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Attractions near Albany

Start with MVP Arena: the sights of Albany

Albany has 93 notable places within 60 miles, among them 3 national park units and 14 ski areas. 13 of them are inside Albany. Saratoga National Historical Park sees about 119K visitors a year. Further afield, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is 57 mi from the centre.

Attractions nearby
93
within 60 miles
The big one
in town
USS Slater
National park units
3
parks & monuments
Ski areas
14
Hunter Mountain
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Museum · in town

USS Slater

1944 Cannon-class destroyer escort.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Plotted on the map

Furthest from the centre is Barnum's Aquarial Gardens, 40 mi away.

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Orange: Albany. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

Each place in turn

First the 13 in town, then the 80 within 60 miles.

The places inside Albany lead. The rest are ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places come first and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Albany → · Albany’s history →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

MVP Arena: This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire port, CC BY-SA 3.0 · USS Slater: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Orange: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Schuyler Mansion: This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire port, CC BY-SA 3.0 · The Egg: Nitant23, CC BY-SA 3.0 · New York State Museum: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Palace Theatre: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Albany Institute of History & Art: This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire port, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ten Broeck Mansion: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Townsend Park: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Tricentennial Park: This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire port, CC BY-SA 3.0 · National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mount Greylock: Jstergis, CC BY 3.0 · Fort William Henry: IrisKawling at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Great Escape: Jared and Corin, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site: Daderot, Public domain · Tanglewood: Daderot., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Olana State Historic Site: Netniks, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Norman Rockwell Museum: User:Rmrfstar, CC BY 2.5 · Clark Art Institute: Daderot, Public domain · Kaaterskill Falls: Mwanner, CC BY-SA 3.0 · National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame: Peter Flass, CC BY 3.0 · Grant Cottage State Historic Site: Coingeek at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Catskill Park: The original uploader was Daniel Case at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mount Snow: William J Sisti from Morristown, NJ, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Hunter Mountain: The original uploader was Daniel Case at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art: N-Lange.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bennington Battle Monument: Phil Boucher, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Saratoga Performing Arts Center: UpstateNYer., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Stratton Mountain Resort: Rudi Riet from Washington, DC, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Martin Van Buren National Historic Site: Rolf Müller, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bromley Mountain Ski Resort;Bromley Mountain: Jrclark (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hancock Shaker Village: Bestbudbrian, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cohoes Falls: bobistraveling, CC BY 2.0 · Arrowhead: Daderot., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Saratoga National Historical Park: Michael Francis Studios (Michael Cook), CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Cool Insuring Arena: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · National Museum of Dance and Hall of Fame: Whoisjohngalt, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Proctor's Theatre: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Berkshire Museum: Berkshiremuseum, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Crailo: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · The Hyde Collection: Danski14, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Williams College Museum of Art: Jllm06, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fenimore Art Museum: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Empire State Aerosciences Museum: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · William Cullen Bryant Homestead: Daderot., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bennington Museum: Daderot, CC0 · Arkell Museum: Bakrell1 at English Wikipedia, GFDL · National Bottle Museum: Doug Kerr from now in Binghamton, NY, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Berkshire Botanical Garden: Daderot at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Colonel John Ashley House: Daderot, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery: DutchTreat, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hanford Mill: Thomas L. Hayward, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0 · American Museum of Fly Fishing: American Museum of Fly Fishing, Manchester, VT, Public domain · Anthony House: User:Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Emile Brunel Studio and Sculpture Garden: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hudson River Maritime Museum: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Rosendale Theatre: Rosendale,_New_York_-_Main_Street_section.jpg: Gyrobo derivative work: Gyrobo (t, CC0 · Saratoga Springs History Museum: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ulster Performing Arts Center: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Manley-Lefevre House: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Shenantaha Creek Park: Adamlouismarre, CC0 · Southern Vermont Natural History Museum: Jmbvt, CC0 · Magic Forest: TDCornwell, CC BY-SA 4.0

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