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56 ❯❯ The Top 10 of Everything

Other Outdoor Activities
and Sports

Bird-Watching
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Wellfleet Bay: MAP H4; Rte 6,
Wellfleet, MA; 508 349 2615; trails
open 8am–dusk daily; adm; www.
massaudubon.org • Audubon: MAP
A6; 613 Riversville Rd, Greenwich, CT;
203 869 5272; open 9am–5pm daily;
adm; greenwich.audubon.org
Observe shore birds plus warblers
and other migratory species at
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
on Cape Cod. The Audubon Society
in Greenwich, Connecticut, runs a
Hikers enjoying the scenery convivial annual count.
Golf
Hiking
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Samoset: MAP Q3; 220
Appalachian Trail: www.
outdoors.org • Long Trail: www. Warrenton St, Rockport, ME; 207 594
greenmountainclub.org 2511; open May–Nov; adm; www.
Two US long-distance hiking trails samosetresort.com • Ocean Edge:
cross New England. The Appalachian MAP H4; 2907 Main St, Brewster, MA;
Trail begins in Georgia, crossing 508 896 9000; open Apr–Nov; adm;
Vermont and New Hampshire before www.oceanedge.com
ending in Maine. The Long Trail The most noted championship-level
tra verses Vermont from south courses in New England include
to north. Samoset and Ocean Edge.
Cross-Country Skiing
White-Water Rafting
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Trapp Family Lodge: MAP K3;
MAP P1 • West Forks, ME
700 Trapp Hill Rd, Stowe, VT; 802 253 • 800 723 8633 • Open May–early
8511; www.trapp family.com Oct • Adm • www.raftmaine.com
• Craftsbury Nordic Center: MAP K2; White-water rafting is hugely popular
535 Lost Nation Rd, Craftsbury in Maine. Many trips depart from The
Common, VT; 802 586 7767; open mid- Forks, a hamlet on the Kennebec.
Dec–Mar; adm; www.craftsbury.com
The epicenter of cross-country skiing Rafting on the Penobscot River
is north-central Vermont. The Trapp
family (of Sound of Music fame)
introduced Nordic skiing in Stowe.
Craftsbury Nordic Center is home to
legendary cross-country ski races.
Schooner Sails
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MAP Q3 • Rockland and
Camden, ME • 800 807 WIND (9463)
• Open Jun–Sep • Adm • www.
sailmainecoast.com
Seals, porpoises, and whales are
your neighbors as you sail where the
winds take you with the schooners
of Maine’s windjammer fleet.

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