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10 ❯❯ Top 10 New England Highlights

New England Highlights

New England is an all-season destination of pine-scented moun-
tains, ocean villages, urban centers – and so much more. It’s also
the birthplace of America, a fact attested by historic homes and
Fort Kent
museums. For many, the region is white churches, covered Fort Kent 1 1
bridges, snowy ski slopes, blazing fall foliage, light houses Presque
Presque
A p p a l a c h i a n M o u n t a i n s
on craggy cliffs, and lobsters fresh from the sea. 95 IsleIsle
95
Houlton
Historic Boston Moosehead Houlton
Moosehead
The American past is palpable A p p a l a c h i a n M o u n t a i n s Lake Lake 1 1
Greenville
Greenville
in New England’s largest city, where 201 201 Lincoln Calais Calais
Lincoln
MAINE
cobbled streets echo with the calls MAINE 2 2
Machias
Bangor
of patriots and cafés enliven Bangor Machias
Ellsworth
Rangeley
the old Quincy Rangeley 95 95 Ellsworth
VERMONT
Market (see Champlain VERMONT 2 Augusta
Augusta
Lake Lake
2
Champlain
White
White
pp12–13). Montpelier Mountains Mount
Mount
Mountains
Montpelier
Lewiston
Burlington
Burlington Lewiston Desert Island
Desert Island
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Brunswick
Mount 7 Green 89 89 93 93 Lakes Regionion Brunswick 0 km 50 50
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Hanover
Portland
Island, Maine HAMPSHIRE Kennebunk
NEW
NEW
Kennebunk
HAMPSHIRE
95
95
Rugged headlands 7 7 91 91 Concordord 93 93 Portsmouth
Conc
Portsmouth
above a crashing Brattleboro Manchester
Manchester
Brattleboro
Williamstown
ocean, hiking trails Williamstown Boston
Boston
crisscrossing pine Pittsfield MASSACHUSETTS Provincetown
MASSACHUSETTS
Pittsfield
Provincetown
Springfield
forests, and still Springfield Worcester
Worcester
Plymouth
Berkshires
ponds reflec ting Berkshires 90 90 91 91 Providence Plymouth
Providence
RHODE
Cape Cape
the sky’s blue bowl Litchfield Hartfordord RHODE Falmouth Cod Cod
Litchfield
Hartf
ISLAND
ISLAND
Falmouth
Hills Hills
express nature in CONNECTICUT
CONNECTICUT
Newport
My
all its unbounded New Havenven Mysticstic Newport
New Ha
wildness (see
pp14–15).
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
The bent arm of Cape Cod is a world
of untamed dunes, bird-filled marshes,
and quirky towns where visitors can savor
fresh fish and sticky taffy (see pp16–17).
Newport, Rhode Island
Opulent mansions on seaside cliffs
reveal the splendors of the Gilded Age in
this storied yachting harbor (see pp18–19).
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