Albany, NY 📍

Albany is the capital city of the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Albany County, and the central city of New York’s Capital District. Roughly 135 miles (217 km) north of the City of New York, Albany sits on the west bank of the Hudson River, about 10 miles (16 km) south of its confluence with the Mohawk River. The population of the city was 97,856 at the time of the 2010 census.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany,_New_York

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Terrain Map: Mahanoy Mountain
Map: Severence Hill Trail

A more accessible river front?

People often dream of a more accessible waterfront in Albany, but the truth is even in the 40s and 50s, there wasn't a lot of access to the river as this 1952 aerial photo shows.

Map: Klondike State Forest
SVGZ Graphic: tax-100k
Map: Severence Hill Trail