Six Mile Waterworks Park — Attraction in City of Albany

This park is really pretty and relatively well maintained. The only issues are that it’s extremely dusty (I’m not sure what if anything can be done about that. I believe it’s the material the parking lot is made from) and that something seems to be going on in the woods. I have an off-road capable stroller and while exploring the woods with my dog and little one on the trails we came across a man in a hot pink bikini bottom and a tank top. He saw us and immediately turned around and walked away from us. It being pride month I didn’t really think much about it. Who am I to judge another’s outfit after all, but the more I think about it the more odd it seems. It was the middle of the day on a weekday with no pride events going on in the vicinity. There is a bit of an industrial presence in the area, so perhaps there is a little enclave of settlers in the woods? I’ve been many times to the playground and this was the first time I saw anything strange. Again, I’m not one to judge another’s lifestyle and this could have been a onetime occurrence, but if you walk the trails,...

It just seems like Albany has some otherwise unusable land where I-90 and I-87 meet, also there is a small reservoir for highway runoff inexplicably given the legitimate name of “Rensselaer Lake” It is not a Lake nor is it in Rensselaer. So basically you can walk along the scenic nature preserve directly adjoining I-90 and view the hallowed urban caverns underneath I-87. I did not find the experience very good. I am surprised to see so many positive reviews here, I feel like people have very low standards. I think we as a city are deserving of real greenspace away from Interstate pollution and not just scraps. I get the feeling city livability metrics include things like “total greenspace” and this is our local/state governments’ attempt to juice those rankings. In my dream world, highway 85 is removed completely north of the throughway and turned into “Albany’s Central Park”. In the meantime driving a little farther out to Pine Bush discovery center is a much...

Six-mile Waterworks used to actually be the water supply for Albany County it's a good size Lake there's actually a series of lakes or ponds around it they have extensive walking trails for nature that you can see wildlife you know deer and other types of animals everything is completely safe they have restrooms a large gazebo so if you end picnic tables so if you wanted to bring the family and have a big party like a picnic you would be more than welcome to do that there's fishing in the lake they still allow you to bring a robo you launch it at your own convenience and it's right in the middle of Everett Road it links between Stuyvesant Plaza Western Avenue and Central Avenue so if you live around that area within a few miles it's a great place to just get away very relaxing...