Directions
The Ethan Allen Homestead Museum is 10 minutes from downtown Burlington, VT, in the New North End neighborhood. We’re a quick drive from the University of Vermont campus, 50 minutes from Stowe, VT, and 1 hour from Middlebury, VT.
If entering our name into Google Maps, please type Ethan Allen Homestead Museum, or use our full address:
1 Ethan Allen Homestead, Burlington, VT 05408
(Ethan Allen owned 1,400 acres surrounding the Homestead, and thus many nearby locations are named after him.)
Driving Directions
- From I-89, take exit 14W towards downtown Burlington.
- Merge onto Route 2/Main Street.
- Take the first right onto East Avenue. Stay to your right and go past the hospital entrance.
- At the end of East Avenue, turn left at the light onto Colchester Avenue/Pearl Street.
- Turn right onto North Champlain Street.
- At the end of North Champlain, turn left at the light onto Manhattan Drive.
- Take the first right onto Route 127 North.
- Take the first exit, for the North Ave Beaches. Directly after the exit ramp, take a sharp right onto Ethan Allen Homestead’s driveway. If you reach North Avenue, you’ve gone too far.
- Cross over the bike path, and continue down Ethan Allen Homestead past the community garden to the large parking lot at the end. (There is a smaller parking area near the drive’s entrance, but the one at the end is much larger and directly outside the Visitor Center.)
Biking
The Ethan Allen Homestead Museum is right off the 127 Bike Path, making cycling a convenient option. The 127 Bike Path connects Burlington’s New North End neighborhood with the Old North End of downtown.
We are also close to the Island Line Trail, which connects downtown Burlington with Colchester and South Hero in the Champlain Islands. From the Island Line Trail, cyclists can take Killarney Drive (or another side road) to North Avenue, then Ethan Allen Parkway or the trails in Ethan Allen Park to the 127 Bike Path, which leads right to the Museum. Local Motion is a great resource for maps and route planning.
There is a large bike rack on the grass in front of the Visitor Center. Please bring a bike lock; we cannot ensure the safety of your bicycle. There is a water bottle filling station inside the Visitor Center, next to the restrooms.
