Niagara Howard Johnson Closest to the Falls/Casino offers premier lodging at Family rates. We are just a short stroll to the Famous Falls - one and 1/2 blocks Area Attractions - Aquarium, 2 blocks Niagara Gorge Discovery Center 100 yards 3rd Street Entertainment District 1 Block Rainbow Bridge - one block The Niagara Falls Conference Center 150 yards Niagara Tourism and Convention Center Cave of the Winds Operating April - October - Goat Island 600 yards Canadian Casino - 15 minute walk over the Rainbow Bridge Seneca Niagara Casino - 300 yards Hard Rock Cafe - 2 blocks Upper Rapids - 3 blocks Lower River and the Gorge just behind the Hotel Whirlpool and Lower Rapids 3/4 mile Maid of the Mist Boat Ride Operating April - October - Prospect Point or available with a Bedore Tour Bedore Tours Operating April - October - 3 hour sightseeing tour of Canada and US with Maid of the Mist boat ride or nighttime illumination of the Falls Rainbow Helicopter Tours Operating April - October by Rainbow