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Burlington, Vermont Transportation. Driving Distances from Burlington VT: Bennington VT: 133 miles (214 km) S, 2.75 hours Boston MA: 225 miles (363 km) SE, 4 hours Brattleboro VT: 154 miles (248 km) SE, 2.5 hours Montpelier VT: 39 miles (63 km) SE, 45 minutes Montréal QC: 98 miles (158 km) N, 2 hours New York City: 300 miles (483 km) S, 6 hours Rutland VT: 83 miles (134 km) S, 1.75 hours Stowe VT: 36 miles (58 km) E, 50 minutes Bus Burlington's bus station (tel 802-864-6811) is at Burlington International Airport, 1200 Airport Drive No. 1 (map). Buses run from New York City, Montreal, Hartford CT and Boston MA to these Vermont cities and towns: —Bellows Falls —Bennington —Brattleboro —Burlington —Montpelier —St Albans —Swanton —White River Junction Greyhound Lines, which replaced Vermont Transit, operates all these services except for Bennington, which is a service to/from Albany NY operated by Yankee Trails.

Megabus operates buses several times daily between Boston and Burlington. Plane Train Car Ferry. Vermont Goshen to Stowe Walking Tour & Walking Vacation. Optional morning self-guided history walk; 1 mile, easy. Norwich Loop Walk; 2-3 miles, easy to moderate. Thetford Hill State Forest; 3 miles, easy to moderate Early risers may opt for a brief self-guided history walk along Norwich’s Main Street before breakfast at the inn’s terrace dining room. Following this refreshing start to your day, you embark on a loop walk along old country roads and well-worn trails that offer wide-open views of Norwich and the surrounding countryside. Next, a short but scenic drive brings you over a covered bridge and into Thetford, a town made up of six villages lining the Connecticut River and home to the nation’s oldest secondary school, Thetford Academy.

Satiated from this special meal, you depart for the Thetford Hill State Forest and a walk along the Ompompanoosuc River, eventually reaching the Union Village Dam. Leave No Trace. Maine Walking Tour & Walking Vacation | Acadia National Park. Arrival in Bangor. Paradise Hill - Witch Hole Pond Loop; 2.3 miles, easy, 200-ft. elevation gain. Sieur de Monts Spring area, Jessup Path, Hemlock Loop, Tarn, and Great Meadow Loop; 4.9 miles, easy to moderate, less than 100-ft. elevation gain Upon meeting your guides and group at the Bangor Airport, you depart immediately by van for the one-hour drive to Acadia National Park, and proceed directly to the park’s visitor center.

An introductory walk along one of the park’s many carriage roads leads to Witch Hole Pond, and provides views of Frenchman Bay and Hull’s Cove to the northeast, as well as the distant mountains to the north. In the first half of the 20th century, John D. Rockefeller Jr. not only donated about one-third of the park’s land, but he also conceived of and oversaw the construction of the extraordinary network of carriage roads that wind throughout the park, graced with subtle landscaping and handcrafted stone bridges.

Acadia National Park - Park Newspaper. Greyhound/Peter Pan. How to Hike the Appalachian Trail.

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