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Road bicycling in the Champlain Valley in Vermont and New York
Rides are listed by the towns in which they start, but most pass through other towns as well. All rides start and end at the same place.
Click on Ride Name to see the route sheet and overview map for that ride.


Ride Name

Start Town

Dist.

Elev.

ft/mi

Ride Description

Whipple Hollow

Brandon, VT

34.7 mi.

2,743 ft.

78

Ride on mostly back roads through scenic farm country

Gunnison Orchard

Bridport, VT

39.4 mi.

2,074 ft.

53

Ride through farm country & across the Lake Champlain Bridge

Huntington & Mini Gap

Bristol, VT

36.9 mi.

2,637 ft.

71

Take in scenic views of the Green Mountains

Cambridge-Bakersfield

Cambridge, VT

36.5 mi.

3,205 ft.

88

Franklin County Farms

Essex-Lewis Barbell

Charlotte, VT

30.0 mi.

2,385 ft.

80

Back roads of Essex County, NY

Dogwood Bakery

Charlotte, VT

45.2 mi.

3,420 ft.

76

Ferry to Essex, NY and tour the southern Champlain Valley  of New York

Lake Champlain Bridge

Crown Pt., NY

28.3 mi.

1,200 ft.

42

Flat ride on both sides of Lake Champlain Bridge

Jeffersonville-Eden

Jeffersonville, VT

42.1 mi.

3,067 ft.

73

Cross the Green Mountains twice from Jeffersonville

Pleasant Valley 

Jericho, VT

29.7 mi.

2,330 ft.

81

Stunning views of Mt. Mansfield

Swamp Road Covered Bridge

Middlebury, VT

25.4 mi.

1,343 ft.

53

Shard Villa, Covered Bridge, ride through picturesque swamp

Middlebury-Vergennes

Middlebury, VT

25.9 mi.

2,200 ft.

85

Classic Middlebury to Vergennes Loop, Morgan Horse Farm

Middlebury - Lake Dunmore - Whiting

Middlebury, VT

42.8 mi.

2,304 ft.

54

Ride to East Middlebury, along Lake Dunmore, past bucolic farms, along scenic Vt. route 30 with views of the Green and Adirondack mountains, through a magnificent swamp, over a covered bridge and past historic Shard Villa

New Haven Figure 8

New Haven, VT

32.8 mi.

2,541 ft.

77

Spectacular views of the Adirondacks, Green Mountains, & Lake Champlain

Scenic Addison County

New Haven, VT

34.2 mi.

2,750 ft.

80

Back roads of New Haven, Bristol, Monkton & Ferrisburgh

Vergennes-Middlebury

New Haven, VT

37.5 mi.

3,015 ft.

80

Tour scenic New Haven, Vergennes, Waltham & Middlebury

Tracy Rd "Wanderlust"

Port Henry, NY

34.2 mi.

2,614 ft.

76

Ride remote back roads of the eastern Adirondacks

Lake St. Catherine-Poultney-Tinmouth-Wells

Poultney, VT

40.7 mi.

3,433 ft.

84

Taconic highlands and the Mettawee River Valley; bucolic farms

Dunmore-Salisbury 1

Salisbury, VT

22.2 mi.

1,173 ft.

53

Lake Dunmore to Brandon Loop from Lake Dunmore Boat Launch

Dunmore-Salisbury 2

Salisbury, VT 

22.6 mi.

1,173 ft.

53

Lake Dunmore to Brandon Loop from Branbury State Park

Double Gap

Salisbury, VT

45.0 mi.

4,156 ft.

92

Classic ride up and over Brandon Gap & Middlebury Gap

Grand Isle Ferry Loop

South Hero, VT

60.6 mi.

1,521 ft.

25

Very flat ride around the north end of Lake Champlain

Basin Harbor

Vergennes, VT

15.6 mi.

816 ft.

52

Ride to Basin Harbor & the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum

 

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