Geography thumb|The new archway over Oglethorpe Boulevard at Front Street welcomes visitors to downtown Albany.Albany is located at (31.582273, −84.165557), within Southwest Georgia. It lies in a belt of historically rich farmland in the East Gulf coastal plain, on the banks of the Flint River. The city is southeast of Columbus, south of Atlanta, south of Americus, southwest of Macon, west of Tifton, northwest of Valdosta, north of Tallahassee, Florida, east of Eufaula, Alabama, and east of Dothan, Alabama.
Geography thumb|The new archway over: Oglethorpe Boulevard at Front Street welcomes visitors to downtown Albany.Albany is located at (31.582273, −84.165557), :within Southwest Georgia. It lies in a belt of historically rich farmland in the? East Gulf coastal plain, on the banks of the Flint River. The city is southeast of Columbus, south of Atlanta, south of Americus, southwest of Macon, west of Tifton, northwest of Valdosta, north of Tallahassee, Florida, east of Eufaul?a, Alabama, and east of Dothan, Alabama.