Albany Pine Bush Preserve
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Come with me to @AlbanyPineBushPreserve! #Spring is in the air! #hudsonvalley #lovehudsonvalley #newyork #ny #upstate #trails
lovethehudsonvalleylovethehudsonvalley
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✨ April break is just around the corner! 🌷 Here are some family-friendly ideas for a day in Albany County! 📍Albany Pine Bush Preserve & Discovery Center 📍Six Mile Waterworks 📍Stuyvesant Plaza 📍Cider Belly Doughnuts #discoveralbany #springbreak #familyfun #itinerary #albanypinebush #iloveny
discoveralbanydiscoveralbany
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Pretty good discovery center with few trails around it. Preserve is quite large with over 3000 acres of land across several locations. Most of pitch pines are actually located near the center and are best accessed via blue trail. The soil is not as sandy along perimeter yellow trail, and oak trees are clearly winning over pines. It may have something to do with fire prevention (pitch pines rely on fires to thrive). There is some similarity with NJ Pine Barrens and LI Pine Barrens but it is quite superficial.
Mike ZMike Z
10
Best place to go for a walk in Albany by far. Just beautiful scenery. It's a little loud at the start, being near a highway, but once you walk deeper into the trail it becomes quiet and serene. I will say though, don't do any trails around here in flip flops since your feet will get really dirty. The trails are covered with sand and are expansive, covering many miles with many trail heads to start out from, not just the most common ones at the vistor center.
LuckyLucky
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Quaint place to walk with various trails in a park with meadows. The trails are clearly and frequently marked which is very nice. They are also well maintained and you get some decent views as you wander around. My main complaint would be the amount of road noise but that isn't something I hold against the park considering its location. I would be open to coming back and tying some of the longer trails.
Jozef WatsonJozef Watson
20
We hiked the preserve from the Six Mile Waterworks trailhead. It was a fairly flat trail and essentially circled the lake. The trails were fairly well maintained. The big “downer” for us was all the vehicle noise from the Northway and I-90. Could not actually hear much nature for all of the vehicle noise. We really enjoy the Pine Bush, but we will not return to this unit for future hikes.
Ron DodsonRon Dodson
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Celtic Hall -- Capital District Celtic Cultural Association
Celtic Hall -- Capital District Celtic Cultural Association
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Address
195 New Karner Rd Suite 1, Albany, NY 12205
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(518) 456-0655
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albanypinebush.org
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The Albany Pine Bush, referred to locally as the Pine Bush, is one of the largest of the 20 inland pine barrens in the world. It is centrally located in New York's Capital District within Albany and Schenectady counties, between the cities of Albany and Schenectady.
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