Why this ride
Causeways, island roads and broad Adirondack views across the lake. The road: US-2 and VT-129. Distance and riding time are estimates from the checkpoints until the road is measured on this page.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Lake Champlain Islands Byway
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 72 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 15
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Burlington
Burlington is Vermont's biggest city, which is to say a lively town of about forty thousand on the shore of Lake Champlain, with a big view and a bit of swagger. The lake is long and wide enough to feel like a small sea, and at sunset the Adirondacks across the water turn violet. The waterfront has a bike path, a boathouse and a pleasant park, and the whole city slopes up from the lake to the University of Vermont on the hill.
2. South Hero
South Hero is on an island, which changes the pace of everything. The Champlain Islands are a long, thin chain of low, farm-covered land stretched along the northern end of Lake Champlain, connected to the mainland by causeways and bridges, and South Hero is the southern anchor of the group. Its odd name goes back to the Allen brothers, Ethan and Ira, the Revolutionary-era heroes of Vermont, and local tradition says that North Hero and South Hero were named in their honor.
3. Grand Isle
4. North Hero
5. Alburgh
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