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Ethan Allen Park
Town: Burlington
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Length: 4 miles
Surface: Paved trails, some unpaved foot paths
Trailhead: From Burlington, take North Avenue to the New North End. Continue past the Route 127 off-ramp. The park entrance is on the right at the corner of North Avenue and Ethan Allen Parkway.
Features: Wooded urban refuge offers historic lookout over Burlington and Lake Champlain region.
Description:
This lovely wooded park provides refuge from the urban landscape. A short but hilly stroll includes a gazebo and historic tower as points of interest: great views from both locations. This trail connects New North End neighborhoods and the Route 127 Bike Path. The Cycle the City loop also goes through the park. The park has a playground near the parking lot and hosts a weekly farmer's market in the summer.
No bathrooms.
Volunteer Surveyors: Evan Press, Charlie Packer
Last updated on 6/30/10
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Burlington Department of Parks & RecreationContact:
Bob Whalen |
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I'm looking for a cave near the tower or pinnacle that looks like cup turned upside down with sand inside and a small tunnel leading to it. Sixty years i visited this place. Does this place still exist/pleased let me know. Thank you. |
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This is another nice set of trails that I first did 8/1/2009. I only explored the paved trails as I was riding a street bicycle. I started from the northern steel truss suspended bridge on the Route 127 Path. This section of the path up until the sharp corner, is all a steep uphill climb and very narrow. The path is no more than two, or two and half feet wide. And off to one side of the path the terrain drops steeply downhill with no fence. This area is an accident waiting to happen! Any amount of traffic that you have to pass on the path will be a hazard for those of us on wheels. So ride through this area with extreme caution! While this portion of the path is technically doable for Inline skaters, I advise against it. Assuming you have the balance and brake skills to go down it, there is no room to get around people while staying on the asphalt. Going uphill with inline skates, the path does not appear to be wide enough to get a good push off for how steep it is. Fortunately, these paths do not seem to be used much at all. I only saw one other person using the path on his bike. And that was a beautiful, sunny, and hot Saturday when I went. Once you get past that sharp corner, the path widens considerably. There's not much paved path for street bicycles to ride, so it didn't take me long to explore it all. But it's all gorgeous enclosed wooded path with some fun downhill rides. The portion of the path to the pinnacle where the gazebo is, while paved at one point, is not maintained at all. So it can be mildly hazardous for street bicyclists, and impossible for inline skaters, as it is mostly loose gravel, pot holes, and bumps among the small amounts of road left. But it's doable on a street bicycle if you're careful. The trail to the commemorative tower is all dirt, root, rock, and very steep. But it is short enough that I had no problem walking/carrying my bicycle up it so I could climb the tower. Too bad there is not more paved path here. But between taking the Route 127 path onto this one, then North Avenue to Leddy Park onto the Burlington Bike Path, it is a nice less traveled addition or option to my usual Burlington Path Path routine. |
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