Watervliet

Worth seeing in and around Watervliet

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   State University of New York

   The State University of New York is a system of public colleges and universities in the State of New York. Led by chancellor John B. King, the SUNY system has 87,956 employees, including 29,427 faculty members, and some 7,660 degree and certificate programs overall and a $13.37 billion budget.

   9.2 km · public university system in the state of New York, United States · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

   Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is a private research university in Troy, New York, United States. It is the oldest technological university in the English-speaking world and in the Western Hemisphere.

   2.4 km · private research university in Troy, New York · Wikipedia
3. 03
   New York State Capitol

   The New York State Capitol, the seat of the New York state government, is located in Albany, the capital city of the U.S. state of New York. The capitol building is part of the Empire State Plaza complex on State Street in Capitol Park.

   9 km · state capitol building of the U.S. state of New York · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Diocese of Albany

   The Diocese of Albany is a diocese of the Catholic Church in eastern New York in the United States. Its mother church is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Albany.

   9 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in the United States · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Fort Orange

   Fort Orange was the first permanent Dutch settlement in New Netherland; the present-day city and state capital Albany, New York developed near this site. It was built in 1624 as a replacement for Fort Nassau, which had been built on nearby Castle Island and served as a trading post until 1617 or 1618, when it was abandoned due to frequent flooding.

   9.6 km · fort in New Netherland (now Albany, New York) · Wikipedia
6. 06
   MVP Arena

   MVP Arena is an indoor arena located in Albany, New York. It is configurable and can accommodate from 6,000 to 17,500 people, with a maximum seating capacity of 15,500 for sporting events.

   9.3 km · Indoor arena located in Albany, New York · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Dudley Observatory

   Dudley Observatory is an astronomical education non-profit located since 2019 in Loudonville, New York and is the oldest non-academic institution of astronomical research in America. It was formerly located in Albany, New York and Schenectady and was once a working observatory.

   3.7 km · observatory · Wikipedia
8. 08
   New York State Library

   The New York State Library is a research library in Albany, New York, United States. It was established in 1818 to serve the state government of New York and is part of the New York State Education Department.

   9.6 km · library in Albany, New York · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Cohoes Falls

   Cohoes Falls is a waterfall on the Mohawk River shared by the city of Cohoes and the town of Waterford, New York. It is roughly 1,000 ft wide, between 75 and 90 ft in height, and compares favorably in other measures to Niagara Falls, yet has no tourist industry and in fact dries up entirely in dry summers.

   7 km · waterfall · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

    The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is a Catholic church near the Mansion District in Albany, New York in the United States. Built in the period of the 1848–1852, it is the mother church of the Diocese of Albany.

    9.6 km · historic cathedral in Albany, New York, United States · Wikipedia

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Getting to Watervliet

Airports

Albany (ALB), 8 km · Bradley (BDL), 121 km · Syracuse Hancock (SYR), 200 km

Stations

Albany International Airport, 8.3 km · Albany–Rensselaer, 9.7 km

• Hartford → Watervliet

  136 km · quickest by road, 3h 2m · $15–21
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• New York → Watervliet

  226 km · quickest by road, 4h 6m · $20–28
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• Syracuse → Watervliet

  202 km · quickest by road, 3h 49m · $19–26
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