We opted to start just after the gap, so we would have miles of continuous trail. The trail begins in Vermont, dips into New York State then back into Vermont, with a four-mile gap which forces riders onto the local highway. In fact, you kind of had to search for it. Unlike many of the rail trails I’ve ridden, the Delaware and Hudson did not have lots of signage or parking places or restrooms or anything that screamed, “Come here and ride your bike.” We asked permission to park, and made sure to buy our lunch at the deli inside. Arriving at the Delaware and Hudson Trailhead The trail access is a few hundred yards from Chapman’s General Store. Gary Googled up a rail trail about an hour away, so we stashed the fishing rods, loaded the bikes, and headed south. We hauled the gravel bikes all the way up there, having pined to ride some Vermont back roads as we waited out the long winter months back in Virginia while a rainy spring had made riding more of a yearning than actual rubber on the road.Īll of a sudden we only had a day left at the cabin and the bikes hadn’t budged. So good that the bikes had not seen the daily riding we anticipated when my friend Gary and I left Virginia for a week of play at my family cabin on Lake Champlain in Addison, Vermont. There was a reason we hadn’t yet discovered the Delaware and Hudson Rail-Trail Gary Butcher rides the beautifully smooth Vermont section of the Delaware and Hudson Rail-Trail A special surprise awaited us on a trail with rural Vermont scenery that was already outstanding.
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