Vermont has a lot to offer for cyclists of all experience levels. For more information about Vermont’s famous mountain biking trails, check out the Vermont Mountain Bike Association or the Western New England Greenway, which connects to the East Coast Greenway and Qubec’s Route Verte. Each of these resources offers a wealth of information about both road, cross country and downhill bicycling. If you’re looking for the most unique and memorable bicycling experience in Vermont, a multi-day trip to East Burke opens up one of the country’s most beautiful and unique network of trails, the Kingdom Trail system.
Our favorite Vermont bike trail is the Island Line Rail Trail, one of New England’s most popular rail trails. It strings together a series of waterfront parks and offers beautiful, expansive views of Lake Champlain and New York’s Adirondack Mountains. The best part of the trail is a marble causeway that takes you out over the lake for an incredibly scenic ride.
Courtesy of Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
Vermont Bike Trails
- Hoot, Toot, and Whistle Trail – 0.5 mile – dirt
- Means Woods Trail – 0.5 mile – dirt, gravel
- Niquette Bay State Park – Allen Trail – 0.6 mile – crushed stone, gravel
- Johnnie Brook Road Trail – 0.7 mile – gravel
- South Barre Bike Path – 1 mile – asphalt
- Swanton Recreation Path – 1 mile – gravel
- Riverside Avenue Bike Path – 1.1 miles – asphalt
- Allen Point Access Area Trail – 1.25 miles – gravel – Extended route (GPX track, TCX course)
- Arms Park Trail – 1.4 miles – dirt
- Cambridge Greenway – 1.4 miles – crushed stone, gravel
- Marshall Avenue Bike Path – 1.4 miles – asphalt
- Airport Park Trail – 1.5 miles – dirt, gravel
- Three Rivers Bike Path – 1.5 miles – crushed stone
- Montpelier Recreation Path (Winooski Path) – 1.7 miles – asphalt – Segment route (GPX track, TCX course)
- Intervale Trail – 2 miles – dirt
- Lye Brook Falls Trail – 2.2 miles – gravel
- Millstone Hill West Bike Path – 2.4 miles – asphalt, ballast – Partial route (GPX track, TCX course)
- Toonerville Rail-Trail – 3.1 miles – asphalt – Route (GPX track, TCX course)
- Route 127 Path – 3.2 miles – asphalt
- Alburg Recreational Rail-Trail – 3.5 miles – ballast, cinder
- Williston Village Bike Paths – 3.6 miles – asphalt
- Colchester Bayside to Village Path – 3.8 miles – asphalt – Extended route (GPX track, TCX course)
- Wright Park Trail – 3.8 miles – dirt – Extended loop route (GPX track, TCX course)
- Beebe Spur Rail Trail – 4 miles – gravel – Extended route (GPX track, TCX course)
- Ethan Allen Park Trails – 4 miles – asphalt, dirt
- Ti-Haul Shelburne Bay Park Rec Path – 4.5 miles – gravel – Extended route (GPX track, TCX course)
- Essex Bike Paths – 4.7 miles – asphalt
- Battell Woods Trail – 5 miles – dirt, gravel
- East Branch Trail (VT) – 5.1 miles – gravel
- Stowe Recreation Path – 5.3 miles – asphalt – Down-and-back route (GPX track, TCX course)
- Valley Trail – 9.1 miles – asphalt
- Island Line Rail Trail – 14 miles – asphalt, gravel – Route (GPX track, TCX course)
- West River Trail – 16 miles – gravel, sand
- Lamoille Valley Rail Trail – 19.9 miles – crushed stone, gravel
- South Burlington Rec Paths – 21.2 miles – asphalt
- Montpelier & Wells River Trail – 21.8 miles – ballast, dirt, gravel, sand
- Delaware and Hudson Rail-Trail – 23.5 miles – asphalt, cinder, dirt, grass, gravel
- Missisquoi Valley Rail-Trail – 26.1 miles – crushed stone – Route (GPX track, TCX course)
- Cross Vermont Trail – 87.4 miles – asphalt, concrete, crushed stone, dirt, grass, gravel
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