF IT IS FREE. There's SO MANY beautiful places in ONTARIO THAT ARE FREE. F R E E. take notes.

Pics in this post: doesn't the falls look like it's coming out...

I have a love and hate feeling toward this place.

The good: breathtaking view, especially from the Dundas peak. It's nice little waterfall is in a area with relatively easy hiking, My four year old girl did it all the way without any complaints.

The bad: It was a disaster in terms of the parking. We got to the parking area only to find that no parking is available. The street was crowded from people looking for parking, and those who parked along the road got tickets from the police. They had signs saying to park at the Christie Lake Conservation, but if you had no GPS, you would have a hard time finding it cuz they don't have any sign after to guide you over. All side streets were closed to residents only. Unless you want to risk getting a ticket, you can drive into those streets to find a parking and walk over. I wasn't going to risk it and wasn't going to get my young kids and senior mother to walk the distance before the hiking even started. It was about 7 minutes drive and we had to pay for parking and shuttle. To give the credit, the shuttle came pretty fast. Despite the fact that over a hundred people were waiting in line to get on, the line moved quickly that we were able to get on in less than 15 min. The mobile toilets were disgusting. They need more frequent cleaning of these things for sure. I don't mind paying for a fee for the parking and shuttle, but since we paid, we deserve clean bathrooms, at least.

So for those of you who are planning a trip to the Dundas peak/Wester Falls, Tew's Fall area, skip the hassle of even trying to look for parking coz there is none. Just go straight for the Christie Lake Conservation and take the shuttle. Make sure you used the wash room before...

As an incredible natural landscape I can't not give it 5 stars but I'm kind of torn on doing so because in some small way it increases visibility to the spot. As a local who lives within a 5 minute walk from Tew's and Webster's falls I have seen first hand what the massive influx of out of area tourists have done to the neighborhood. On summer weekend THOUSANDS of people come to the area and clog all the streets with illegal parking even though there are many signs which point to the parking area 10 mins down the road which shuttles you in. It's not uncommon for residents to have multiple cars park in their driveway without permission or just flat out double park them blocking cars in driveways and just walk away for the afternoon. Many of my neighbors have looked out their windows to find people using their yard as a toilet. In fact one of my neighbors came home to a family who strayed off the path into his backyard and were sitting on his deck using his patio furniture as a spot to eat lunch. They had strewn garbage including dirty diapers everywhere. I almost feel like people won't be satisfied until there's a paved road straight to the edge of the falls or the peak with a Tim Hortons beside it. I know that was a bit of a rant but as I have seen this situation develop over the last ten years I am passionate about this subject. My point is this, if you come to Greensville to visit the falls or peak PLEASE be respectful of the neighborhood and it's residents and before you do something questionable ask yourself "Would I like someone doing this in...