The Tugboat Roundup Tug Parade starts in Albany at 3:30 PM (9/5/25) and travels up the Hudson River. View the parade anywhere along the river between Albany and Waterford. Note that some tugboats join along the route, and so the parade grows in size as it travels north to Waterford. All times approximate. (Seriously. Like really approximate.)
Approximate (told ya) viewing locations and times are:
3:30 - USS Slater, Broadway and Quay Streets, Albany
Rensselaer Riverfront Park, Rensselaer
3:40 - Jennings Landing and Riverfront Park at the Corning Preserve
3:45 - Hilton Boat Launch, 10 Forbes Ave, Rensselaer
4:05 - Mohawk Hudson Bikeway, Fourth Street Parking Lot, Watervliet
4:25 - Hudson Shores Park, Watervliet
4:30 - Troy Riverfront Park, River St. Troy
4:30 - Dinosaur BBQ, River St. Troy
Sea Smoke Waterfront Grill, Green Island
4:35 - Ryan’s Wake, River Street, Troy
Brown’s Brewing Company, River Street, Troy
4:40 - Lower Hudson Avenue Park, Green Island
4:45 - Ale House & Ingalls Avenue Boat Launch, Troy
5:45 - 112 Street Bridge, Between Cohoes and Waterford. From bridge, walkway on the Cohoes side, or small park on north side of Bridge in Lansingburgh
5:50 - Peebles Island State Park, overhang deck behind pavilion on east side of the island
5:55 - Lansingburgh Boat Launch, 123rd Street, Troy
6-6:30 - Waterford Harbor
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