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1 Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd Index A Abbe Museum 290, 294 Abington 116 Acadia National Park 14, 289, 290, 291 accommodations 25 activities 22, see also individual activities Adam s Berry Farm 198 Adams National Historic Park 48 Albert Merola Gallery 87 Allenholm Orchards 200 American Revolution 48, 113, 205, 302 Amherst 251, 253 Amistad 40 anti-slavery movement 40 Appalachian Mountain Club Highland Center 240 Appalachian Trail 14 Connecticut & Rhode Island 17, 138, 147, 149 Maine 307, 331, 332 New Hampshire 221 architecture 23 Arlington 206 Arnold, Benedict 302 art 23 art walks 326 ArtSpace 154 Atlantic Beach Park 108 Attean View Overlook 302 Augusta B Bangor 306-7, 311, 324, 327 Bantam Cinema 138 Bar Harbor 290, 295 Bash Bish Falls 74 Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse Bath 281 Battle of Bennington 205 Baxter State Park 307, 308, 310, 311 beaches 15 Bearskin Neck 66 Beartown State Forest 148 Beavertail Lighthouse 106 Beavertail State Park 106 Beehive Trail 289 beer 22 Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library 155 Belfast 324 Bellamy-Ferriday House & Garden 140 Ben & Jerry s Factory 21, 165 Bennington 205, 209 Berkshires 69-75, 148, 151 Berlin 233, 235 berry picking, see fruit picking Bethel 330-1, 335 Bethlehem 140, 141 Big Town Gallery 190 BigTent festival 190 Billings Farm & Museum 173 bird-watching 23 Bishop s Orchards Winery 123 Blithewold Mansion 100 Block Island 107-8, 109 boating, see cruises border crossings 339 Boston 26-7, 37, 41, 48, 49, 84-5 Boston Harbor Islands 37 Bourne 45 Bowdoin College Museum of Art 323 Boyden Valley Winery 174, 176 Brandon 192, 193 Brattleboro 204-5, 209 Bread & Puppet Museum 182 Breakers 153 Bretton Woods 150, , 243 breweries 22 Brewster 54, 59 Bridgewater Corners Bridgton , 319 Bridgton Twin Drive-in 316 Bristol , 101 Brooklyn , 117 Brown University 100, Brownington 182 Bruce Museum 121 Brunswick 298, 303, 323, 327 Burdick Chocolate 250 Burlington 198, 201, business hours 25 Buttonwood Farm

2 C Cabot Cadillac Mountain 294 Calais 284 Cambridge 174, 176, 223-5, 227 Camden 325-6, 327 Camden Hills State Park Camel s Hump 184 canoeing, see kayaking Canterbury 114 Cape Ann Museum 66 Cape Cod National Seashore 12, 15, 54-6 Cape Elizabeth 280, 285 car insurance 338 car rental carriage roads cars, see driving Castle in the Clouds Cather, Willa 266 Cato Corner Farm 130 Cedar Circle Farm 176 cell phones 24 Champlain Orchards 174 Charlemont 80 Charlestown 250 Charlotte Village Winery Chatham Fish Pier 56 cheese making 115, 130, 164, 174, 180-1, 206, 208 Chester 131-2, 133 Chester-Hadlyme Ferry 132 Chesterwood 74 cider 116, 165, 174, 192 Claire s 184 Cliff Walk 153 climate 24 Colchester Cold Hollow Cider Mill 165 Colt State Park 100 Concord (Massachusetts) 223, 227 Concord (New Hampshire) 222 Conway Scenic Railroad 150, 242 Coolidge, Calvin Cornish Windsor Bridge 250 Cornwall Bridge 148 costs 25 Cotton Valley Rail Trail 260 Coventry , 117 Craftsbury Common 182-3, 185 Crane Beach 64 Crane Estate 64, 67 Crawford Notch State Park 240, 243 Creamery Bridge 181 Creamery Brook Bison Farm 115 Creative Arts Workshop cruises Connecticut & Rhode Island 39, 40 Maine 281, 283, 316, 318, 325 New Hampshire 257 cycling 55, 100, 190, 290, 333 d Dartmouth College Dead River 302 Deerfield 78-9, 83 DiGrazia Vineyards 144 Dr Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden 252 driving car rental documents 338 driver s license 338 fuel 340 insurance 338 e maps 339 parking 340 road distances 339 road rules 339, 340 safety 340, 341 websites 339 East Haddam East Thetford 176 ECHO Lake Aquarium & Science Center 149, Ellsworth 284 emergencies 24 Emerson, Ralph Waldo 223 Emily Dickinson Museum 251 Enfield Shaker Museum 222 Essex 64-5, 67, 132, 133 events, see festivals & events F Fall Foliage Parade 148 Falls Village 151 farms 19, see also individual farms Farnsworth Art Museum 326 ferry travel 132, 341 festivals & events, see also individual events, festivals Connecticut & Rhode Island 39, 136, 138, 148, 152, 155 Maine 315 Massachusetts 40, 71 New Hampshire 268, 271 Vermont 174, 190, 200 Fine Arts Work Center 86-7 Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts 212 Fisher Covered Railroad Bridge 183 Fisk Quarry Preserve 200 Florence Griswold Museum 132 Flume Gorge 239 Index C-F 345

3 food 25 Goshen Fair 148 anti-slavery movement 40 Index F-J cheese making 115, 130, 164, 174, 180-1, 206, 208 fruit picking 37, , 122, 123, 184, 189, 190, 198 locavore movement 184 maple syrup 174, 192 seafood 22 Forks, The 302, 303 Fort Adams 39 Fort at No Fort Foster Park 278 Fort Halifax State Historic Site 300 Fort Williams Park 280 Franconia Notch State Park: Cannon Mountain 239 Franconia Notch State Park: Flume Gorge 239 Freedom Trail 48 Freeport 280-1, 285 French, Daniel Chester 74 Frog City Cheese Company 164 Frost, Robert , 205 fruit picking Connecticut & Rhode Island , 122, 123 Massachusetts 37 Vermont 184, 189, 190, 198 Fryeburg 315, 319 fuel 340 G Galilee 106 gas 340 gay travelers 58 Gillette Castle Glastonbury 133 Glen Ellis Falls 241 Glen Farm 98 Gloucester 34-5, 41, 66, 67 Glover 181-2, 185 Gorham 234, 235 Grafton Notch Scenic Byway 331 Grafton Notch State Park 331 Grafton Village Cheese Company 208 Grand Isle 200 Grand View Winery 165 Granville Gulf 165 Great Barrington 73-4, 75, 148 Green Mountain Club 166 Greenville , 311 Greenwich 120-1, 125 Grey s Beach 54 Groton 40 Grove Street Cemetery 226 Guilford 123-4, 125 Gulf Hagas 308 H Hallowell 298, 303 Hammonasset Beach State Park 15, 123 Hancock 265, 269 Hanover 220-2, 227 Harriet Beecher Stowe House 129 Hartford 128-9, 133 Harvard Labyrinth 224 Harvard University Height of Land 332 Henry Sheldon Museum 196 Herreshoff Marine Museum 100 Herring Cove 15 highlights 8-9, hiking 17 Hildene 149, 206 Hill Farmstead Brewery 182 Historic Ship Nautilus & Submarine Force Museum 40 history 23 American Revolution 48, 113, 205, 302 Pilgrims 44-5, 46-7 Puritans 48 Holderness 257-8, 261 Hood Museum of Art 221 Hoosac Range 80 Hopkins Vineyard 139 horseback riding 164, 190 hot-air ballooning 144-5, 173 Housatonic Meadows State Park House of the Seven Gables 89 Hoxie House 45-6 Huntington 184 Hyannis 53, 59 Hyde Log Cabin 200 I insurance 338 International Museum of Cryptozoology 336 International Tennis Hall of Fame 152 internet access 24 Intervale Center 198 Ipswich 63-4, 67 Isle La Motte 200 Ivoryton 133 Ivy League universities 19, J Jackman 302, 303 Jacob s Pillow 71 Jaffrey Jaffrey Center Jamestown 105-6, 109 Jefferson 231, 235 Jericho 183 John Brown House 100 John F Kennedy Hyannis Museum 53 John Harvard statue

4 Jonathan Edwards Winery 124 Jones Family Farm 122 Jordan Cliff 17 Jordan Pond House 291 K K1-Express Gondola 164 Kancamagus Highway 21, 150, 242 Katahdin Iron Works 308 kayaking 80, 105, 290, 310, 315 Keene 268, 269 Kennebec River 298, 302 Kent 138-9, 141, Kent Falls State Park 138 Killington 164-5, 169 Kimball Farm 266 King, Stephen 307 Kirchner Woods Trail 166 Kittery 278, 285 L Laconia 260, 261 ladder trails 289, 292 Lake Candlewood 144-5, 151 Lake Champlain 149, 151 Lake Champlain Chocolates 198 Lake Champlain Islands 198, 200 Lake Sebago 318 Lake Waramaug 139, 141 Lake Winnipesaukee Lakeville 137-8, 141 Lancaster 231 LC Bates Museum 300 Lebanon 113 Lee 71-2, 75 Lenox 70-1, 75 lesbian travelers 58 Libby Museum 260 Lighthouse Park 281 lighthouses 15 Lily Bay State Park 310 Lime Rock Race Track 137 Lincoln 238-9, 243 Lincoln family 206 Lincoln Trail 242 Linden Place 100 Litchfield 140, 141 Litchfield Hills Litchfield Jazz Festival 138 Little Compton 96-7, 101 Little Monadnock Mountain Trail 268 Littleton 246-7, 253 LL Bean flagship store locavore movement 184 Long Trail Brewery 174 Loon Center Loon Nest Trail 259 Lowell Lower River Valley Lubec 284 Lyndonville 181, 185 M MacDowell Colony 265 Macedonia Brook State Park 146 Machias 285 Magic Hat Brewery Maine Maritime Museum 281 Maine Media Workshops 326 Maine State Museum Manchester 149, 151, 208, 209 maple syrup 174, 192 maps 339 Marblehead 36-7 Mark Twain House 129 Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park 173 Martha s Vineyard 55 Mashamoquet Brook State Park 116 MASS MoCA 81-2 McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center 222 mead 192 Meadow Stone Farm Shoppe 115 Melville, Herman 37 Memorial Hall Museum 79 Meredith 257, 261 MetaComet-Monadnock Trail 268 Middlebury 188-9, 193, 196, 201 Middlebury College Museum of Art 196 Middletown 99 Milan Hill State Park 232, 235 Miller State Park Millinocket 307, 311 mobile phones 24 Mohawk Mountain Ski Area 138 Mohawk Trail 21, Monadnock State Park 266-7, 269 money 25 Montague Montgomery 181 Montgomery Center 181 Montpelier 176, 177 Montshire Museum of Science Monument Mountain 74 Moosalamoo National Recreation Area 190 moose spotting Maine 290, 330, 334 New Hampshire 232, 234 Vermont 165 Moosehead Lake , 311 Mooselookmeguntic Lake 332 Morrisville 168 motorcycles, see driving Mount Horrid Observation Site 190 Mount, the 71 Index J-M 347

5 Index M-P Mount Washington Cog Railway 150 Mountain Division Trail Moxie Falls 302 MS Mt Washington 257 Mt Battie 324 Mt Desert Island 291, 293 Mt Equinox 149, 206 Mt Equinox Skyline Drive 206 Mt Greylock 17, 82, 148-9, 151 Mt Greylock State Reservation 149 Mt Holyoke College 252 Mt Katahdin 307 Newburyport 62-3 Newell Bridge 176 Newport 20, 37, 39, 41, 98-9, 101 Newport Folk Festival 39 Newport Jazz Festival 39 Norfolk 136 Norman Bird Sanctuary 99 Norman Rockwell Exhibition 206 Norman Rockwell Museum 74 North Adams 81-2, 83 North Beach 15 North Conway 150, 151, 242, 243 Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum 298 Pemaquid Point 281 Pennacook Falls 332 Pequawket Trail Scenic Byway 331 Perry s Peak 80-1 Peterborough 265, 269 petrol 340 Philip Johnson Glass House 122 Pilgrim Monument 44-5 Pilgrims 44-5, 46-7 Pinkham Notch Visitor Center 241, 243 Plimoth Plantation 46-7 Mt Kineo 310 North Hero Island 200, 201 Plum Island 63, 67 Mt Monadnock Mt Washington Museum of Yachting 39 music 340, 341 Mystic 40, 41 Mystic Seaport Museum 20, 40 n Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame 252 Nansen Ski Jump 233 Nantucket 53-4, 59 Napatree Point 108 Naples 316, 318, 319 Narragansett 106-7, 109 Nathan Hale Homestead Nauset Light 55 Nautilus 40 New Bedford 37 New Canaan 121-2, 125 New England Aquarium 37 New England Maple Museum 192 New Haven 40, 41, 122-3, 125, 154-5, 226, 227 New London 41 North Stonington 124 North Woodstock 238-9, 243 Northampton 251-2, 253 Norwich (Connecticut) , 117 Norwich (Vermont) O October Mountain State Forest 148 Old First Church 205 Old Lyme 132, 133 Old Man of the Mountain 239 Old Narragansett Church 105 Old Red Mill 183 Old Stone House Museum 182 Old Wethersfield 129 opening hours 25 Otter Creek Brewery Owl s Head Blueberry Farm 184 P Parker River Wildlife Refuge 63 parking 340 Paul Revere House 48 Peabody Essex Museum 36 Plymouth (Massachusetts) 46-7, 49 Plymouth (New Hampshire) Plymouth Rock 46 Point Judith 106 polo 98 Pomfret 116, 117 Pondicherry Park 316 Porter, Rufus Portland 280, 285, 318, 319, 322-3, 327, Portland Breakwater Light 280 Portland Head Light 280 Portland Museum of Art 323, 336 Portsmouth 98, Precipice Trail 289 Prescott Park 271 President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site 164 Priam Vineyards 130 Providence 100, 101, 104-5, 109, 225-6, 227 Provincetown 44-5, 49, 58, 59, 86-7 Provincetown Art Association & Museum

6 Provincetown Public Library 86 Prudence Crandall House Museum 114 Prudence Island 100 Puritans 48 Q Quechee 172-3, 177 Quiet Corner Quiet Path 210 Quincy 47-8 Quoddy Head State Park 284 R Rachel Carson National Wildlife Reserve radio 341 rafting 80, 300, 302, 332 Ralph Waldo Emerson Memorial House 223 Rangeley 332-3, 335 Rangeley Lakes National Scenic Byway 331 Rangeley Lakes Trails Center Revere Beach 36 Revolutionary War Office 113 Rhode Island School of Design Rhododendron State Park Rhododendron Trail 268 Richmond 183-4, 185 Rick s Sugar Shack 129 road distances 339 road rules 339, 340 Robb Family Farm 206 Robbins Hill Scenic Area Robert Frost Interpretive Trail 189 Robert Frost Stone House Museum 205 Robert Frost Wayside Area Rochester 190, 193 Rock Art Brewery 168 Rockland 281, 283, 326, 327 Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse Rockport (Maine) 326 Rockport (Massachusetts) 65-6, 67 Rockwell, Norman 74, 206 Rockwood 310 Rocky Neck Art Colony 66 Roger W Wheeler State Beach 107 Rose Kennedy Greenway 37 Rosecliff 152 Roseland Cottage-Bowen House 116 Rough Point Rufus Porter Museum Rumford 332 S Sabbaday Falls 242 Saco River 315 safety 340, 341 Sailfest 40 Saint Croix Island International Historic Site 284 Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site Salem 36, 41, 48, 49, 88-9 Salem Maritime National Historic Site 36 Salt Pond Visitor Center 55 Sand Beach 15, 289 Sandwich 45-6, 53 Sandy Point 63 Santa s Village 231 Scarborough State Beach 106 Schoodic Peninsula Scott, Gilbert 105 Screw Auger Falls 331 seafood 22 Sebago Lake State Park 318, 319 Second Vermont Republic movement 168 Shaftsbury Sharpe Hill Vineyard 116 Shelburne 174, 177, 196-7, 201 Shelburne Falls 79-80, 83 Shelburne Farms 174 Shelburne Museum Shelton 122 Ship Harbor Trail 293 Shore Line Trolley 40 Short Trail 166 Sieur de Monts Spring 294 Silvio Conte National Fish & Wildlife Refuge Simon Pearce 173 Six Gun City & Fort Splash skiing Maine 330-1, 333, 334 New Hampshire 232, 267 Vermont 162, 164, 167 Slater Memorial Museum 113 Sloane-Stanley Museum Smith College 251 Snow Farm Winery 198, 200 snowshoeing 190, 232, 331, 333 Songo River Queen II 316, 318 South Burlington South Hadley 252 South Hero Island 198, 200 Southern Vermont Arts Center 208 Springfield 252, 253 Squam Lakes Natural Science Center 258 Squantz Pond State Park 144 St Anne s Shrine 200 St Johnsbury 181, 185 Index P-S 349

7 Stark Stars over Sand Beach 289 V Whaleback Ledge 278 whale-watching 34, 58, 284 Index S-Z State Route 27 Scenic Byway 331 Station Bridge 176 Stephen Phillips Memorial Trust House 88 Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute 82 Stockbridge 74, 75 Stonington 124, 125 Stonington Vineyards 124 Story Land Stowe 167-8, 169, Stowe, Harriet Beecher 129 Stowe Walkway 210 Strawbery Banke Museum 271 Sugarloaf 334 Sunday River 331 T Tanglewood Estate 71 Tastes of the Valley 192 telephone services 24 Thoreau, Henry David 223 Thorne Sagendorph Art Gallery 268 tipping 25 Tiverton 97-8, 101 Tobias Lear House 271 transportation 25, see also driving, ferry travel Trapp Family Lodge 168 Tuckerman Ravine Trail 241 Twain, Mark 129 Twilight, Alexander 182 Tyringham 72-3 U University of Maine Museum of Art 324 Upper Bridge 176 Vermont Country Store 162 Vermont farms 19 Vermont Fresh Network 165 Vermont Historical Society 176 Vermont Icelandic Horse Farm 164 Vermont Ski & Snowboard Museum 211 W Wadsworth Atheneum Wadsworth-Longfellow House Walden Pond 223 Walpole 250 War Veterans Memorial Tower Watch Hill 108 Waterbury 165, 167 Waterfall Arts 324 Waterville 300, 303, weather 24 websites 25, 324, 339 Weeks State Park 231 Weirs Beach 256-7, 261 Wellfleet 56-8, 59 Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary 57 Wells Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve 278 Wentworth Gardner House 271 West Cornwall 138 West Quoddy Light 284 West Rattlesnake Trail 258 Westerly 108, 109 Western Summit 80-1 Weston Weston s Beach 315 Whipple House 63 White Dot Trail 267 White Horse Tavern 98 White Mountains 17 White Silo Farm Winery 144 Whitlocks Mill Light 284 Whydah Pirate Museum 86 Wickford 105 wi-fi 24 Wild Gardens of Acadia 294 Wildflower Trail 268 wildlife 23 Williams College Museum of Art 82 Williamstown 82, 83 Willimantic 117 Wilmington 162, 169 wine 22 Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad Winslow 300, 303 Witch House 48 Witch Trials Memorial 48 Wolfeboro 260, 261 Wonderland Trail 293 Woodbury 140 Woodstock (Connecticut) 116, 117 Woodstock (Vermont) 173, 177 Y Yale Center for British Art 154 Yale University 122-3, 226 Yale University Art Gallery 155 Yarmouth 280 Yarmouth Port 54 Z zip-lining 80, 150, 331,

8 BeHInD the SCeneS SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK We love to hear from travelers your comments help make our books better. We read every word, and we guarantee that your feedback goes straight to the authors. Visit lonelyplanet. com/contact to submit your updates and suggestions. Note: We may edit, reproduce and incorporate your comments in Lonely Planet products such as guidebooks, websites and digital products, so let us know if you don't want your comments reproduced or your name acknowledged. For a copy of our privacy policy visit lonelyplanet.com/privacy. our ReADeRS Many thanks to the travelers who used the last edition and wrote to us with helpful hints, useful advice and interesting anecdotes: Richard Hemingway, Nancy Voigts AutHoR thanks MARA VORHEES I am grateful to my fabulous coauthors for their cooperation and efficacy and to Dianne Langeland and Eddie Horgan for divulging their best secret spots. Special thanks to my three favorite men for keeping me company on some of these trips and for holding the fort at the pink house while I was away on others. AMY C BALFOUR Thank you, Mara, Paula and Caroline! Many thanks to those who shared their local knowledge: Laurel Nelson, Ron Mattson, Pat Sirois, Steve Sirois, Mike Mattson, Lindsey Martinez, Laura Orcutt, Bill Orcutt, John Stone and Whit Andrews, and experts Sonja Berger and Bob Raiselis. Special cheers to Amy Stone Scannell and Ames and John Shea for their hospitality. PAULA HARDY I d like to thank the following for sharing the best of Connecticut and Rhode Island: Anne McAndrews, Dave Fairty, Pat and Wayne Brubaker, Rick Walker, Sanjeev Seereeram, Ira Goldspiel, Allie and her doughnuts, Harry Schwartz, Elizabeth MacAlister and the Preservation Society of Newport; also thanks to Rob Smith for the laughs along the way. CAROLINE SIEG Thanks to the countless Vermonters who gave me guidance and made me laugh you rock. Danke to my parents for instilling in me a lifelong zest for travel. And, last but not least, thanks mucho to Jennye Garibaldi for giving me this gig. PuBLISHeR thanks Climate 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, Cover photographs: Front (clockwise from top): Farm, Vermont, Mark Newman/ Getty Images; Restored 1938 pickup truck, Rhode Island, Stephen Simpson/Alamy; Brant Point Lighthouse, Nantucket, Megapress/Alamy. Back: Portsmouth harbor, Jerry and Marcy Monkman/Alamy. Photograph of Bob Raiselis (p248) Montshire Museum of Science. 342 this BooK This 2nd edition of New England s Best Trips was researched and written by Mara Vorhees, Amy C Balfour, Paula Hardy and Caroline Sieg. The previous edition was written by Ray Bartlett, Gregor Clark, Dan Eldridge and Brandon Presser. Commissioning Editor Jennye Garibaldi Coordinating Editors Sarah Bailey, Carolyn Boicos Coordinating Cartographer Gabriel Lindquist Coordinating Layout Designer Wendy Wright Managing Editors Bruce Evans, Andi Jones Managing Cartographers Shahara Ahmed, Anita Banh Managing Layout Designers Chris Girdler, Jane Hart Assisting Editors Janet Austin, Elin Berglund, Kate Daly Assisting Cartographers Karusha Ganga, Cameron Romeril Assisting Layout Designers Yvonne Bischofberger, Mazzy Prinsep Cover Research Timothy O Hanlon Internal Image Research Rebecca Skinner Thanks to Jennifer Bilos, Laura Crawford, Piotr Czajkowski, Janine Eberle, Ryan Evans, Joshua Geoghegan, Liz Heynes, Laura Jane, Jennifer Johnston, David Kemp, Wayne Murphy, Trent Paton, Jessica Rose, Mik Ruff, Julie Sheridan, Laura Stansfeld, Matt Swaine, John Taufa, Gerard Walker, Juan Winata

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