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Biking in North Hero & Surrounding Areas
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Bike Tours from Bike Vermont (see our sponsor below for link)
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North Hero House/Champlain Islands
4-Day / 3-Night Bike Tours
Enjoy the unique beauty of riding the easy roads that wander the shores of Lake Champlain while immersing yourself in the rural Vermont countryside with prosperous farms, apple orchards and small historic villages. |
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North Hero House/Champlain Islands
3-Day / 2-Night Bike Tours
This tour enjoys easy riding along Lake Champlain with spectacular distant views of the Green and Adirondack Mountains.
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Biking in the Champlain Islands
The Lake Champlain Islands offer numerous touring routes. They are an extraordinary combination of gently rolling farm fields, orchards and beautiful waterfront views. This 27-mile long chain of islands is linked to mainland Vermont by a series of causeways. Traffic is minimal on most island roads with the exception of the major north-south artery, US Route 2.
For more info, visit the Official Vermont Tourism site... Vermont Vacations
| A Legacy of Ancient Stone |
Isle La Motte, VT |
Lake Champlain |
13.4 miles |
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A Legacy of Ancient Stone - 10.1 - Isle La Motte
Following the perimeter of the Island, terrain is flat along a combination of paved and unpaved roads, all in good condition and all quiet. Traffic is minimal, in fact the loop is recommended for families. The recommended start/end point is St. Anne's Shrine on the west shore. Here, cyclists are welcome to visit the peaceful grounds or swim at the Shrine's sandy beach. Food, public restrooms, picnic tables, and parking are also available at the Shrine. Provisions are also available at a General Store. Lodging is available at B&B's along the route |
| Island Life |
Grand Isle, VT |
Lake Champlain |
11.6 miles |
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Island Life, roams the backroads and shores of Grand Isle for a reflection of Island living, past and present. Pedal through an open field, and past the original one-room schoolhouse and the Hyde Log Cabin. A highlight along this path is an observation platform atop a low hill, affording an expansive view over the campground, across the "Inland Sea" and Mount Mansfield and the Green Mountain Ridgeline. You’ll return back to the ferry dock after your 11.6 mile ride.
Highlighting history and Vermont’s natural resources, Island Life is a 12-mile tour through the heart of the island chain. Visit the Gordon Center House, an 1824 Federal-style stone house built by the original ferry owner, Benjamin Bell. Tour the Ed Weed Fish Culture Station with exhibits and fish runs where land-locked Atlantic salmon, brook, brown and rainbow trout, as well as lake trout and steelhead are raised to be stocked in waters statewide. Stop by the Hyde Log Cabin, one of the oldest remaining log cabins in the United States. Relax at the Grand Isle State Park. Take a swim, share a picnic or walk an interpretive trail to an observation platform with unbelievably beautiful views of the inland sea, Mount Mansfield and the Green Mountain Range. |
| Stone Castles |
Grand Isle & South Hero, VT |
Lake Champlain |
13.4 miles |
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| Stone Castles begins at the Grand Isle Ferry dock. Tour South Hero on this 13-½ mile loop, where gardener Harry Barber created numerous miniature buildings from Vermont stone during the late 1920s until his death in 1966. Today there are only five castles, three houses and several garden structures still in existence. These wonderful works by Barber are on privately owned land, but can be viewed from the road. Bring your binoculars to see detail, or to watch some of the abundant wildlife found on the island. |
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Other Tours
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Liquid Elixir - 11.7 - Alburg, VT
The loop begins your trip in Alburg Village at the Alburg Rail Trail. It then follows backcountry paved and unpaved roads through wetland areas. Traffic is minimal and terrain is relatively flat. There are no services along this loop, except in the Village.
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A Trail to Two Beaches - 15.8 - Alburg & North Hero, VT
This relatively flat "figure-8" loop connects two State parks, and may be shortened by riding only one of the circuits. By themselves, the Alburg circuit is 5.8 miles and the North Hero circuit is 9.3 miles. Great lake views abound. Traffic is minimal. Sections of the loop are unpaved (indicated on the map) however, generally they are in good condition and passable with a touring bike with fairly substantial tires. The recommended start/end point is at either Alburg Dunes State Park or North Hero State Park. Provisions, lodging, and parking are available in the Village of North Hero, just south of the loop on Route 2. If you do bicycle to North Hero, use caution on Route 2, as shoulders are narrow and traffic can be bothersome |
Attractions Map in Islands
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• Vermont, New York, and Québec in one bicycling adventure
• Lake Champlain: 120 miles long, 12 miles wide, 580 miles of shoreline
• most historic body of fresh water in North America
• Adirondack Mountains to the west--Green Mountains to the east
The Champlain Bikeway, a 363-mile route around the entire Lake and along the Richelieu River in Quebec suggests mostly paved rural roads; however, there are some sections where unpaved roads are used to access superb scenery and services or to avoid heavily traveled paved roads. In every case where the Bikeway uses an unpaved road (indicated in the directions), an alternate paved road is also offered to accommodate cyclists with narrow tires or who feel unpaved roads may not provide the experience they are seeking. Connecting theme loops, ranging in distance from 10 to 47 miles in length, follow both paved and unpaved roads. Paved alternates for unpaved sections are not offered for theme loops. Those loops with unpaved sections are generally in fine condition for cross-bikes or touring bikes with reasonably substantial tires.
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Directions
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Bicycle and Pedestrian - Design
The Local Transportation Facilities (LTF) Program is responsible for the development of Enhancement Projects, Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities, Park-n-Rides, Scenic Byways and "Local" Projects. The majority of the projects have a high degree of local focus and for the most part, development and construction is managed by local municipalities.
511 is America's Traveler Information  Telephone Number - the vision is a simple cell phone number that travelers can remember and use for travel conditions regardless of their location in the United States.
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