St. George
9/29/2024
St George’s claim to fame is as Vermont’s smallest town, with less than 4 square miles of area. But located 10 miles south of Burlington, it doesn’t feel small, nor isolated. This ride consisted of two gorgeous gravel roads and two rather busy paved roads that connected them. While the traffic was heavy at times on the paved sections, if you chose a week day (or different time of day), you might fare better than we did.
We parked in the parking lot of the park behind the St. George Town Hall, next to the Valero gas station. We had to ride a little bit on Route 2A to get to the start, but then turned onto Ayer Road which is a “non-maintained in the winter” for a short stint, and involves some serious climbing. After it levels out, it changes its name to Willow Brook Road, which is a very pretty, quiet and scenic high-elevation gravel road. This is a mile and a half of low trafic, with trees or fields on either side.
At the end of Willow Brook, you turn left onto Oak Hill Road, which is paved and sees a lot of traffic. The shoulder was also quite narrow, so it was
This involves just pushing forward and hoping for the best, for a mile and a half or so, before you have the pleasure of turning left onto Butternut Road – a lovely, wide gravel road.
Butternut is a gentle glide downhill for over a mile.
At the end of Butternut Road, you turn right onto 2A, and ride back to the village center to the start. Lovely short ride on a warm September day!
