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When you're In Vermont look up BATS. Bennington area trail system. Miles of hiking and biking trails in Bennington vt
Overlanding the northeast/new england
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I did it in my stock Jeep JKU with 32" tires, and didn't air down. This was pretty much my first time off-roading, and while it gets hairy in some sections, your vehicle is more than capable of making it up. Again, this is highly illegal and you run the chance of getting in some serious trouble. We didn't, but run the trail at your own risk.
Sick, I am interested in hearing more. I mtb a bit but out here there isn't as much so new trails are always exciting.
Kingdom Trail in East Burke, VT - amazing riding! Basically, it's 50+ adjacent landowners that have allowed the trail association to build and maintain trails on their land. There are miles and miles of beautiful trails running through the woods and open pastures. Nothing there is too technically challenging to a seasoned rider, it's more fast flow. It's a great place for all types of rider, as the trails aren't very difficult other than some good climbs, but they're fun enough for the skilled rider to get some speed and air in certain places. There's something for everybody there.
It's a nice little town too, they realize what their bread and butter is, so they're very accommodating to riders. There's a great bike shop right near the visitors center, as well as a few good places for good eats. There's also another bike shop up on Darling Hill Rd that has a bar and beautiful views out back; it's great to kick back in one of the Adirondack chairs and enjoy a local brew and the view.
We usually enjoy dinner at the Burke Publik House, and post ride drinks at the Tikki Bar. No joke, in the rider parking lot behind the visitor's center, there's a literal tikki bar with a great beer selection, as well as a food truck with burgers, fries, tacos, etc.
It's 15 bucks for a day pass, or 75 for the year. The money goes to pay for trail upkeep, so I don't mind paying.
Also, if you ride downhill, Burke Mountain is right there with lift serviced DH trails. Sometimes we'll bring our DH bikes and do an afternoon of DH after riding trails in the AM.
There's also a campground not too far away I've stayed at a few times, White Caps campground. It's nice, they have showers and a nice little camp store with wifi (no cell signal out there). It's right across from Lake Willoughby, which is a beautiful view. There's a hiking trail right up the road, it brings you up the mountain to overlook the lake. I like to bike, but I thought the hike was worth the time.
http://kingdomtrails.org/
There are a bunch of videos on youtube about it, even "Skills with Phil" did a video there.
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Excuse the dumb question! We are new to overlanding and are wondering if there are maps that have trails that allow you to set camp? I see all these pictures of folks camping out with no one around and trying to figure out how did they find this? I don’t want to set up camp some places that’s illegal and get in to some trouble. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I know it's not rock crawling and trails but there's always the beaches on the south shore that you can check out and do some sand cruising!
Is there any gpx, tcx or some sort of gps tracks available for share here? TIA
