Welcome to Rensselaer County! Located in the Hudson-Mohawk Heritage area of Upstate New York's Capital Region.

Rensselaer County is filled with wonderful contradictions and juxtapositions. It's a special place where rural charm meets urban delights, where cultural opportunities and pastoral pastimes happily coexist, and where American heritage meets cutting-edge technology. Stretching thirty miles along the Hudson River, it offers thousands of acres of parks, miles of trails, and more than 500 lakes, ponds, and even championship golf courses. Read More..

Rensselaer Events

Bill Skerritt featured Jan. 1- Feb. 15 at Sand Lake Center for the Arts Gallery
1/27/2012
The Gallery at the Sand Lake Center presents an exhibit from Jan. 1 - Feb 15 of the the wonderfully complex visual world of master printmaker Bill Skerritt. “For me, printmaking is the distillation of a lifetime of drawing, map-making, and technical diagramming. My art is largely informed by my...  more>

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