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Attractions near Albany

The nearest draw to Albany: Mount Mansfield, 27 mi away

Albany’s list takes in 5 ski areas, 5 museums and a mountain. None of our places to visit is inside Albany; 14 are within 40 miles. Drive 51 mi to reach Lake Champlain.

Attractions nearby
30
within 60 miles
The big one
51 mi
Lake Champlain
Ski areas
10
Jay Peak Resort
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Lake · 51 mi west

Lake Champlain

Lake in New York, Vermont and Quebec.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

On the map

Furthest from the centre is Vermont Granite Museum, 37 mi away.

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

Everything nearby

All of it

30 places make the list, every one within 60 miles.

Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead 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

Lake Champlain: Copernicus Sentinel-2, ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 igo · Mount Mansfield: Original uploader was Calzarette (Joe Calzarette) at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Haskell Free Library and Opera House: Thomsonmg2000, CC0 · Lake Willoughby: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stowe Mountain Resort: Stevage, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cannon Mountain: Mikespenard at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sugarbush Resort: Mrtrek1701 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jay Peak Resort: Hanumanix at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Ausable Chasm: Alan Prusila / Alanp35 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Montgomery: Mfwills, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Shelburne Museum: Storylanding, CC0 · Smugglers' Notch Resort: Jrclark (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Franconia Notch State Park: Stephen Sokolowski, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Flume Gorge: MyCatIsAChonk, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Willey House, New Hampshire: alans1948, CC BY 2.0 · Loon Mountain Resort: Own work, Public domain · Mad River Glen: Jrclark (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Santa's Village: Alex McLeod, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Bolton Valley Resort: Gopats92, Public domain · Burke Mountain Resort: Patrick McCaffrey, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chester Alan Arthur State Historic Site: Gerald L. Hann, Attribution · Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0 · St. Johnsbury Athenaeum: Gopats92 Jonathan Leo Connor, CC BY 3.0 · Vermont Granite Museum: Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY 4.0 · Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum: Jegelewicz, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sullivan Museum and History Center: SMHCNorwich, CC BY-SA 4.0

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