Distance: 25 miles
Time: 46 minutes
Start: Schenectady
End: 29-71 County Rd 159, Cohoes
Starting in Schenectady, you can check out the exhibits on display at the Museum of Innovation & Science or the Schenectady County Historical Society. Following alongside Mohawk River for the duration of this route, you will start by heading northeast on Aqueduct Road which will take you beside Aqueduct Park.
After crossing the Mohawk River, you will turn southeast on Riverview Drive which will take you beside Mohawk Landing Nature Preserve, Lock 7 Dam Overlook, Vischer Ferry Nature & Historic Preserve. After clearing the first southern bend, you will travel shortly on Clamsteam Road until you curve around the second northern bend and resume on Fonda Road.
Completing a final spiral towards County Road near Cohoes, you will travel within the vicinity of Lock 6 State Canal Park, Peebles Island State Park, and Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor. You will also be able to see where the Mohawk River merges with the Hudson River.
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