Peebles Island is an island in the Mohawk River near Albany, NY where the Mohawk connects to the Hudson River. There is an old textile factory – or something like that from what I remember. There’s a great trail around the edge of the island and I think a few through the middle – I just did the trail around the edge of the island. What impressed me the most were the high cliffs with steep drop-offs straight down into the river. Quite a few deer there as well and some woodchucks.
Accessible via a bridge – there’s one bridge to get on the island and one bridge to get off the island.
This was an absolutely fascinating dam structure. I have no idea what the purpose of this was but it seems to control the flow of the Mohawk going to the north side of the island.
Here’s a nice view of some of the cliffs dropping off into the river. Part of the trail is visible left-center in the photo.
This is an interesting section on the east side of the island. Quite a rocky area.
OK, this next photo is not of Peebles Island but it was nearby. I was trying to see as much as I could given the limited time I had while my wife was in a bunch of meetings in the area.
This was in the Vischer Ferry Preserve at the junction of Riverview Road and Van Vranken Road. I loved how green the water was and the bridge over the Erie Canal was very interesting. Apparently, there is the Towpath trail just on the other side of the bridge. I ran out of time and had to go pick my wife up so did not really have much time to explore.
Quite a beautiful and historic area and I’d recommend exploring this region.
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