1HappyHiker
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The trail covers a distance of about 12.5 miles. However my wife and I only walked the segment of trail that begins at the Airport Park trailhead and leads you out onto Lake Champlain via a causeway. From there, you get spectacular views of the Lake, as well as New York's Adirondack Mountains, and Vermont's Green Mountains.
The trail's official start point is at the Oakledge Park trailhead on Flynn Street in south Burlington and then runs northward skirting the shoreline of Lake Champlain. It continues onto the causeway and then ends abruptly out on the Lake where a seasonal bike ferry connects with South Hero, VT. However, due to storm damage caused by spring flooding in 2011, the official end of the trail is currently at the south side of an old iron trestle which spans a preexisting gap in the causeway. Despite the flood damage, much of the Island Line Trail is still open, but major repairs will begin this summer.
My BLOG has a few photos taken during this trek.
The trail's official start point is at the Oakledge Park trailhead on Flynn Street in south Burlington and then runs northward skirting the shoreline of Lake Champlain. It continues onto the causeway and then ends abruptly out on the Lake where a seasonal bike ferry connects with South Hero, VT. However, due to storm damage caused by spring flooding in 2011, the official end of the trail is currently at the south side of an old iron trestle which spans a preexisting gap in the causeway. Despite the flood damage, much of the Island Line Trail is still open, but major repairs will begin this summer.
My BLOG has a few photos taken during this trek.
