Where a car takes you from Burlington
These are the day trips from Burlington on our own pages where a car earns its keep. Trains reach some of them; a car reaches all of them, on your own clock.
- Stowe (Alchemist and von Trapp) Stowe is the Burlington food day-trip default
- Waterbury (Ben and Jerry's Factory) Ben and Jerry's Factory at 1281 Waterbury-Stowe Road runs 30-minute guided tours daily 10:00-18:00; tickets release two weeks ahead and sell out
- Shelburne (Shelburne Farms and Fiddlehead) Shelburne Farms (1611 Harbor Road) is the working farm and 1899 Webb-Vanderbilt estate where you can tour the cheese-making operation and lunch at the
- Waitsfield (Lawson's Finest Liquids) Lawson's Finest Liquids at 155 Carroll Road in Waitsfield is the destination brewery in the Mad River Valley
- Greensboro Bend (Hill Farmstead) Hill Farmstead Brewery at 403 Hill Road in Greensboro Bend (Shaun Hill, 2010) holds top-of-world RateBeer rankings
- Middlebury (Haymaker Bun and American Flatbread) Middlebury is the south-end college-town stop: Haymaker Bun (JBA bakery semifinalist) for the morning bun, American Flatbread for wood-fired pizza,
Booking a car in Burlington
We compare through one partner rather than listing every broker. Desks sit at the airport and in town, and the headline rate below is theirs, not ours.
- From
- USD 60.68 a day
- Desks on site
- Alamo, Dollar, Hertz, National, Sixt, Thrifty
- Pick up at
- Burlington Airport
Rates are the partner's headline price at our last check (2026-10-25) and move with dates, car class and insurance. We earn a commission if you book, at no cost to you.