Wright Lake

Wright Lake is a reservoir in Rensselaer, New York. Wright Lake is situated nearby to the neighborhood Frear Park, as well as near North Central.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Frear Park and Kate Mullany House.

Frear Park

Park

Frear Park is an urban park in the city of Troy, New York. It was initially opened in 1917, on land donated by the Frear Family, later expanding to its current size of 247 acres.

Kate Mullany House

Museum

Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Kate Mullany House was the home of Kate Mullany, an early female labor leader who started the all-women Collar Laundry Union in Troy, New York in February 1864.

Esek Bussey Firehouse

Historic building

Photo: Peter Flass, CC BY 4.0.

Esek Bussey Firehouse, now known as Engine Company 8 or Pumper Number 8, is a historic fire station located at Troy in Rensselaer County, New York. It was built in 1891–1892 and is a two-story, red brick building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Green Island and Troy.

Green Island

Town

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Green Island is a coterminous town-village in Albany County, New York, United States, some 8 miles north of Albany. Green Island is one of only five such town-village amalgamations in New York.

Troy

Photo: AndreCarrotflower, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Troy is a city in Rensselaer County, New York located northeast of Albany. Its nicknames include "The Collar City" and "Home of Uncle Sam." As a result of its unique history, Troy still has what is widely considered to be the best-preserved big-city 19th-century downtown in the country.

Watervliet

Photo: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Watervliet is a city in northeastern Albany County, New York, United States. The population was 10,375 as of the 2020 census. Watervliet is north of Albany, the capital of the state, and is bordered on the north, west, and south by the town of Colonie.

Wright Lake

Type: Reservoir
Category: body of water
Location: Rensselaer, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.74777° or 42° 44′ 52″ north

Longitude

-73.67045° or 73° 40′ 14″ west

Elevation

236 feet (72 metres)

Open location code

87J8P8XH+4R

OpenStreetMap ID

way 70069353

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=reservoir

GeoNames ID

5145115

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