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Summer and beaches are on everyone's mind in New England. The season begins on Memorial Day (May 30th) and extends through Labor Day (September 5th), with July 4th being a high-point.

 


 

 

Summer is now on travelers' minds as they plan their New England vacations.

Whether you're traveling for business or pleasure, culture, dining, or beaches, here's how to travel in New England by car, bus, train, plane & ship to:

Boston, cosmopolitan "capital" of New England

Lexington & Concord, cradle of the American Revolution

Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket

Berkshire Hills for art, music & dance

Newport RI with its sumptuous mansions

Connecticut shoreline, Mystic Seaport & wineries

Vermont, hiking, camping, pretty towns

 

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Mt Washington & New Hampshire's White Mountains

Downeast Maine, with its pristine towns, lobster dinners and windjammer yachts

There's lots more to New England, of course. Look at my New England Highlights, and browse the Site Index, from Acadia National Park to Plymouth Rock, from Walden Pond in Concord MA to Waterfire in Providence, from Circus Smirkus in Vermont to Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire.

New England Outdoors covers all the best things to do: beaches, biking, birdwatching, camping, canoeing, fishing, hiking, kayaking, skiing, snowshoeing, whalewatching and windjamming.

Tom Brosnahan

 

Hi! I'm Tom Brosnahan: travel writer, guidebook author and photographer. I wrote the first editions of Frommer's New England and Lonely Planet New England guidebooks. More...

NewEnglandTravelPlanner.com covers all my favorite places and pleasures.

New England is what it is because of its people, from Massasoit to Paul Revere, from Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau to John F Kennedy, from P T Barnum to Louisa May Alcott and Emily Dickenson. You'll find reminders of them everywhere.

—Tom Brosnahan

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New England Photos

All photos © Tom Brosnahan

 

Beach at Chatham, Cape Cod, Massachusetts 

Above, beach at Chatham, Cape Cod.

Below, hikers gaze at Cannon Mountain, Franconia Notch State Park, New Hampshire.

Hikers at Franconia Notch, New Hampshire