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WRITER THANKSGregor ClarkThanks to all the generous New Englanders who helped with this project, especially Katherine Quinn, Sarah Pope and Margo Whitcomb. Love and special thanks to Gaen, Meigan and Chloe for helping me explore this beautiful region and always sharing my excitement for the road less traveled.

Carolyn BainMy warmest thanks to all the chatty innkeepers, bartenders and barflies I had the good fortune to spend time with – who else would you ask for tips on the region’s best beach/trail/lobster roll/craft brew etc? Sincerest thanks to the people of Nantucket for welcoming me back into your fold and em-bracing my nostalgia – especially to Roselyne Hatch and Tania Jones. Special mention goes to Emily Golin, Carla Tracy, Thomas Masters, and Kimberly and Barry Hunter for their kindnesses.

Mara VorheesThanks to friends and neighbors who have taught me so much about New England over the years. I am grateful to my faithful travel companions, Shay and Van: it’s always more fun to travel – though more difficult to write – when you’re along for the ride. And thank you, Jerz, for going along with the sunrise thing, all 19 times (and counting).

Benedict WalkerMassive thanks to the ever-delightful Rebecca Warren for taking me on and for your patience and guidance along the way. Huge hugs to my twin in the Big Apple, Lyndal Hunt, for your love and hospitality; to my buddy Peter Falso in Newport for fun and laughs; to my always- awesome pals Heather, Pete and Wendy; and to the master architect, Tom Zook, for your friend-ship, knowledge and support. Finally, thanks Mum: I love you to the moon and back.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSClimate map data adapted from Peel MC, Finlayson BL & McMahon TA (2007) ‘Updated World Map of the Köppen-Geiger Climate Classification’, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 11, 1633–44.

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Map Pages 000Photo Pages 000

AAbington 254abolitionist movement

414-15, 417Acadia National Park 10,

399-400, 396, 11, 25accommodations 428-9, see

also individual locationsactivities 18, 21-3, 424-6,

431-2, see also individual activities

Adams, John 116-17Adams, John Quincy 116-17African American history

170, 414-15air travel 434, 436Alcott, Bronson 93Alcott, Louisa May 95, 416American Revolution 410-12Amherst 188-90Amherst College 188-9amusement parks 347, 358antiques 139, 179, 271Appalachian Trail 207, 274,

288, 356, 402, 425aquariums

Echo Leahy Center for Lake Champlain 302

Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk 269

Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration 257

New England Aquarium 41Sea Pocket Lab 105Seacoast Science Center

330-1Aquinnah 173-4Arabella 409architecture 13, 211, 270area codes 432art galleries

Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum 270

Brush Art Gallery & Studios 98

Center for Maine Contemporary Art 388

Clark Art Institute 204Currier Museum of Art

332DeCordova Museum &

Sculpture Park 94East End Gallery District

151Farnsworth Art Museum

387-8Field Gallery & Sculpture

Garden 172Harvard Art Museums 55Hood Museum of Art 338Hygienic Art 253-4Institute of Contemporary

Art 48List Visual Arts Center 57MASS MoCA 206Museum of Art (RISD) 211Museum of Fine Arts

(Boston) 53Museum of Fine Arts

(Springfield) 181New Britain Museum of

American Art 249Newport Museum of

Art 223North Shore Arts

Association 106Ogunquit Museum of

American Art 368Portland Museum of

Art 373Provincetown Art

Association & Museum 151

Rocky Neck Art Colony 105Sharon Arts Center 333Smith Art Museum 181Smith College Museum of

Art 185Southern Vermont Arts

Center 287SoWa Artists Guild 48Westport Arts Center 267Whistler House Museum

of Art 98Williams College Museum

of Art 204

Yale Center for British Art 264

Yale University Art Gallery 264

ATMs 431autumn colors 9, 282, 355

Bballooning 292Bar Harbor 394-8Barn Island 260Barnstable 131-5Bartlett Falls 298Bartonsville 295baseball 79Bash Bish Falls 196basketball 79Bass Harbor 401Bath 383-4bathrooms 432Baxter State Park 403-4beaches 13, 18, 425

Block Island 237Cape Ann 108Cape Cod 127Charlestown 234Chatham 141Dennis 137Eastham 145-6Edgartown 171Falmouth 129Franconia Notch State

Park 352Hammonasset Beach

State Park 253Hampton Beach 330Harwich 140Hyannis 132Ipswich 112Kennebunks 371Menemsha 172-3Narragansett 232-3New Haven 263New London 255Newport 226Ogunquit 368Orleans 144Plum Island 115

Provincetown 151Rockport 110Sandwich 126Siasconset 164Truro 149Watch Hill 235Wellfleet 147Westerly 234-5Wolfeboro 343Yarmouth 136

beer 19-20, see also breweries & cideries

Belfast 391Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream

Factory 314Bennington 284-6Berklee College of Music

423Berkshires, the 31, 175, 176,

193-207, 176, 194Bethel 401-2Bethlehem (Connecticut)

272Bethlehem (New Hampshire)

352bicycle travel, see cyclingbird-watching

Audubon Sharon Center 274

Block Island 237Boothbay Harbor 385Bradbury Mountain State

Park 380Felix Neck Wildlife

Sanctuary 171Grafton Notch State

Park 402Hammonasset Beach

State Park 253Long Point Wildlife Refuge

172Monomoy National

Wildlife Refuge 141Nauset Marsh 145Norman Bird Sanctuary

227Quechee 292Wellfleet Bay Wildlife

Sanctuary 147Blackstone Valley 218-19

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-C Block Island 236-40, 238blueberries 297, 391boat travel 435, 436boat trips 12, 425-6

Bar Harbor 395Boothbay Harbor 385Boston 56-7, 59Camden 389Deerfield 191Dennis 137Gloucester 107Groton 256Hyannis 133Kennebunkport 370Lake Champlain 304-5Lake Winnipesaukee

345Lowell 98Mystic 257Nantucket 159Newburyport 115Newport 228Norwalk 269Ogunquit 368Plymouth 121Portland 375-6Portsmouth 326Rockland 388Squam Lake 342

books 406, 426history 408, 414, 415literature 20, 416-19

Boothbay Harbor 385-6Borden, Lizzie 117border crossings 434-5Boston 30, 34-87, 35

accommodations 34, 61-5

activities 56-8Back Bay 48-9, 64, 71-2,

76, 82-3, 50-1Beacon Hill 36-41, 65-6,

74, 80, 38-9, 2Cambridge 53-6, 65,

73-4, 76-7, 54Charlestown 45-6, 63,

68, 75Chinatown 48, 63-4,

69-71, 75-6, 82climate 34Downtown 41-3, 62, 66-7,

74-5, 80-1, 38-9drinking & nightlife 74-7emergency services 83entertainment 77-80Fenway 49, 52-3, 65,

72-3, 76, 50-1festivals & events 60-1food 34, 65-74highlights 35history 36internet access 83

Kenmore Square 49, 52-3, 65, 72-3, 76

medical services 83North End 44-5, 62-3,

67-8, 75, 81Seaport District 46, 48,

63, 68-9, 75, 82shopping 80-3sights 36-56South End 48, 63-4,

69-71, 75-6, 82, 50-1tourist offices 83-4tours 59-60travel seasons 34travel to/from 84-5travel within 85-7walks 47, 47Waterfront 41-3, 62, 66-7,

74-5, 80-1West End 44-5, 62-3,

67-8, 75, 81Boston College 422Boston Common 36-7Boston Harbor 426Boston Harbor Islands

43-4Boston Light 43Boston Marathon 60Boston Massacre Site 42Boston Public Library 49Boston Tea Party 23, 36,

42, 46, 61Boston University 421Bowdoin College 382bowling 58Brattleboro 278-82, 279Breakers 226Bretton Woods 360-2breweries & cideries

307, 378Allagash Brewing

Company 378Downeast Cider House 58Geary’s 378Harpoon Brewery 70Hill Farmstead Brewery

319Magic Hat Brewery 303Otter Creek Brewing 297Rapscallion Brewery 179Rising Tide Brewing

Company 378Samuel Adams 70Shipyard Brewing Co 378Switchback Brewing

Company 304Woodchuck Cidery 297

Brewster 138-40bridges 274, 295, 422Brimfield Antique Show 179Bristol 219-20Brooklyn 254Brown University 212, 420

Brownington 293Brunswick 381-3budget 17Bumpkin Island 44Burlington 301-10, 302bus travel 435, 436business hours 431

Ccable cars 351Cambridge 53-6, 65, 73-4,

76-7, 54Camden 389-91Camel’s Hump 316campfires 145Candlewood Lake 271Cannon Mountain 351,

352, 28-9canoeing & kayaking

Bar Harbor 395Bethel 402Boston 56-7Brattleboro 279-80Camden 390Concord 96Deerfield River 192Essex River 113North Conway 356October Mountain State

Forest 199Orleans 144Plum Island 115Portland 375Portsmouth 326Provincetown 153Rockport 110Westport 268

Canterbury (Connecticut) 254

Canterbury Shaker Village 331

Cape Ann 108Cape Cod 30, 124, 125,

126-57, 125, 128-9Cape Cod National

Seashore 150Cape Cod Rail Trail 137Cape Neddick 366-7car travel 431, 435, 436-7Castle in the Clouds 341Celebration of Lupine 353cell phones 432cemeteries 20

Copp’s Hill Burying Ground 45

Edson Cemetery 98Granary Burying Ground

37, 40Hancock Cemetery 117Hope Cemetery 316King’s Chapel & Burying

Ground 42

Mt Auburn Cemetery 55Sleepy Hollow

Cemetery 94Tyler Point Cemetery 219West Cemetery 188

central Massachusetts 31, 175, 176, 177-80, 176

Chappaquiddick 170Charlestown 234Chatham 141-4cheesemaking 281, 319Chester 251children, travel with 37, 429children’s museums

Boston Children’s Museum 48

Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine 373

Children’s Museum of New Hampshire 325

Providence Children’s Museum 214

Stepping Stones Museum for Children 268-9

Chilmark 172-3churches

First Congregational Church 159

King’s Chapel & Burying Ground 42

Old First Church 284-5Old North Church 44-5Park Street Church 37Seamen’s Bethel 123Trinity Church

(Boston) 49Trinity Church (Newport)

222-3United First Parish

Church 117cideries, see breweries &

cideries Cisco 164-5Citgo Sign 53Cliff Walk 228climate 16, 21, 22, 23, see

also individual regionsclimbing 356coffee milk 221colleges, see universities &

colleges Conanicut Island 231-2Concord (Massachusetts)

93-7, 94Concord (New Hampshire)

331-2Connecticut 31, 241-75,

242-3Connecticut River Valley

250-2, 251Copley Square 13, 48, 13Cornwall Bridge 274, 26-7costs 17, 428, 430, 431

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covered bridges 274, 295, 13, 26-7

Cranberry Isles 394Crawford Notch 360-2credit cards 431cruises, see boat tripscummings, ee 418currency 431customs reguations 429cycling 424-5, 436

Acadia National Park 399Ashuwillticook Rail

Trail 204Boston 57, 59Burlington 304Cape Cod Rail Trail 137Chatham 142Concord 96Falmouth 130Lamoille Valley Rail

Trail 320Minuteman Commuter

Bikeway 92Nantucket 159-60Nauset Bike Trail 146Newport 227Norwottuck Rail Trail 186Portland Trails 374Providence 214Province Lands Bike Trail

152-3Stowe 312Wellfleet 147West River Trail 279

Ddangers, see safetyDartmouth College 337,

420-1Deer Isle 392Deerfield 190-2Dennis 136-8Desert of Maine 380Dickinson, Emily 188Dinosaur State Park 247disabilities, travelers with

432-3distilleries 106-7, 149 diving 305, 344Dog Mountain 318Dogtown 107Dorset 290-1Dr Seuss 184drive-ins 148driving, see car travelDu Bois, WEB 417

EEartha 380East Haddam 250-1Eastham 145-7economy 407, 415Edgartown 170-2electricity 430Elms, the 225emergencies 17Emerson, Ralph Waldo

95, 416Emerson College 423Essex (Connecticut) 252Essex (Massachusetts)

112-13events 21-3exchange rates 17Exeter 330

Ffall colors 9, 282, 355Fall River 117Falmouth 129-31Fantastic Umbrella Factory

234farms 14

Appleton Farms 112Atkins Farms Country

Market 188Billings Farm & Museum

292Champlain Orchards 297Coogan Farm 256-7Hyland Orchard &

Rapscallion Brewery 179Merck Forest & Farmland

Center 287Retreat Petting Farm 279Robb Family Farm 279Shelburne Farms 302-3Sugarbush Farm 292University of Vermont

Morgan Horse Farm 297Watson Farm 232Windy Hill Farm 194

ferries, see boat travelfestivals 21-3films 406fishing

Block Island 237Ellacoya State Park 345Gloucester 106Housatonic River 275

Flume Gorge 351, 19food 19, 430, see also

individual locationstours 372

football 79Fort Adams 227Fort Trumbull 254Fort Warren 43-4

Fort Williams 373Foxwoods Casino 257Franconia Notch State Park

351-2, 2Franconia Town 352-5Freedom Trail 9, 47, 56, 47Freeport 379-80French, Daniel Chester 56Frost, Robert 285, 353,

418, 419

Ggalleries, see art galleriesgardens, see parks &

gardensGay Head Cliffs 13, 173-4, 13gay travelers 60, 155, 430Geisel, Theodor Seuss 184Georges Island 43-4Georgetown 383Gilford 345Gillette Castle 250GLBTI travelers 60, 155, 430Gloucester 105-9Gold Coast 267-70Gorey, Edward 135Goshen 274Grafton 282-3Grape Island 44graveyards, see cemeteriesGreat Barrington 193-7Great North Woods 363Greenwich 269-70Groton 256

HHalloween 23, 103Hampton Beach 330-1Hancock Shaker Village

203Hanover 337-40, 338Hartford 244-50, 245Harvard Bridge 422Harvard University 53,

55, 421Harwich 140-1Hawthorne, Nathaniel

101, 416Height of Land 403hiking 424

Acadia National Park 399, 25

Appalachian Trail 207, 274, 288, 356, 402, 425

Bald Mountain & Artists Bluff Trail 352

Bartholomew’s Cobble 194-5

Baxter State Park 403-4Beartown State Forest

195

Belknap Mountain 345Block Island 237Boothbay Harbor 385Bradbury Mountain State

Park 380Camden Hills State

Park 389Cedar Tree Neck

Sanctuary 172Cotton Valley Trail 343-4Dogtown 107Equinox Preserve 288Grafton Notch State

Park 402Hoosac Range Trail 206Housatonic River Walk

194Kinsman Falls 352Lake Willoughby 320Lincoln Woods Trail 350Lonesome Lake Trail 352Long Point Wildlife

Refuge 172Long Trail of Vermont

290Macedonia Brook State

Park 274Monhegan Island 386-7Monument Mountain 194Moss Glen Falls 311Mt Greylock State

Reservation 207Mt Katahdin 404Mt Mansfield 311Mt Pemigewasset Trail

352Mt Pisgah 320Nebraska Notch 311New England National

Scenic Trail 193Norwottuck Rail Trail 186Pleasant Valley

Wilderness Sanctuary 200

Quoddy Head State Park 400

Rangeley Lakes 403safety 431Stowe 311, 312Tyringham Cobble 197West Rattlesnake

Mountain 342Wolfe’s Neck Woods

State Park 380historic sites & buildings

18-19Abbott Hall 114Adams National Historic

Park 116-17Amoskeag Millyard

Historic District 332Battle Green 91Beauport 106

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-M

Bennington Battle Monument 285

Blackstone Block 43Blithewold Mansion 219Boston Massacre Site 42Brewster Store 139Bullet Hole House 93Bunker Hill Monument

46Calvin Coolidge State

Historic Site 293Captain Bangs Hallett

House 135-6Captains’ Mile 135Castle Hill on the Crane

Estate 113Charlestown Navy

Yard 46Chestnut Street 100-1Cogswell’s Grant 113Custom House 42-3Dexter Grist Mill 126Dinosaur Footprints 185Faneuil Hall 42Flying Horses Carousel

168Frost Place 353Hancock-Clarke House

92Highfield Hall & Gardens

129Hildene 287House of the Seven

Gables 101Hoxie House 127John F Kennedy National

Historic Site 45John Paul Jones House

325Linden Place 219-20Longfellow House 56,

373-4Lowell National Historic

Park 98Massachusetts State

House 37Moffatt-Ladd House 325Mount, the 200Munroe Tavern 92Nantucket Atheneum

158Naumkeag 198Old Man of the Mountain

Memorial Plaza 351Old Manse 95Old North Bridge 93Old South Meeting

House 42Old State House

(Boston) 41-2, 8-9 Old State House

(Hartford) 247Orchard House 95Paul Revere House 45

Plymouth Rock 120Ralph Waldo Emerson

Memorial House 95Reeve House & Litchfield

Law School 272Richard Sparrow House

119Salem Maritime National

Historic Site 100Slater Mill 219Springfield Armory

National Historic Site 181-2

State House (Concord) 331

Thoreau Farm 95USS Constitution 46Wanton-Lyman-Hazard

House 222Wayside 95Wentworth Gardner

House 325Wentworth-Coolidge

Mansion 325Witch House 101

history 408-1520th century 415immigration 413-14independence 410-12industrial revolution

412-13Native Americans 408Pilgrims 408-9Puritans 409-10race relations 414-15

hitchhiking 435Holderness 341holidays 431horseback riding 300Housatonic Valley 270-5Huneck, Stephen 318Hyannis 131-5

Iice skating 57-8, 214insurance 430, 437internet access 430internet resources, see

websitesIpswich 112-13Irving, John 419Isle au Haut 392-3itineraries 24-9

JJackson 358-60Jaffrey 335Jaffrey Center 335James, Henry 418Jamestown 231-2Jaws 172Jordan Pond 399

KKancamagus Highway

349-51kayaking, see canoeing &

kayakingKeene 336-7Kennebunks 370-2Kennedy, John F 45, 131-2Kennedy family 45Kent 274Kerouac, Jack 98, 418Killington Mountain 295-7King, Stephen 419Kingdom Trails 319Kingscote 225

LLaconia 345Lake Champlain 302, 304-5Lake Sunapee 332Lake Waramaug 271-2Lake Willoughby 282Lake Winnipesaukee 345Lakes Region 340-6Lakeville 275Lamoille Valley Rail Trail 320leaf peeping 9, 282, 355Lee 199-200legal matters 430Lenox 200-3lesbian travelers 60, 155, 430Leverett Peace Pagoda 190Lexington 91-2lighthouse museums

260, 388lighthouses 15, 20, 15Lime Rock Race Track 275Litchfield 272-3Litchfield Hills 13, 271-5literature 20, 416-19, see

also booksLittle Brewster Island 43Little Compton 220-1lobster 11, 22, 369, 11Longfellow, Henry

Wadsworth 97, 417Loon Mountain 350Lost River Gorge & Boulder

Caves 347Lovells Island 44Lowell 97-100, 418Lowell, Robert 418

MMacDowell Colony 333Mad River Valley 299-301Maine 32, 364-404, 365,

382, 393Maine Lobster Festival 22Manchester (New

Hampshire) 332-3

Manchester (Vermont) 286-90

mansions 12, 223, 225, 226-7, 228, see also individual mansions

maple syrup 280Marble House 226Marblehead 114maritime museums

Cape Cod Maritime Museum 133

Chatham Marconi Maritime Center 141-2

Custom House Maritime Museum (New London) 254

Custom House Maritime Museum (Newburyport) 114

Essex Shipbuilding Museum 112

Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center 105

Herreshoff Marine Museum 219

Historic Ship Nautilus & Submarine Force Museum 256

Maine Lighthouse Museum 388

Maine Maritime Museum 383-404

Museum of Yachting 223Mystic Seaport Museum

256-9Nantucket Whaling

Museum 157-8New Bedford Whaling

Museum 123New Hampshire Boat

Museum 343Old Lighthouse Museum

260Penobscot Marine

Museum 391USS Constitution

Museum 46WHOI Ocean Science

Exhibit Center 132Whydah Pirate Museum

152markets 80-1, 82, 143, 148,

260, 278-9, 309Martha’s Vineyard 30, 124,

125, 165-74, 173, 166Mashpee Wampanoag

people 144Massachusetts College of

Art 423Massachusetts Institute of

Technology 57, 421Mayflower 409Mayflower II 118-19Menemsha 172-3Merck Forest & Farmland

Center 287

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Meredith 340-1Merrimack Valley 331-3Middlebury 297-9mobile phones 432molasses flood 414Monadnock Region 333-6money 17, 429-30, 431Monhegan Island 386-7Montgomery 295Montpelier 316-18moose watching 347, 363Moss Glen Falls 311motorcycle travel 435, 436-7Moultonborough 341Mount Desert Island

393-401, 396Mount Washington Cog

Railway 360, 28mountain biking 296, 319,

424, see also cyclingMt Battie 389Mt Equinox 288Mt Greylock State

Reservation 207Mt Katahdin 403Mt Mansfield 282Mt Monadnock State

Park 335Mt Moosilauke 337Mt Snow 283Mt Washington Valley

355-63museums, see also art

galleries, children’s museums, maritime museums, science museums, sports museums

Abbe Museum 394Amazing World of Dr

Seuss 181American Independence

Museum 330Audrain Automobile

Museum 223Bellamy-Ferriday House

& Garden 272Bennington Museum

285Berkshire Museum 203Berkshire Scenic Railway

Museum 200Boothbay Railway Village

385Boott Cotton Mills

Museum 98Boston Tea Party Ships &

Museum 46, 48Brattleboro Museum &

Art Center 279

Bread & Puppet Museum 318

Brewster Historical Society Museum 139

Bruce Museum 269Buckman Tavern 91-2Canterbury Shaker

Village 331Cape Ann Museum

105-6Chatham Railroad

Museum 142Chatham Shark Center

141Chesterwood 197-8Clark House Museum

Complex 343Concord Museum 93-4Connecticut Industrial

Museum 274Cottage Museum 168Crane Museum of

Papermaking 203Culinary Arts Museum

213Cushing House Museum

& Garden 114-15DeCordova Museum 94Design Museum Boston

42Edward Gorey House 135Edward Kennedy Institute

for the US Senate 45Emily Dickinson Museum

188Enfield Shaker Museum

338Eric Carle Museum of

Picture Book Art 188Falmouth Museums on

the Green 129-30Florence Griswold

Museum 252Fruitlands Museums 93Green Briar Nature

Center & Jam Kitchen 126-7

Hancock Shaker Village 203

Harriet Beecher-Stowe Center 247

Historic Deerfield Village 190-1

Ipswich Museum 113Isabella Stewart Gardner

Museum 52-3John F Kennedy Hyannis

Museum 131-2John F Kennedy Library

& Museum 45Libby Museum 343Litchfield History

Museum 272Lockwood-Mathews

Mansion Museum 269

Mariposa Museum 333Mark Twain House &

Museum 246Martha’s Vineyard

Museum 171Mashantucket Pequot

Museum & Research Center 257

Mayflower Society Museum 120

McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center 331-2

Memorial Hall Museum 191

MIT Museum 57Monte Cristo Cottage

254-5Museum of African

American History 40Museum of Connecticut

History 246Museum of Newport

History 223Museum of Springfield

History 181Museums of Old York

367Nantucket Lightship

Basket Museum 159National Museum of

American Illustration 225

New England Quilt Museum 98

Norman Rockwell Museum 197

Old Stone House Museum 293

Old Sturbridge Village 178-9

Park-McCullough House Museum 285

Peabody Essex Museum 100

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology 56

Pilgrim Hall Museum 119Pilgrim Monument &

Provincetown Museum 151

Plimoth Grist Mill 119Plimoth Plantation 118Prudence Crandall

House Museum 254Puffin Project Visitor

Center 388Robert Frost Stone

House Museum 285Sandwich Glass

Museum 126Seashore Trolley

Museum 370Shelburne Museum 303Shore Line Trolley

Museum 262

St Johnsbury Athenaeum 318

Strawbery Banke Museum 324-5

Sugar Hill Sampler 353Vermont History

Museum 317Wadsworth Atheneum 245Westport Historical

Society 268Whitehorne Museum 223Worcester Art Museum

177Wright Museum 343Yale University Museums

264Mystic 256-9, 258

NNaismith, James 181 Nantucket 30, 124, 125,

157-65, 125, 158-9Nantucket Town 157-64, 160Narragansett 232-4national & state parks, see

also nature reserves Acadia National Park

10, 399-400, 396, 11, 25

Baxter State Park 403-4Beartown State Forest

195Beavertail State Park 231Bradbury Mountain State

Park 380Brenton Point State

Park 227Burton Island State

Park 309Camden Hills State

Park 389Cockaponset State

Forest 246Colt State Park 219Crawford Notch State

Park 360Devil’s Hopyard State

Park 246Dinosaur State Park 247Echo Lake State Park 356Ellacoya State Park 345Fort Adams State Park

227Fort Trumbull State

Park 254Franconia Notch State

Park 351-2, 2Grafton Notch State

Park 402Green Mountain National

Forest 290Haddam Meadows State

Park 246Hammonasset Beach

State Park 253

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- SHampton Beach State

Park 330Housatonic Meadows

State Park 275Hurd State Park 246Jamaica State Park

284, 309Kent Falls State Park

274, 5Lincoln Woods State

Park 219Macedonia Brook State

Park 274Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller

National Historical Park 292

Miller State Park 333Minute Man National

Historic Park 91Mount Sunapee State

Park 332Mount Tom State Park

272Mt Greylock State

Reservation 207Mt Monadnock State

Park 335Myles Standish State

Forest 119Nickerson State Park 138Ninigret State

Conservation Area 234October Mountain State

Forest 199Popham Beach State

Park 383Quoddy Head State

Park 400Rocky Neck State Park

246Sandy Point State

Reservation 115Seyon Lodge State

Park 309Sherwood Island State

Park 268Skinner State Park 193Squantz Pond State

Park 271Topsmead State Forest

273Underhill State Park

309Wolfe’s Neck Woods

State Park 380Native American culture &

history 20, 118, 144, 173, 257, 408

nature reserves, see also national & state parks

Audubon Sharon Center 274

Barn Island Wildlife Management Area 260

Cedar Tree Neck Sanctuary 172

Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary 171

Greenwich Point Park 269Halibut Point

Reservation 109Long Point Wildlife

Refuge 172Monomoy National

Wildlife Refuge 141Ninigret Wildlife Refuge

234Norman Bird Sanctuary

227Parker River National

Wildlife Refuge 114Pleasant Valley

Wilderness Sanctuary 200

Polly Hill Arboretum 172Rachel Carson National

Wildlife Reserve 368Stellwagen Bank

National Marine Sanctuary 14, 106, 151-2, 14

VINS Nature Center 292Wellfleet Bay Wildlife

Sanctuary 147Wells National Estuarine

Research Reserve 368New Bedford 122-3New Britain 249New Canaan 270New England Holocaust

Memorial 42New Hampshire 32, 322-63,

323New Hampshire Pumpkin

Festival 336New Haven 261-7, 262New London 253-6New York City, travel to/

from 84Newburyport 114-16Newfane 283Newport 12, 221-31, 222,

224, 12, 19Newport Folk Festival

22, 228Noank 260Norfolk 275North Adams 206-7North Conway 355-8North Woodstock 347-9Northampton 184-8Northeast Harbor 400Northeast Kingdom 318-21Northfield Falls 295Northfield Mountain

Recreation & Environmental Center 191

Norwalk 268-9Norwottuck Rail Trail 186

OOak Bluffs 167-70Ochre Court 225Ogunquit 367-70Old King’s Highway 139Old Lyme 252-3O’Neill, Eugene 418opening hours 431Orleans 144-5

PPaper House 110parks & gardens

Albacore Park 325Arnold Arboretum 43Asticou Azalea Garden

400Back Bay Fens 53Boston Common 36-7Bushnell Park 247Charles River

Esplanade 49Chinatown Park 48Coastal Maine Botanical

Gardens 385Dr Seuss National

Memorial Sculpture Garden 181

Elizabeth Park Rose Gardens 246

Emerald Necklace 58Fort Williams Park 373Franklin Park 58Heritage Museums &

Gardens 126Lighthouse Point Park

262Lyman Conservatory 185Mytoi 170New Haven Green 261-2Olmsted Park 58Prescott Park 325Prospect Terrace Park 214Public Garden 48Roger Williams Park

213-14Rose Kennedy

Greenway 42Waterplace Park 214World’s End 117

Patriots’ Day 21, 60, 91Peacham 293Peddocks Island 44Pemaquid Point 386Penobscot Bay 12, 388, 12Peterborough 333-4Philip Johnson Glass

House 270Phippsburg 383phonecards 432Pilgrims 118-20, 408-9Pinkham Notch 362-3

Pioneer Valley 180-93Pittsfield 203-4planetariums 56, 181, 262planning

budgeting 17calendar of events 21-3internet resources 17itineraries 24-9New England basics 16-17New England’s regions

30-2travel seasons 16, 21,

22, 23Plum Island 114-16Plymouth 118-22, 120Plymouth Notch 293Plymouth Rock 120Point Judith 232politics 406, 415polo 227Pomfret 254population 406-7Portland 372-9, 374-5Portsmouth 324-30, 326postal services 431Providence 211-18, 212Provincetown 150-7, 152Prudence Island 220public holidays 431puffins 388Puritans 409-10

Qquarries 316-17Quechee Village 291-5Quiet Corner 254Quincy 116-18

Rrafting 192Rangeley Lake 402-3Revere, Paul 45, 411, 413Revolutionary War 410-12Rhode Island 31, 208-40,

209Rhode Island School of

Design 211, 423Ridgefield 270Rockland 387-9Rockport (Maine) 389-91Rockport (Massachusetts)

109-12Rockwell, Norman 197Rosecliff 226Roseland Cottage- Bowen

House 254Rough Point 226-7

SSacrifice Rock 119safety 431-2, 435, 437

446

IND

EX S-Z

sailing 227, 425, see also boat trips

Salem 100-5, 102Sandwich 126-9Sankaty Head lighthouse

164, 15scenic drives 18, 192, 399Schoodic Peninsula 398science museums

Beneski Museum of Natural History 188-9

Cape Cod Museum of Natural History 139

Connecticut Science Center 246

Discovery Museums 94EcoTarium 177Extreme Mt Washington

360Fairbanks Museum &

Planetarium 319Harvard Museum of

Natural History 55Mount Washington

Observatory Weather Discovery Center 356

Museum of Science 55-6Peabody Museum of

Natural History 264Springfield Science

Museum 181’Sconset 164seafood 11, see also lobsterseals 142Searsport 391senior travelers 429-30Shakers 203, 331, 338sharks 432Shelburne 302-3Shelburne Falls 192-3shipbuilding 383shopping 18Siasconset 164skating 57-8, 214skiing 426

Bennington 285Bretton Woods 360-1Burke Mountain 319-20Canon Mountain 352Catamount Trail 291Craftsbury Common 319Jackson 358Jay Peak 320Killington Mountain 295-6Kingdom Trails 319Lenox 200Loon Mountain 350Mad River Glen 299-300

Manchester 288Middlebury 298Mohawk Mountain Ski

Area 275Pinkham Notch 362Rangeley Lakes 403Stowe 311-12Sugarbush 300Sugarloaf 403Sunday River 402Wilmington 283Wolfeboro 344Woodstock 292

Smith College 185snow storms 432snowboarding 295, 320, 426Southwest Harbor 401Spectacle Island 43sports museums

American Museum of Fly Fishing 287

International Tennis Hall of Fame 223

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame 181

Vermont Ski & Snowboard Museum 311

Springfield 180-4, 182Squam Lake 341-3Squam Lakes Natural

Science Center 342stargazing 136state parks, see national &

state parks Stellwagen Bank 14, 106,

151-2, 14Stockbridge 197-9Stonington (Connecticut)

259-67Stonington (Maine) 392Stowe 310-16, 312, 9Stowe, Harriet Beecher 247Sturbridge 178-80Sugar Hill 352Sugarbush 299-301surfing 146Surfside 164-5swimming 425synagogues 222

TTanglewood Music Festival

15, 201, 15taxes 81telephone services 432Thompson Island 44Thoreau, Henry David 95,

96, 426time 432tipping 431

Tiverton 220toilets 432tourist information 432Touro Synagogue National

Historic Site 222tours, see boat trips, trolley

tourstrain travel 435, 437train trips

Boothbay Railway Village 385

Essex 252Lincoln 347Mt Washington 360, 28North Conway 355North Woodstock 347Winnipesaukee Scenic

Railroad 345-6travel to/from New

England 434-5travel within New England

436-7trekking, see hikingtrolley tours 59, 121Truro 149-50Twain, Mark 246Tyringham 197

Uuniversities & colleges

10, 420-3, see also individual universities & colleges

Updike, John 419Upper Connecticut River

Valley 336-40

Vvacations 431vegetarian travelers 66Vermont 31, 276-321, 277Victoria Mansion 374Vineyard Haven 165-7visas 433

WWalden Pond 96walking, see also hiking

Bar Harbor 395Boston 47, 59-60, 47Cliff Walk 228Nantucket 160 Napatree Point 235Ogunquit 368Portland Trails 374White Memorial

Conservation Center 273

Wallace, David Foster 419Walpole 334Wampanoag Homesite 118

Warren 337Watch Hill 235-6WaterFire 215weather 16, 21, 22, 23, see

also individual regionswebsites 17, 67, 140, 426Weirs Beach 345-6Wellfleet 147-9Wells 367-70Wentworth Lake 343West Cornwall 274-5West Tisbury 172Westerly 234-5Weston 291Westport 267-8whale watching 14

Bar Harbor 395Boothbay Harbor 385Boston 58Gloucester 106 Hyannis 133Kennebunks 370Newburyport 115Provincetown 151-2, 153Quoddy Head State

Park 400Stellwagen Bank

National Marine Sanctuary 106, 151-2, 14

White Mountains 10, 347-55, 348, 10

wildlife reserves, see national & state parks, nature reserves

Williams College 423Williamstown 204-5Wilmington 283-4Windsor 295windsurfing 127, 132, 137, 167wineries 149, 227, 254, 260,

262-3, 271, Winter Harbor 398Wiscasset 384-5witch trials 101Wolfeboro 343-5Woodbury 271Woods Hole 132Woodstock (Vermont) 291-5Woodstock (Connecticut)

254Worcester 177-8

YYale University 261, 420, 10Yarmouth 135-6Yorks, the 366-7

Zzoos 58, 214Map Pages 000

Photo Pages 000

447

Walking Tour detourWalking Tour

Path/Walking Trail

BeachBird SanctuaryBuddhistCastle/PalaceChristianConfucianHinduIslamicJainJewishMonumentMuseum/Gallery/Historic BuildingRuin

Sento Hot Baths/Onsen

ShintoSikhTaoistWinery/VineyardZoo/Wildlife SanctuaryOther Sight

DivingBodysurfing

Sleeping

Eating

Entertainment

Shopping

Drinking & NightlifeCafe

BankEmbassy/ConsulateHospital/MedicalInternetPolicePost OfficeTelephoneToiletTourist InformationOther Information

Airport

Border crossingBART station

BusBoston T station

CyclingFerry

Underground station

MonorailParking

Metro/Muni station

Petrol stationSubway/SkyTrain stationTaxiTrain station/RailwayTram

Other Transport

LighthouseHut/Shelter

Beach

LookoutMountain/VolcanoOasisParkPassPicnic AreaWaterfall

River, CreekIntermittent River

Swamp/Mangrove

Reef

Canal

Water

Dry/Salt/Intermittent Lake

Glacier

Mudflat

Beach/Desert

Airport/Runway

Cemetery (Christian)

Cemetery (Other)

Park/Forest

Sportsground

Sight (Building)

International

DisputedRegional/SuburbMarine ParkCliffWall

Capital (National)Capital (State/Province)City/Large TownTown/Village

State/Province

Camping

Canoeing/KayakingCourse/Tour

SkiingSnorkelingSurfingSwimming/PoolWalkingWindsurfingOther Activity

LaneTertiary

TollwayFreewayPrimary

StepsPlaza/Mall

Pedestrian overpass

Secondary

Unsealed roadRoad under construction

Tunnel

Cable car/Funicular

Gate

Sights

Activities,Courses & Tours

Sleeping

Eating

Drinking & Nightlife

Entertainment

Shopping

Information Routes

Boundaries

Hydrography

Areas

Geographic

Population

Transport

Note: Not all symbols displayed aboveappear on the maps in this book

Map Legend

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