Albany is fortunate to be centrally located between several major metropolitan cities:
- Boston - 170 miles (2 hours, 50 minutes)
- New York - 155 miles (2 hours, 45 minutes)
- Montreal - 222 miles (3 hours, 40 minutes)
There are also plenty of great smaller cities and towns within close driving range of Albany:
- Bennington, VT - 40 miles (1 hour, 5 minutes)
- Bennington Battle Monument
- Covered bridges of Bennington County
- Bennington Potters pottery & stoneware
- Cooperstown, NY - 75 miles (1 hour, 30 minutes)
- National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
- National Soccer Hall of Fame
- Fenimore Art Museum
- Hyde Park, NY - 76 miles (1 hour, 30 minutes)
- Vanderbilt Mansion
- Home of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Culinary Institute of America - America's premier 4 year culinary college
- Lenox. MA - 44 miles (55 minutes)
- Tanglewood Music Festival - Summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a variety of additional musical and performance artists
- Saratoga Springs, NY - 30 miles (40 minutes)
- Saratoga Spa State Park
- Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC)
- Saratoga Race Track - Horse racing
- Woodstock, NY - 53 miles (1 hour, 15 minutes)
- Woodstock Arts Fest
