Watervliet Reservoir Vacation and Resort Properties

Watervliet Reservoir is created by Normanskill Dam on the Normans Kill River in Albany County, New York and is used for hydroelectric power, drinking water, recreation, fish and wildlife protection purposes. Construction was completed in 1916. At normal levels it has a surface area of 430 acres. The dam is also known as Watervliet Reservoir Dam. It is property of City of Watervliet.

 

 

Nearby Attractions

Saratoga National Historical Park (25 miles)

Site of the first significant American military victory during the Revolution, the Battles of Saratoga rank among the fifteen most decisive battles in world history. Here in 1777 American forces met, defeated and forced a major British army to surrender, an event which led France to recognize the independence of the United States and enter the war as a decisive military ally of the struggling Americans.

First authorized as a New York state historic preserve in 1927 on the sesquicentennial of... More

 
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site (27 miles)

Martin Van Buren National Historic Site is found in Kinderhook, New York. The Eighth President of the United States, Martin Van Buren purchased the estate in 1839 during his Presidency.

Van Buren was born in Kinderhook in 1782, the last year of the American Revolution. He lived until July 1862, sixteen months into the American Civil War. During the seventy-nine years of his life, he was instrumental in the establishment of many of the political practices and party politics which saw the new... More

 
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site (63 miles)

The Vanderbilt Estate in Hyde Park, New York is perhaps the best, most intact example of the types of estates constructed by wealthy industrialists in the 19th century. The fully-furnished, 54-room mansion is placed in a wondrous landscape with breathtaking views of the Hudson River and distant Catskill Mountains. If offers a glimpse into a past world known by only an elite few.... More

 
Littleville Lake (63 miles)

The launch boat ramp (10-hp limit) provides anglers easy access to the stocked brook, rainbow and brown trout, in addition to the native populations of warmwater fish. Stream fishing is available along 1.5 miles of the Middle Branch of the Westfield River. Hunting for deer and upland game birds and ice fishing are seasonally... More

 

 

 

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Hotels and Lodging for Watervliet Reservoir

Albany, NY

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Schenectady, NY

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