DIRECTIONS ROUTE
Starting at: Franklin Square Inn & Suites
One Fourth Street
Troy, NY 12180
Phone: 1-866-708-2233
--- 0.1 FOURTH STREET
L 0.4 CROSS OVER GREEN ISLAND BRIDGE
FOLLOW SIGNED ROUTE ALONG ROADS
FOR MOHAWK-HUDSON BIKE-HIKE TRAIL
R 0.1 GEORGE STREET
BR 0.7 HUDSON AVE
L 0.3 TIBBITS STREET
R 0.5 COHOES AVE
BL 0.5 DYKE AVE (cross I-787)
CAUTION 4 LANES TO CROSS I-787 WITH A QUICK LIGHT!
S 0.1 SPRING STREET
L 0.1 LINCOLN AVE
R 0.1 ALEXANDER STREET
R 4.6 MOHAWK-HUDSON BIKE-HIKE TRAIL
R 0.2 DUNNSBACK FERRY ROAD – ON ROAD
L 0.6 ISLAND VIEW ROAD
L 4.0 MOHAWK-HUDSON BIKE-HIKE TRAIL
--- ---- LUNCH AT NISKAYUNA TRAIN STATION
NOTE: +1.8 miles to Lock 7 Road
+2.2 miles to Turn off trail to Lock 7
ST 4.0 BIKEWAY --- TO ISLAND VIEW RD
R 0.6 ISLAND VIEW RD – ON ROAD BIKE ROUTE
R 0.2 DUNNSBACK FERRY RD (RIGHT UP HILL)
L 2.8 ON MOHAWK-HUDSON BIKEWAY
(SHORT CUT BACK THE WAY WE CAME)
L 0.2 MANOR AVE – Cohoes Falls visible down hill
R 0.3 NORTH MOHAWK ST
Canal Lock #18 on right
L 0.1 SCHOOL ST
R 0.1 CATARACT ST – Cohoes Falls overlook
L 0.7 N. MOHAWK ST
Ride past HISTORIC HARMONY MILLS
L 0.9 SARATOGA ST (RT 32) OVER MOHAWK
(**) See Alternate - More along Champlain
R 0.1 O’CONNOR DRIVE
L 0.4 ALONG OLD CHAMPLAIN CANAL
TOWPATH TO WATERFORD LOCK E2
ST 0.1 ALONG ROAD
L 0.05 ENTER SIDE WALK ON BRIDGE
R 0.15 EXPLORE PARK AND WATERFORD
VISITOR CENTER (Phone 233-9123)
R 0.2 ON BRIDGE TO PEEBLES ISLAND
Need to WALK LEFT up to bridge entrance
ST 0.1 EXPLORE PEEBLES ISLAND
ST 0.8 DELAWARE AVE
R 0.6 ONTARIO STREET
ST 0.1 Cross I-787
L 0.9 Rte 32 (SARATOGA ST)
BL 0.5 DYKE AVE (cross I-787)
CAUTION 4 LANES TO CROSS I-787 WITH A QUICK LIGHT!
BR 0.5 COHOES AVE
L 0.3 TIBBITS ST
R 0.8 GEORGE ST
L 0.4 CROSS OVER GREEN ISLAND BRIDGE
R 0.1 FOURTH STREET
ALTERNATE #1 --- SHORT CUT BACK THE WAY WE CAME
ST 1.8 CONTINUE ON BIKEWAY --- EXIT AT END
FOLLOW MOHAWK-HUDSON ROAD SIGNS
L 0.1 ALEXANDER ST
L 0.1 LINCOLN AVE
R 0.1 SPRING ST
ST 0.5 DYKE AVE CROSSING ARTERIAL (I-787)
CAUTION 4 LANES TO CROSS I-787 WITH A QUICK LIGHT!
--- Continue TOUR
FINISH SAVES 3.5 MILES
ALTERNATE #2 --- MORE ALONG CHAMPLAIN TOWPATH
L 0.3 SARATOGA ST (RT 32) OVER MOHAWK
R 0.1 MUSEUM LANE
R ---- CARRY BIKE DOWN STAIRS
L 0.9 ALONG OLD CHAMPLAIN CANAL
TOWPATH TO WATERFORD LOCK E2
Peebles Island State Park
Peebles Island State
Park's 158 acres include several islands, two bridges and a small parcel of land
in the Village of Waterford. The park property with miles of trails and views of
the rapids, is situated between
two branches of the Mohawk River and the Hudson
River and is adjacent to Lock #2 of the Erie Canal. The Park's history spans
Native American and colonial settlements, Revolutionary War earthwork
fortifications, barge and shipbuilding, and early 20th c. Cluett, Peabody & Co.
shirt manufacturing.
Peebles Island Resource Center -- serving as a source of interpretive, technological, and archaeological support for other parks and historic sites.and citizens with National Register of Historic Place listings, investment tax credit and review of all state and federal projects.
Along the Mohawk-Hudson Bikeway --- A Brief History
Located at the confluence of the HUDSON and MOHAWK rivers, New York State's Capital District is rich in the foundations of American social and technological history. From its earliest days as a collection of European settlements in the lands of the Iroquois Indian Federation, the region quickly grew into an established center of trade, industry and government.
As this country began its surge westward, the ports of Albany on the Hudson and Schenectady on the Mohawk, connected first by the King's Highway, were critical in the achievement of America's "manifest destiny". The construction of the Erie Canal in 1823, called the greatest engineering feat of its era, further solidified the area's place in post-colonial development. The world's first steam passenger train, and America's first intercity rail route, linked Albany and Schenectady in 1831. This "Mohawk and Hudson" rail line added to the region's importance as a center of transportation and commerce. Combined with unequalled waterpower and abundant human and natural resources, the cities of Albany, Schenectady, Troy, Cohoes, and Watervliet, as well as their surrounding villages and towns, led the Industrial Revolution into the Twentieth Century.
Today the Capital District covers some 2,000 square miles and is home to more than three-quarters of a million people. Its mix of communities offers convenient urban services, sophisticated cultural attractions, a wide variety of very affordable residential settings, diverse employment and educational opportunities and impressive natural beauty. One of the region's most notable and popular recreational features, a cooperative project among the state, counties, and their municipalities, is the Mohawk-Hudson Bikeway. . . . itself a part of this region's magnificent tradition. In many sections, the trail was built directly upon the former railroad grades and canal towpaths of the area’s first transportation routes. It passes next to and through the many historic neighborhoods, building and sites that remain to tell the story of the Capital District's heritage.
As you ride, jog or stroll among the various sections of the Bikeway, the many views of our majestic rivers will be nothing short of spectacular; but make sure you take notice of some of America's earliest mills, dams locks, bridges, mansions, churches and music halls along the way. The serenity of traveling through the shaded green spaces will be an experience we guarantee you will enjoy.