Team Outing Burlington
Skip the conference table, take the team to the lake. Walk pedestrian Church Street, gather on the Lake Champlain boardwalk, scoop a Ben & Jerry's for the team and finish on the gazebo lawn in Battery Park. A Burlington offsite that feels more like a long lunch in Vermont than a corporate event.
Stops on this hunt
The geo-tagged checkpoints that anchor this route. You can rearrange, replace or remove any stop after using the template.
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Boardroom: Church Street Marketplace
Today's boardroom is outdoors. Navigate to Church Street Marketplace, the four-block pedestrian heart of Burlington, and check in around Main or College Street.
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Offsite: City Hall Park
Walk to City Hall Park at the south end of Church Street and check in at the fountain.
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Offsite: Lake Champlain waterfront
Walk west and downhill to the Burlington waterfront on Lake Champlain. Check in by the ferry dock or the ECHO Center.
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Offsite: Battery Park
Walk north up the bluff to Battery Park overlooking the lake and check in at the gazebo or one of the cannons.
Challenges (20)
Burlington team kick-off
The team outing begins! Find a classic Burlington backdrop (a Church Street awning, a maple leaf, Lake Champlain in the distance) and take a squad photo with everyone jumping in the air at the same time.
Boardroom: Church Street Marketplace
Today's boardroom is outdoors. Navigate to Church Street Marketplace, the four-block pedestrian heart of Burlington, and check in around Main or College Street.
Church Street busker shot
Church Street is full of buskers, painted patios, indie shops and Vermont craft carts. Find a busker mid-performance or an unusual cart and take a squad photo with the team in the scene. Drop a tip if a song is playing.
Trivia: Burlington granted
Burlington was granted to Samuel Willis and 63 others by the colonial governor of New Hampshire in what year (the founding year of the town)?
Answer: 1763
Offsite: City Hall Park
Walk to City Hall Park at the south end of Church Street and check in at the fountain.
City Hall Park squad shot
City Hall Park has an open lawn, a fountain and weekly events. Find the fountain and take a squad photo with the team arranged around it, the City Hall facade in the background.
Offsite: Lake Champlain waterfront
Walk west and downhill to the Burlington waterfront on Lake Champlain. Check in by the ferry dock or the ECHO Center.
Lake Champlain wide shot
Lake Champlain stretches out for miles in front of Burlington with the Adirondack Mountains on the far shore. Find a vantage point on the waterfront boardwalk and take a squad photo with the lake and the mountains filling the background.
Trivia: Champlain other shore
Lake Champlain forms part of the border between Vermont and which other US state (on the far shore)?
Answers: New York / new york / NY
Boardwalk team walk
Walk along the waterfront boardwalk between the ECHO Center and the breakwater. Take a squad photo where the team walks toward the camera with the lake spreading out behind everyone.
Offsite: Battery Park
Walk north up the bluff to Battery Park overlooking the lake and check in at the gazebo or one of the cannons.
Battery Park gazebo squad shot
Battery Park sits on a bluff above the lake with a white gazebo and old cannons. Find the gazebo (or a cannon) and take a squad photo with the team gathered inside or around it, the lake stretching out behind.
Trivia: Ben & Jerry's founded
Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield opened their first ice-cream shop in a renovated gas station in Burlington in what year?
Answer: 1978
Ben & Jerry's scoop toast
Pop into a Ben & Jerry's scoop shop on or near Church Street, order a flavour each (Cherry Garcia, Phish Food, Chunky Monkey) and take a squad photo with everyone holding their cone up in a toast.
Burlington Bike Path stretch
The Island Line / Burlington Bike Path runs along Lake Champlain. Find a stretch of the path along the lake and take a squad photo with the path leading the eye toward the water.
Vermont maple working lunch
Vermont produces more maple syrup than any other US state. Find a breakfast spot serving local syrup (Penny Cluse Cafe, Magnolia Bistro, Henry's Diner) and take a squad photo with everyone pouring syrup or taking the first bite at the same time.
Trivia: Green Mountain Boys
Burlington sits in Ethan Allen's territory. Ethan Allen led which Revolutionary War militia (three words)?
Answers: Green Mountain Boys / green mountain boys
[Customize!] Team values check-in
Each squad picks one value or commitment they want the team to take away from this outing, writes it on a napkin or notecard, and the squad lead reads it aloud. Take a photo with all the napkins held up in the centre. (Organisers: replace this with a specific team-values prompt if you have one.)
Local Burlingtonian tip
Convince a local Burlington resident to share a tip about the city. Take a photo with your impromptu guide and remember the tip.
Burlington team finale
Final challenge. Find a beautiful Burlington spot (Lake Champlain at sunset, Church Street lit up, Battery Park at golden hour) and take an amazing closing squad photo. Cheers from the Queen City, well done team!
Frequently asked questions
Half a working day. Three hours covers Church Street, City Hall Park, the Lake Champlain waterfront, the Burlington Bike Path and Battery Park. Downtown Burlington is small enough that everything sits within a fifteen-minute walk, so no rideshare is needed unless you add the Ethan Allen Homestead.
Best for teams of 8 to 30, split into squads of 4 to 6. Burlington is a small city, so a 50-plus offsite needs a staggered start to keep Church Street, the Ben & Jerry's shop and the waterfront from feeling overwhelmed. Consider a private space at the Hilton Lake Champlain or ECHO Center for kickoff and close.
June through October. Summer brings Lake Champlain boating and fall foliage from September into mid-October is the photographic peak. Burlington winters are beautiful but cold; lean into indoor stops (the Marketplace, Ben & Jerry's, the Union Station bar) and shorter outdoor segments.
Church Street Marketplace is the natural starting point: four pedestrian blocks with parking garages a block away. From there teams walk downhill to the lakefront and back up to Battery Park. The waterfront ferry dock has free parking on weekdays for larger groups.
Yes. Church Street is fully pedestrianised and flat, City Hall Park and the waterfront boardwalk are accessible, and the Burlington Bike Path is paved end to end. Battery Park has accessible paths to the gazebo and overlook.