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Bicycling
7 TOP 10 SPECTATOR SPORTS
www.traillink.com
In Massachusetts, Minuteman Rail
Trail cuts from Cambridge through
Lexington and Concord. East Bay
Bike Path is a tour of Narragansett
Bay from Providence, Rhode Island.
The Ashuelot Rail Trail from Keene
to Hinsdale, New Hampshire, is a
great way to explore covered bridges.
Whale-Watching
8 Ice hockey player, Boston Bruins
7 Seas: MAP G2; 63 Rogers St,
Gloucester, MA; 888 283 1776; 1 Boston Red Sox
open late Apr–Oct; adm; www.7seas MAP S5 • Fenway Park, Boston, MA
whalewatch.com • Apr–Oct
Large pods of whales summer on Baseball’s most hallowed park.
Stellwagen Bank. Take a cruise from 2 New England Patriots
Gloucester or Provincetown to look MAP F3 • Gillette Stadium,
for finback, minke, and humpback Foxborough, MA • Sep–Jan
whales, as well as dolphins. The Patriots are perennial Super
Bowl contenders.
3 Boston Celtics
MAP W2 • TD Garden, above North
Station, Boston, MA • Oct–May
Hoop dreams ramp up each fall as
the Celtics take the court.
4 Boston Bruins
MAP W2 • TD Garden, above North
Station, Boston, MA • Oct–Apr
One of the founding teams of the
National Hockey League.
Watching whales at Stellwagen Bank
5 Head of the Charles Regatta
Kayaking and Canoeing
9 MAP F2 • mid-Oct
The world’s largest two-day rowing
Nauset: MAP H4; Goose
Hummock Shops, Rte 6A, Orleans, event between Cambridge and Boston.
MA; 508 255 2620; open May–Oct; 6 Boston Marathon
MAP F2 • mid-Apr
adm; www.goose.com • Allagash: The world’s oldest annual marathon,
MAP N3; Mahoosuc Guide Service, from Hopkinton to Boston.
1513 Bear River Rd, Newry, ME; 207
824 2073; open late May–Sep; adm; 7 New Hampshire Motor Speedway
MAP M5 • Loudon, NH • Apr–Oct
www.mahoosuc.com Sports cars, stock cars, and even
Paddle among the wading birds of go-karts thrill fans with their speed.
Nauset Marsh, or through Maine’s 8 Newport Regatta
pristine Allagash Wilderness. Topsail racing in the home of American
Fishing
0 yachting (see p19).
9 US National Toboggan
Orvis: MAP K6; 4180 Main St,
Manchester, VT; 866 531 6213; www. Championships
MAP Q3 • Camden, ME • Feb
orvis.com • Frances Fleet: MAP E5; Open-entry field of contestants at
33 State St, Narragansett, RI; 401 783 the Camden Snow Bowl.
4988; adm; www.francesfleet.com 10 New England Revolution
Orvis runs fly-fishing courses in MAP F3 • Gillette Stadium,
Manchester, Vermont. Frances Fleet, Foxborough, MA • Mar–Dec
operating out of Galilee, Rhode Boston’s professional soccer team.
Island, offers deep-sea trips.
Following pages Covered bridge in Franconia, New Hampshire

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