Albany, New York

Current Weather

Albany is the largest city within a 50 mile [80 km] radius.

The next largest community is Colonie. It lies just north of Albany and has a population of 79,258 people.^<1>

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Pittsfield (MA)	SE	31 mi [49.89 km]	42,652	6.86% decrease
	Amsterdam	NW	27 mi [43.45 km]	17,533	4.48% decrease
	Bethlehem	S	5 mi [8.05 km]	33,095	5.72% increase
	Clifton Park	N	13 mi [20.92 km]	36,279	9.95% increase
	Glenville	NW	18 mi [28.97 km]	29,825	5.83% increase
	Guilderland	W	8 mi [12.87 km]	34,781	6.4% increase
	Halfmoon	N	14 mi [22.53 km]	20,167	9.16% increase
	Milton	N	26 mi [41.84 km]	16,925	1.04% decrease
	Niskayuna	N	10 mi [16.09 km]	21,753	7.18% increase
	Queensbury	N	48 mi [77.2 km]	27,763	9.13% increase
	Rotterdam	NW	14 mi [22.53 km]	30,024	6.03% increase
	Saratoga Springs	N	27 mi [43.45 km]	28,844	10.15% increase
	Saugerties	S	41 mi [66 km]	19,607	1.31% decrease
	Schenectady	NW	11 mi [17.7 km]	61,152	1.08% decrease
	Troy	NE	7 mi [11.27 km]	47,459	3.48% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Colonie	NW	4 mi [6.44 km]	8,591	8.53% increase
	Delmar	SW	3 mi [4.83 km]	---
	East Greenbush	SE	6 mi [9.66 km]	16,891	8.55% increase
	East Greenbush	SE	7 mi [11.27 km]	---
	Guilderland	NW	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
	Hampton Manor	SE	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Latham	N	5 mi [8.05 km]	---
	Loudonville	NE	3 mi [4.83 km]	---
	Menands	NE	4 mi [6.44 km]	3,795	2.94% decrease
	New Scotland	SW	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
	Rensselaer	SE	3 mi [4.83 km]	7,907	1.88% increase
	Roessleville	N	2 mi [3.22 km]	---
	Voorheesville	W	6 mi [9.66 km]	2,767	2.29% increase
	Watervliet	NE	6 mi [9.66 km]	9,765	4.33% decrease
	Westmere	NW	3 mi [4.83 km]	---

Albany County

Albany is located in Albany County and is the county seat.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Albany: Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady and Schoharie.

While not sharing a border with Albany, the following counties are close to Albany: Columbia, Montgomery and Washington.

Below are counties that are near Albany (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Albany:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Albany
	Berkshire County (MA)	E	Hancock (MA)	25 miles [40 km]
	Columbia County	SE	North Chatham	15 miles [24 km]
	Fulton County	NW	Beyers Corners	27 miles [43 km]
	Greene County	S	Deans Mill	14 miles [22 km]
	Montgomery County	NW	Scotch Church	22 miles [35 km]
	Rensselaer County	SE	Rensselaer	3 miles [4 km]
	Saratoga County	N	Halfmoon Beach	9 miles [14 km]
	Schenectady County	N	Niskayuna	8 miles [12 km]
	Schoharie County	W	Wright	21 miles [33 km]
	Ulster County	S	Saxton	36 miles [57 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for New York<3>

Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Albany. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

Other Roadside Stops

Off-the-Road Links

Footnotes