Table of Contents
1 Experience Maine, Vermont & New Hampshire 7
15 Ultimate Experiences 8
What's Where 14
Maine's Best Seafood Shacks 16
Buy Local: Best Souvenirs 18
Most Picturesque Towns in Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire 20
Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire's Best Beaches 22
Historical Sites in Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire 24
Outdoor Activities in Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire 26
Maine, Vermont & New Hampshire with Kids 28
Maine, Vermont & New Hampshire Today 29
What to Read and Watch 30
2 Travel Smart Maine, Vermont & New Hampshire 31
Know Before You Go 32
Getting Here and Around 34
Essentials 36
Great Itineraries 40
On the Calendar 46
Contacts 48
3 Best Fall Foliage Drives and Road Trips 49
Vermont Fall Foliage Drive 58
New Hampshire Fall Foliage Drive 60
Inland Maine Fall Foliage Drive 62
4 Vermont 65
Welcome to Vermont 66
Planning 69
Brattleboro 71
Wilmington 74
Bennington 76
Arlington 80
Manchester 82
Dorset 87
Stratton 89
Weston 90
Ludlow 91
Grafton 93
Norwich 94
Quechee 96
Woodstock 97
Killington 101
Rutland 103
Brandon 104
Middlebury 106
Waitsfield and Warren 109
Montpelier 113
Stowe 115
Jeffersonville 130
Burlington 131
Shelburne 143
Lake Champlain Islands 147
Montgomery and Jay 150
Lake Willoughby 151
Greensboro 152
5 New Hampshire 153
Welcome to New Hampshire 154
Planning 157
Portsmouth 159
Rye 168
Exeter 170
Durham 172
Wolfeboro 173
Laconia and Weirs Beach 177
Meredith 179
Plymouth 182
Holderness 183
Center Sandwich 185
Tamworth 187
North Conway 188
Jackson 191
Mt. Washington 193
Bartlett 195
Bretton Woods 196
Bethlehem 198
Littleton 199
Franconia 202
Lincoln and North Woodstock 204
Waterville Valley 216
New London 217
Newbury 219
Hanover 221
Cornish 225
Walpole 226
Keene 227
Peterborough 229
Manchester 233
Concord 236
6 Inland Maine 239
Welcome to Inland Maine 240
Planning 243
Sebago Lake Area 246
Bridgton 247
Bethel 250
Rangeley 255
Kingfield 259
Greenville 261
Millinocket 266
7 The Maine Coast 271
Welcome to The Maine Coast 272
Planning 275
Kittery 278
The Yorks 279
Ogunquit 284
Wells 285
Kennebunk and Kennebunkport 288
Cape Elizabeth and Prout's Neck 294
Portland 296
Casco Bay Islands 313
Freeport 313
Brunswick 316
Bath 317
Wiscasset 319
Boothbay 327
Damariscotta 328
Pemaquid Point 330
Port Clyde 331
Monhegan Island 331
Rockland 332
Rockport 337
Camden 338
Belfast 340
Bucksport 341
Blue Hill 342
Deer Isle 343
Bar Harbor 344
Acadia National Park 348
Bass Harbor 352
Schoodic Peninsula 353
Lubec 356
Campobello Island, Canada 357
Eastport 358
Index 359
About our Writers
A Celebration of Color 50
Let it Snow 119
Hiking the Appalachian Trail 207
Maine's Lighthouses 320
Maps
Southern Vermont 72
Central Vermont 95
Northern Vermont 117
Burlington 132-133
Portsmouth 162-163
New Hampshire Coast 170
New Hampshire Lakes Region 174
The White Mountains 190
Lake Sunapee 218
Monadnock Region and Central New Hampshire 234
Western Lakes and Mountains 248
The North Woods 262
Southern Coast 279
Portland 300-301
Side trips from Portland and the Mid-Coast Region 314
Penobscot Bay and the Blue Hill Peninsula 334
Acadia National Park and Mount Desert Island 346
Way Down East 356