Airport Park Trail

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3 Reviews

started here & continued on to island park trail to s. hero island

September 2023 phil191945

great place to start. plenty of free parking, restrooms, pickle ball & tennis courts avaible. ride to s. hero island is unique, heading into lake champlain on the way to s. hero island. island has restrooms. farms, resturants, & much more. toltal distance was apx. 20 miles. this includes a short bike ferry ride to complete the trip. locals were pleasant, helpful, & courteous. not too often you get to ride a bike onto a lake!

Fun trails for beginning mountain bikers

October 2015 zgcracker

For cyclists, Airport Park is used mostly for an access point to the Burlington Bike Path out on the Causeway that separates Mallett's Bay from the broad lake. The gravel path circling within the park are used by walkers and joggers. However, on the west side of the park are a section of single track trails that connect with the gravel park path and boardwalk into the swamp for wildlife viewing. The trails are fairly smooth with some roots. These trails are the perfect place for kids to practice their mountain biking skills. There are many access points from the park paths and you can ride various loops to keep it interesting for a little while. There is also a little "track" in one section with a few jumps, which is also fun for the kids.

Intersection of three other trails . . .

June 2015 dwhitaker8455

Visiting Burlington for the first time, camping in Colchester (just north). Airport Park is not at an airport but has parking for the many people who use one or more of the trails intersecting at this park. There are three trails that meet here.

One is a 4 mile trail that is a rail trail on a causeway between this area and Grand Isle. If you take this trail, at its end on the causeway, you can take a bike ferry across a short gap in the former train track and continue on the island, where this path ends but there are many sparsely traveled roads to ride on, you can ride as many miles as you want, and/or also take another ferry across the lake to New York.

Another trail leads to the waterfront in downtown Burlington. It stays near the waterfront for the entire journey. It is about 7.5 miles from Airport park to its southern terminus. Various sections were under re-hab but it is otherwise a very nice trail, and well-used especially near downtown Burlington.

The third trail extends from the park north along the Mallets Bay lake front into Colchester and includes some short stretches on city or sub-division streets, but is otherwise well-marked and pleasant. It is somewhat hilly but not unpleasantly so.

All three trails are interesting and pleasant.