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Hiking Trails Near Albany
Peebles Island State Park
Waterford, NY
Schodack Island State Park
Schodack Landing, NY
Thacher Park and Indian Ladder Trail
Voorheesville, NY
Thacher State Park
Voorheesville, NY
Bozen Kill Preserve
Altamont, NY
Thompson's Lake State Park
East Berne, NY
The Plotter Kill Preserve
Schenectady, NY
Wilkinson Trail
Stillwater, NY
Spruce Bog Trail Loop
Grafton, NY
Grafton Lakes State Park
Cropseyville, NY
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