From Rippon Landing Park parking lot to the boardwalk is about 1/4 mile, then another 1/3 out to the platform. There are trails in the woods beyond the platform, with lots more mud and bugs. The paved trail follows along the shore past the boardwalk, as well as the other way from the parking lot almost to the Rippon Landing VRE -- decent for a few miles of casual cycling if you don't mind hills.
The boardwalk trail is about 1/2 mile
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