Destinations · New York
Rensselaer
NY · 42.6467, -73.7336
From Rensselaer, New York, Byway's registries place 7 scenic byways and 1 public land unit within 30 miles.
Get in
Travel to time to Albany-Rensselaer from Boston is 5.25 hours, Buffalo is 5.25 hours, from Chicago is 16 hours, from Cleveland is 8.75 hours, from Montreal is 7.75 hours, from New York City is 2.5-2.75 hours, from Niagara Falls, NY is 6 hours, from and from Toronto is 9.75 hours.
Day-trip loops
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Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- Mohawk Towpath Byway · 9 mi · national
- Lakes to Locks Passage · 10 mi · national
- Revolutionary Trail · 15 mi
- Route 20 Scenic Byway · 22 mi
- Mohawk Trail - MA · 24 mi · national
- Mount Greylock Scenic Byway · 27 mi
Public land
Lookouts
- Mohawk River view · 11 mi
- Lock 7 Dam · 12 mi
- Williamstown view · 26 mi
- The Hopper · 28 mi
Named places
- First Grand Slam · 1 mi
- USS Albany · 1 mi
- Roger Connor · 1 mi
- Civil War Memorial · 1 mi
- Birthplace of American Union · 1 mi
- USS Slater · 1 mi
- Albany Firefighters Museum · 1 mi
- Destroyer Escort Historical Museum · 1 mi
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Albany · 1 mi
- Troy · 6 mi
- Watervliet · 6 mi
- Cohoes · 9 mi
- Schenectady · 15 mi
- Clifton Park · 16 mi