Discover Historic Burlington Cycle the City Is the Best Way to Explore the Queen City Look for the Cycle the City Signs Guidelines for Bicyclists This exciting, self-guided, clockwise loop show- End and the stately 19th-century mansions in 1. Have fun! cases the history, culture, and natural splendor of the Hill Section. You may want to look in on 2. As a bicyclist, follow traffi c laws and ride in Burlington, Vermont—one of the loveliest cities in some of the welcoming people you’ll fi nd at the a safe and controlled manner. America, and the jewel of northern New England. restaurants, B&Bs, farms, and other businesses along the way. 3. Ride with the fl ow of traffi c in single file. Get ready to take a trip through history. Your 4. When using travel lanes, follow motor- route will take you through a landscape that has Before venturing out, we recommend that vehicle laws. Obey traffi c signs and signals. transformed over time. You’ll learn how natural you read the informative narratives for each Don’t cut corners. and social changes have shaped the bustling city segment. While you’re in the saddle, view this 5. Use clear hand signals when making turns of Burlington over the years. The Cycle the City guide on your smart phone, follow the easy-to- or stopping. guide and trail markers will lead you along the use way-fi nding signs, or use our maps to help primarily fl at, 10-mile cycling loop. navigate the city. 6. Ride in a straight line at least three feet from parked cars or curbs. Even though it’s Vermont’s largest city, Cycle the City is part of the Lake Champlain 7. If you ride at night, use lights and refl ectors. Burlington is home to wild animals and working Bikeways’ 1,100-mile network. For info, visit: 8. Ride defensively! Be aware of motorists’ farms—like the gardens in the Intervale. Along www.champlainbikeways.org. actions. the Cycle the City route, you’ll also encounter sweeping vistas of beautiful Lake Champlain, the 9. Be aware of train tracks and other road conditions. rugged Adirondack Mountains, and the richly scenic Winooski River. You may even spot some 10. Wear a helmet. unique wildlife along the way—moose have been seen in the Intervale wetlands! Disclaimer The loop passes through some of Burlington’s Users assume all risks, inherent and not inherent, in the use of materials recommending routes of the Lake Champlain most architecturally interesting and beautiful Bikeways’ network and all affi liated organizations, and areas such as the University of Vermont (UVM) individuals disclaim any and all liability on their part for and Champlain College neighborhoods. UVM damages or injuries to persons or property, should they occur. Routes are chosen, designated, and/or signed for any is one of New England’s oldest colleges, and its of the following reasons: they are popular, preferred, provide landmark architecture refl ects that long history. continuous routes to destinations, or are lightly traveled, scenic, have more room for cars and bikes, or possess a Cycle the City also takes you through many combination of these attributes. diff erent residential neighborhoods, from the post-World War II suburban streets of the New North End, to the older housing in the Old North Burlington Waterfront and Rail Yards. Courtesy of Special Collections, UVM Libraries. 1 NORTH AVE. 12 Ethan Directions and Mileage Leddy 11 Allen Park Park LEDDY PARK ROAD 10 The Lakeshore The Beltline - Paved Route River ski oo 0.0 mi. The loop begins at Local Motion in front 4.8 mi. Continue straight on Beltline path Colchester Win of Union Station. Head north on bike path along to Manhattan Drive. Causeway Lake Champlain. 7.1 mi. Turn left onto Manhattan Drive, 13 1.5 mi. Pass North Beach to your left. following the road onto Intervale Avenue. 17 Ethan Allen IN Homestead TER 2.6 mi. Turn right at Leddy Park crossing and 7.4 mi. Turn left onto Archibald Street. Old VA LE T exit through parking lot onto Leddy Park Road. Spokes Home is left on North Winooski Avenue. R A I North L / 7.9 mi. Veer right onto North Prospect Street. I Ethan Allen’s World Beach N 14 14 T 9 E R NORTH AVE. 3.1 mi. Turn right onto North Avenue. Ride V University Row A 721 ETUOR 721 L south on sidewalk or roadway (depending ENILTLEB HTAP The Intervale E 8.4 mi. Cross Pearl Street/Colchester Avenue. R on your preference). O A 8.6 mi. At College Street tra c light, turn D 3.3 mi. Cross North Avenue at tra c light Burlington CoBurlingllegeton and enter Ethan Allen Park. left onto shared-use path through the University College 15 Historic Green. ISLAND LINE TRAIL 18 19 16 3.9 mi. At fork in park, stay right. M 8.8 mi. A Cross Main Street at tra c light in NH . ATTA R 4.2 mi. At fork in park, stay right, going downhill. front of Morrill Hall and stay on path around PARK N D RIVERSIDE STREE AVE. Pomeroy Hall. Cross South Prospect Street LAKE CHAMPLAIN T 4.3 mi. Cross bridge and veer left onto the and look for Maple Street soon after. ARCHIBALD ST. Beltline path to Ethan Allen Homestead. NORTH STREETINTERVALE AVE. N. WILLARD ST. WILLARD N. BATTERY STREET BATTERY E 7 8 ST. PROSPECT N. The Hill Section ML 2 AVE. WINOOSKI N. 20 OW N. UNION STREET UNION N. The Intervale - Unpaved Route 6 O A D A EV 9.0 mi. Turn right onto Maple Street. 4.8 mi. Waterfront Park Turn left at Ethan Allen Homestead. 5 PEARL STREET Follow green posts with bicycle icon through 9.2 mi. Pass Champlain College’s core campus. Burlington Boathouse 3 ST. PAUL STREET PAUL ST. the Intervale. 4 CHURCH Local Motion/ STREE 1 START/FINISH Steamboat Boomtown Union Station ST. WILLARD S. T COLLEGE STREET A 7.3 mi. Pass the Intervale Center and MAIN STREET COLCHESTER 34 MAIN STREET 9.7 mi. Cross Pine Street, continuing downhill. 24 23 Gardener’s Supply. 33 22 32 31 KING STREET 21 9.9 mi. Turn right onto bike path. University 7.6 mi. Cross Riverside Avenue and head up MAPLE STREET MMUS of Vermont PINE STREET PINE 25 30 I RTS T RTS S. WINOOSKI AVE. WINOOSKI S. hill on North Prospect Street. E 27 26 28 TE 10.1 mi. End at Local Motion and Union Station. STREET UNION S. U N N I VERS MAIN STREET ST. PAUL STREET ITY 29 TER R SPRUCE Champlain . Oakledge STREE T College Map Key Park For a mobile-friendly map and With Thanks From: Streets HOWARD STREET guide, scan the code or visit Cycle the City Loop ST. PROSPECT S. Burlington Bike Path ST. WILLARD S. www.localmotion.org/ctc Park LAKESIDE AVE. College/University Bike Shop 2 AVE. Ethan Leddy Allen Park Park LEDDY PARK ROAD 10 ter The Lakeshore ay Etha The Sixth-Largest Lake in the U.S. Hom Lake Champlain stretches 120 miles from traffi c on the Rutland and Central Vermont and science center, educates the public with PATH BELTLINE North 127 ROUTE Canada’s Richelieu River to Wood Creek in railroads—hence the name Union Station. By hands-on ecological and cultural exhibits, Beach 9 Whitehall, N.Y. You are looking at its widest 1926 more than 20,000 trains per year passed including a shipwreck and live aquatic animals. NORTH AVE. point: 12 miles between Burlington and Port through Burlington. The decline in passenger The museum frequently off ers discounts, so Th Kent, N.Y. The Adirondack Mountains on the travel after World War II caused the station’s check their website before going. New York side are the result of a continental closure in 1953. After decades of use by the Burlington CollegeBurlington collision over a billion years ago; geologists Green Mountain Power Company, the station The loop is intended to be enjoyed in a clockwise College believe they are still growing. was bought in 1985 to form the core of the Main direction, so head north on the Island Line Trail ISLAND LINE TRAIL M Street Landing complex, now a national model (commonly called the Waterfront Bike Path). A NH ATTAN The lake is named for the French explorer for the reuse of historic buildings and the The bike path was previously a railroad bed for STREET PARK Samuel de Champlain, whose arrival in 1609 eco-friendly development of housing, offi ces, the Rutland and Burlington railroad companies LAKE CHAMPLAIN opened the lake region to centuries of European art studios, and restaurants. that continued north through the Champlain NORTH S military battles over its possession. These waters Islands and beyond. With the conversion from S BATTERY 7 8 EL 2 AVE. MWOOD were sailed by ships engaged in the French and rails to trails began in 1973 and, with the help of 6 Indian Wars, the American Revolution, and state and federal funding, Burlington’s bike path Waterfront Park PEARL ST Burlington Boathouse 5 TREET the War of 1812. Today’s lake contains artifacts was completed in 1986. Being one of Burlington’s RE 3 STREET PAUL ST. CHURCH STREET CHURCH and shipwrecks from all of these eras. The most popular amenities, the path is utilized by Local Motion/ 4 Union Station 1 START/FINISH Philadelphia, one of General Benedict Arnold’s an estimated 150,000 bicyclists, walkers, joggers, MAINMAIN ST Revolutionary War gunboats, was rediscovered and in-line skaters annually.