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Attractions near Athens

Leave Athens for the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site, 35 mi away

Visits to Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site run to about 295K a year. None of our places to visit is inside Athens; 54 are within 40 miles. They include 20 museums, 7 theatres and 7 ski areas. Out of town, Mount Greylock is 42 mi away.

Attractions nearby
94
within 60 miles
The big one
4 mi
Olana State Historic Site
National park units
5
parks & monuments
Ski areas
9
Hunter Mountain
Museum · 4 mi south

Olana State Historic Site

Historic house museum and estate; former home of Frederic Edwin Church.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

How they lie

The map stretches to Proctor's Theatre, 38 mi away.

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

Everything nearby

Every entry

These 94 are within 60 miles, none in town.

Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Athens → · Athens’ history →

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

Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site: Crunch, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mount Greylock: Jstergis, CC BY 3.0 · Candlewood Lake: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · 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 · Storm King Art Center: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · 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 · Catskill Park: The original uploader was Daniel Case at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dia Beacon: Rolf Müller (User:Rolfmueller), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wonder Lake State Park: Anthony22 (talk), 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 · 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 · The Egg: Nitant23, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Martin Van Buren National Historic Site: Rolf Müller, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site: Deror_avi, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hancock Shaker Village: Bestbudbrian, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Washington's Headquarters State Historic Site: Unknown photographer, Public domain · 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 · Sam's Point Preserve: Mfwills, CC BY-SA 3.0 · New York State Museum: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · National Museum of Dance and Hall of Fame: Whoisjohngalt, CC BY-SA 4.0 · National Purple Heart Hall of Honor: The original uploader was Daniel Case at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Palace Theatre: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Proctor's Theatre: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Railroad Museum of New England: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Berkshire Museum: Berkshiremuseum, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Crailo: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Williams College Museum of Art: Jllm06, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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 · 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 · Innisfree Garden: Peter Dutton, CC BY 2.0 · William Cullen Bryant Homestead: Daderot., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bennington Museum: Daderot, CC0 · Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center: Poughkeepsieman, Public domain · Ten Broeck Mansion: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · Garbage Museum: Estieak Uddin Ahamad, 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 · Stanley Park: Daderot, Public domain · Topsmead: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D., CC BY-SA 4.0 · Anthony House: User:Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Babb's Beach: 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 · Shenantaha Creek Park: Adamlouismarre, CC0 · 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

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