Destinations · New York
Rensselaer
NY · 42.6467, -73.7336
Mohawk Towpath Byway, Lakes to Locks Passage and Revolutionary Trail are 3 of 7 signed byways within 30 miles of Rensselaer, New York.
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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.
The same roads run past Albany, where they are ranked and described in full.
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
- Central Park · 1 mi
- Rensselaer Waterfront Esplanade · 1 mi
- Hollow Park · 1 mi
- Rensselaer Waterfront Esplanade · 1 mi
- Walter S. Pratt Memorial Playground · 1 mi
- Tracy Street Park · 1 mi
- Plum Street Park · 1 mi
- First Grand Slam · 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