Drive Around New England; Your Guide to Great Drives

by Tom Bross, Patricia Harris, David Lyon, Stephen H. Morgan, Barbara Radcliffe Rogers, and Stillman D. Rogers

• ISBN13: 9781841575599
• ISBN10: 1841575593
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2006-03-01
• Publisher: Thomas Cook Publishing

Summary

This title features the best of New Englands cities and scenic landscapes including Boston Newport Cape Cod Providence and New Hampshire

Table of Contents

About Drive Around Guides	p. 8
New England at a glance	p. 10
Introduction	p. 12
Travel facts	p. 14
Driver's guide	p. 24
Getting to New England	p. 29
Setting the scene	p. 30
Three itineraries	p. 40
Boston: America's oldest city, home to 25 universities and colleges	p. 42
West of Boston: Battle sites of the American Revolution	p. 56
Massachusetts North Shore: Ocean beaches, dramatic coastal scenery, antique shops and art	p. 66
Southeastern Massachusetts: Visit Plymouth, landfall for the Mayflower Pilgrims	p. 76
Cape Cod and its Islands: The windswept dunes and raging surf of New England's summer playground	p. 84
Pioneer Valley: Living History villages at Deerfield and Old Sturbridge	p. 96
The Berkshires: Gentle hills for roaming on foot or by car	p. 104
Connecticut's Midlands: The cities of Hartford and New Haven, and the University in Yale	p. 114
The Litchfield Hills: Lakes, woods and white-steepled churches	p. 124
The Lower Connecticut Valley: Tidal wetlands and marshes, clear light and limpid skies	p. 132
Connecticut's Southeastern Corner: Picturesque fishing villages dotted along an indented coastline	p. 140
Newport: A base for exploring the islands and villages of Narragansett Bay	p. 150
Providence and Pawtucket: Waterfront city known for its colleges and museums	p. 160
The Southern Green Mountains: Miles of hiking and skiing among green-clad mountains	p. 170
Lake Champlain to the Northern Green Mountains: Historic buildings, steamboats and early Americana	p. 180
The Northeast Kingdom: A remote and uncrowded area where nature reigns	p. 190
The Upper Connecticut Valley: Picture-perfect villages either side of the winding river	p. 198
The New Hampshire Lakes: Sailing, watersports and lakeside resorts	p. 208
The White Mountains: Snow-topped peaks and mountain air, waterfalls and streams	p. 216
Maine's North Woods: A true wilderness of untamed woods, lakes, bogs and rivers	p. 230
New Hampshire and the Southern Maine Coast: Family-friendly holiday towns along the Atlantic coast	p. 236
Greater Portland: Bustling cultural capital of New England's north coast	p. 246
Midcoast Maine: Lobstering, clam-digging and scallop-dragging are a way of life	p. 254
Penobscot Bay: Commercial ports, deep-water harbours and spruce-tufted islands	p. 262
Mount Desert Island: Mountains and valleys on the Atlantic Coast's third largest island	p. 272
Language	p. 282
Index	p. 283
Feedback form	p. 287
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Excerpts

On a map, Cape Cod resembles a strongman's flexed arm, with Falmouth on the triceps, Chatham at the elbow and Provincetown the clenched fist. Many New Englanders equate Cape Cod with Summer, as it has been the holiday spot of choice for nearly a century. The finest recreational beaches in the Northeast attract literally millions of visitors to a region with a winter population in tens of thousands. Yet much of the Cape remains seemingly deserted, a landscape of windswept dunes and relentless surf, or of tranquil farmland dotted with windmills and saltbox houses. Depending on the town, Cape Cod can spell days of indolence in the sun or non-stop partying, dining and shopping.

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