The Intervale is an incredible collection of land containing 360 acres of historic agricultural land used for organic food production, community gardens, historical sites for both the Abenaki and the Ethan Allen family, and riparian floodplain forests. Intervale derives from the old English word for “in-between”.

All of this land is connected by a common trail and their proximity to the Winooski River. You can visit the Intervale Center at 180 Intervale Road, the historic farmhouse and buildings of the Calkins family. At the Tommy Thompson Community Garden picnic grove, you can find a series of beautifully illustrated interpretive panels detailing Ten Thousand Years of Agriculture in the Burlington Intervale.

Most of the land sits in the silver maple floodplain forest of the river and has bountiful natural communities to pair with the more developed features. Beavers and otters work and play off the banks of the riparian forest zone, while birds eat caterpillars in the native tree planting sites. Fox and deer frequent the area, but tracks from a coyote or the elusive bobcat may also be found.