Best Easy Day Hikes Albany includes concise descriptions of the best short hikes in the Albany area, with detailed maps of the routes. The hikes in this guide are generally short, easy to follow, and guaranteed to please for hikers of all levels.

Randi Minetor has written more than 50 books for several of Rowman & Littlefield's imprints, including ten books on hiking in New York State: Best Easy Day Hikes for Rochester, Buffalo, Syracuse, Albany, and the Hudson Valley; two editions of Hiking Waterfalls in New York, Hiking through History New York, and Hiking the Lower Hudson River Valley. She is also the author of Scenic Driving New York and the tenth edition of New York Off the Beaten Path for Globe Pequot. Randi has written more than 70 books for a wide range of publishers with more than 150,000 copies in print, and she also writes for magazines in the theatre technology and medical sectors. She lives in Rochester, NY.