Once past the sleeve of development around the highway north of the city, US 9 leaves the Albany metropolitan area as it gets less developed through Wilton and Moreau. The Palmerstown Range begins to rise on one side, anticipating the mountainous country to come. From the hamlet of Kings Station onward, what is now signed as Saratoga Road follows a straight northeast course for through more wooded countryside to the entrance to Moreau Lake State Park. A mile further on, US 9 again intersects the Northway at exit 17.