Destinations · Vermont
Essex
VT · 44.5019, -73.0939
Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont, Lakes to Locks Passage and Olympic Trail are 3 of 4 signed byways within 30 miles of Essex, Vermont.
Get in
Routes 15, 2a, and 117 will bring you to the center of Essex. All three roads connect with I-89.
The same roads run past Burlington, where they are ranked and described in full.
Day-trip loops
Ready-made loops for Essex 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
- Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont · 4 mi
- Lakes to Locks Passage · 18 mi · national
- Olympic Trail · 19 mi
- Mad River Byway · 22 mi
Public land
Lookouts
- C Nature area · 4 mi
- Winooski River Walk · 5 mi
- Granite Steps · 7 mi
- Waterfront pause place 3 · 7 mi
Named places
- Myers Park · 1 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park · 1 mi
- Maple Street Park · 1 mi
- Pinewood Park · 1 mi
- Stevens Park · 2 mi
- Mathieu Town Forest · 2 mi
- Foster Park · 2 mi
- West Street Community Garden · 2 mi
A day out of Essex, planned on real roads
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Chittenden County · 4 mi
- South Burlington · 4 mi
- Williston · 4 mi
- Winooski · 4 mi
- Jericho · 5 mi
- Burlington · 6 mi