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Albany-Hudson Electric Trail - hiking
Next nearby hike: Hudson Valley Greenway Trail (East Greenbush to Albany) 1.0 mi · 1.5 kmExplore New York →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct · highs 15–27 °C (59–81 °F)
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Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
About this trail
From Rensselaer to Hudson: connects 8 towns, 3 villages, and 2 cities in Rensselaer and Columbia Counties: 85% of the route is off-road trail, built on a former (1899-1929) electric trolley rail corridor. Part of the Empire State Trails network
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Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 52 km · 33 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- At Hampton Manor (Rensselaer County, New York) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- New York
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- AHET
- From / to
- North Clinton, Rensselaer → Greenport Town, Columbia County
- Route centre
- 42.4433, -73.6844
- Route start
- 42.6188, -73.7325
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 14543271
- Official info
- hudsongreenway.ny.gov/albany-hudson-electric-tra
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
Nearest trails
distance from the trail startHudson Valley Greenway Trail (East Greenbush to Albany)
1.0 mi · 1.5 km · New York
Hudson Valley Greenway Trail (Nassau to East Greenbush)
4.9 mi · 8.0 km · New York
Champlain Valley Trail (Albany to Waterford)
7 mi · 11 km · New York
North Loop Trail
8 mi · 14 km · New York
Escarpment
15 mi · 24 km · New York
Long Path
15 mi · 25 km · New York
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