Worth the trip from Albany: Mount Mansfield, 25 mi off
Albany and its surroundings hold 5 ski areas, 5 museums and a mountain. The town has no place on our list of its own; 14 are within 40 miles. If you have a day, head to Lake Champlain, 49 mi away.
Lake Champlain
Lake in New York, Vermont and Quebec.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Where to find them
At the edge of the map sits Vermont Granite Museum, 37 mi out.
Orange: Albany. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Place after place
Here are the 29 places within 60 miles.
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3Haskell Free Library and Opera House
Library and theater on the border of Derby Line, Vermont, United States and Rock Island (Stanstead), Quebec, Canada.
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5Stowe Mountain Resort
Ski resort in Vermont, United States.
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13Smugglers' Notch Resort
Ski resort in Cambridge, Vermont, United States.
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Bretton Woods Ski Area
Ski area located in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, USA.
Santa's Village
Christmas-themed amusement park in Jefferson, New Hampshire, United States.
Burke Mountain Resort
Ski resort in East Burke, Vermont, United States.
Clark's Bears
Roadside attraction in Lincoln, New Hampshire known for trained performing bears and the White Mountain Central Railroad.
Chester Alan Arthur State Historic Site
Biographical museum in Fairfield, Vermont.
Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium
Natural history museum in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, USA.
St. Johnsbury Athenaeum
Historic building and museum in St. Johnsbury, Vermont.
Sullivan Museum and History Center
History museum at Norwich University, United States.
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 →
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 · Shelburne Museum: Storylanding, CC0 · Fort Montgomery: Mfwills, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Franconia Notch State Park: Stephen Sokolowski, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Smugglers' Notch Resort: Jrclark (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Flume Gorge: MyCatIsAChonk, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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
