One day in Albany, New York

A day through Albany’s best-known sights that lie close together: Empire State Plaza, New York State Museum, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Fort Orange, Schuyler Mansion and Fort Crailo. 6 stops, about 2.1 mi between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.

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The route

  1. Empire State PlazaSquare · On the map
  2. New York State MuseumMuseum · 0.2 mi on from Empire State Plaza · On the map
  3. Cathedral of the Immaculate ConceptionCathedral · 0.1 mi on from New York State Museum · On the map
  4. Fort OrangeArchaeological site · 0.5 mi on from Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception · On the map
  5. Schuyler MansionMuseum · 0.6 mi on from Fort Orange · On the map
  6. Fort CrailoMuseum · 0.6 mi on from Schuyler Mansion · On the map

6 stops, 4.7 mi on foot along the streets: about 1 h 30 min of walking.

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Photo credits

Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.

Good to know

  • Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
  • The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
  • Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.

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