Tides & Towns
Hudson River · NY

Albany

New York's capital, where the Atlantic tide still reaches 135 miles up the Hudson.

Population
99,224 (2020 census)
Chartered
July 22, 1686
Tide at Albany
About 2 feet

Then

  1. 1614–1624

    The Dutch build Fort Nassau on Castle Island, then Fort Orange on the mainland.

  2. 1686

    Governor Thomas Dongan charters Albany, the longest continuously chartered city in the country.

  3. 1754

    Benjamin Franklin presents the Albany Plan of Union, the first formal plan to unite the colonies.

  4. 1797

    Albany becomes the permanent state capital.

  5. 1825

    The Erie Canal opens, ending at Albany.

Now

Albany lies on the Hudson's west bank, about 135 miles north of New York City. The river is still an estuary here, rising and falling about two feet with the Atlantic tide.

5 tide stations around Albany

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