Albany Pine Bush Preserve Welcome to the Albany Pine Bush Preserve Trailheads #2 & 3 Rapp Barrens & The Albany Pine Bush is one of the best remaining examples of an inland pine barrens in the world. Six Mile Waterworks This gently rolling sand-plain is home to a unique variety of rare plants and animals including the federally endangered Karner blue butterfly. Fox Run Ln 00.050.1 0.15 0.2 Miles Tanglewood Rd Shar horsemint N on Dr uckleberry Ln H W E y I 90 S Adirondack Northwa Rapp Rd New York State New # # York State # # # # # 0.39 16 # # Trwy D2 # # # Trwy I 90 # Washington # # Rapp Barrens # Ave Warehouse Ro Wash I 87 # spring # # # ington Ave Ext # # ailroad # 0.19 # peeper R w Photo by Justin Cummings # Ave Ext # Washington # 17 # # Red-headed D # # 23 # # W # oodpecker #2 - Rapp Barrens # Ave Ext # # # The trails in this region of the preserve # D # # fic Rd # Traf # showcase a diversity of wetland and upland LEGEND # # habitats. Trails meander through open oak Albany Pine Bush Trails # 0.02 # # savannahs, parallel the steep shoreline of 22 # I 87 Red # 0.33 # Rensselaer Lake, cut through pitch pine-scrub # 18 White # # oak barrens and patches ofWhite forest, Pine Dr and run # Industrial Rd # Columbia Cir Trailhead # adjacent to recent habitat restoration areas. # 0.74 # Red Trail – 1.7 miles Trail Segment Distances (miles) # # # Numbered Trail Locations # # 19 #3 - Six Mile Waterworks Interstate Highways 90 & 87 # # Providing access at the eastern-most end of # Brown Rd # the preserve, this area provides developed Other Roads # # # picnic grounds with tables and grills, a Railroads # 21 # # playground, restrooms, and shoreline docks to Albany Pine Bush Lands # # # # Adirondack Northway # red oak # D snapping # facilitate fishing. A pavilion is available to rent Wetlands # 20 ## # turtle (call the Albany City Clerk 518-434-5090). # Lakes and Ponds # 0.49 # # White Trail – 0.5 miles I 87 # Streams Six Mile 5 Foot Contours Waterworks Picnic Area/Playground/ D Pavilion for rent 3 Springsteen Rd I 90 v Pine Restrooms Ln Springsteen Rd Access Rd Access Rd Fuller Rd Rapp Rd.