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Destinations · Vermont

Burlington

VT · 44.4762, -73.2055

Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont, Lakes to Locks Passage and Olympic Trail are 3 of 4 signed byways within 30 miles of Burlington, Vermont.

Understand

Burlington, a city of 45,000 people (2020), is known outside of Vermont mostly as the place where Ben & Jerry's ice cream began, and as the city where democratic socialist Bernie Sanders launched his political career, winning the 1980 mayoral election and serving in that role for eight years before moving on to the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the 2016/2020 presidential races. However, contrary to what you may think, this lovely town has a lot more to offer than left-wing politics and ice cream.
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The drives · Designated roads lead.

4 scenic drives near Burlington

Ordered by federal designation, then by how close each one runs to Burlington. All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways are named by the Federal Highway Administration, not by us.

  1. 01

    Lakes to Locks Passage

    All-American Road · 13 mi out

  2. 02

    Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont

    State scenic byway · starts in town

  3. 03

    Olympic Trail

    State scenic byway · 14 mi out

  4. 04

    Mad River Byway

    State scenic byway · 23 mi out

    Runs through Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests.

Day-trip loops

Ready-made loops for Burlington are growing. What is within reach is measured today; plan a live day trip and the engine routes it now.

Within reach

Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.

Scenic byways

Public land

Lookouts

Named places

  • Grace Goodhue Coolidge · 0 mi
  • Courthouse Plaza · 0 mi
  • Church Street Marketplace · 0 mi
  • Catamount Statue · 0 mi
  • Millennium Bell Time Capsule · 0 mi
  • Goldstar Mother's Dedication · 0 mi
  • City Hall Park · 0 mi
  • Burlington Civil War Memorial · 0 mi

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