Niagara Falls After talking to the helpful ladies at the customer service desk, who told us where we could park at Niagara Falls for free, thus avoiding the extortionate tourist parking fees, we set off! We successfully navigated the interesting one way system and “rotaries” to park up about 1/3 of a miles from the American side of the falls. On this side you can see the river leading up to the falls with the rapids and how the speed of the river builds up, ...