Rensselaer County
Pastoral countryside settings, urban streets, cityscapes and riverfront delights, distinctive charm…beginning with historic attractions including a scenic panorama that is recognized as the site of the Revolutionary War Bennington Battle…right up to amazing architectural treasures that include more Tiffany windows per square mile than anywhere else in the world.
Covered bridges, state parks, rural farm houses, pastures, waterfalls, and lakes enhance a natural beauty in Rensselaer County that includes more than 30 miles of shoreline next to the Historic Hudson River. Locations provide a feel for America's first Industrial Revolution, when the City of Troy was renowned as one of the nation's 10 wealthiest cities, with some of the modern-day technology leaders breathing life back into many well-preserved properties.
Serving as the eastern entry into New York's Capital Region, Rensselaer County is also one of the Empire State's premiere gateways to New England, and is within a three hour drive to New York City, Montreal, Boston, and Syracuse.
Rensselaer County and its attractions provide a four season climate suitable for any scene illustrating spring, summer, autumn, and winter. The films Age of Innocence, Time Machine, Scent of a Woman, Emperor's Club, and Ironweed only touch the surface of ideal film locations in the County.
Rensselaer County also features:
A reconstructed early American village;
Working farms;
Victorian, Georgian and Classical college and boarding school campuses;
A state-of-the-art, semi-professional baseball stadium;
Unique museums as well as a Buddhist Peace Pagoda;
Abandoned industrial sites;
Comfortable lodging facilities and other convenient services;
