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Champlain Valley Trail (Albany to Waterford)
Next nearby hike: Hudson Valley Greenway Trail (East Greenbush to Albany) 1.2 mi · 2.0 kmExplore Westerlo Island →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct · highs 15–25 °C (59–77 °F)
- J1°-8°64
- F3°-7°62
- M8°-2°78
- A15°4°89
- M21°10°96
- J25°15°108
- J28°18°111
- A27°17°99
- S23°13°96
- O16°7°100
- N9°2°87
- D3°-4°75
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
This section has spectacular views of the Hudson River. Of the 11 miles, 9 are off-road paths and 2 are road shoulders next to vehicle traffic. Some 7 miles follows the Mohawk Hudson Bike Hike Trail (MHBHT).
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Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 18 km · 11 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Plain
- Westerlo Island (GeoNames)
- Nearest town
- At Rensselaer (Rensselaer County, New York) · GeoNames
- Part of
- Champlain Valley Trail (regional route)
- Best months
- Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- New York
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- CVT
- Operator (OSM)
- Empire State Trails
- From / to
- Albany → Waterford (Peebles Island State Park)
- Route centre
- 42.7179, -73.7132
- Route start
- 42.6485, -73.7479
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 14507812
- Official info
- empiretrail.ny.gov/albany-whitehall/albany-peebl
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.
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