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Abbe Museum: 469–470
Acadia Mountain: 465
Acadia National Park: 19, 26, 443, 458–469; maps 459, 463
accommodations: 513
Adams Visitor Center: 167
African Meeting House: 149
Air Line State Park Trail: 225
Albert Merola Gallery: 119
Aldermere Farms: 449
alewives: 436
Allagash Brewing Company: 410
AMC Highland Center: 373
American Independence Festival: 348
American Independence Museum: 348
Ammonoosuc Ravine Trail: 373
amusement/theme parks: 205, 210
Andre the Seal: 449
animals: 485–487
Antiquarius Holiday House Tour: 192
Antique and Classic Boat Rendezvous: 204
apizza: 199
Appalachian Mountain Club: 375
Appalachian Trail: 26, 162, 181
aquariums: Boston 45; Cape Cod 94–95; Connecticut 192, 203
Aquinnah Public Beach: 144
architecture, Cape Cod: 91
Arethusa Falls Trail: 373
Arethusa Farm: 215
Arlington Street Church: 49
Armistad Memorial: 196
Arrowhead: 173
Artemis Global Art: 292
Artisans Hand Craft Gallery: 311
Artist Bluff Loop Trail: 382
arts: 503–504
Arts Alive: 96
Art to the Avenue: 192
AS220: 235
Ashuwillticook Rail Trail: 167
Asticou Azalea Garden: 464
Aston Magna Festival: 181
Atlantic Brewing Company: 467
Audrain Automobile Museum: 254
Austin Street Brewery: 410
Author’s Ridge: 77
Back Cove Trail: 411
Bad Martha Farmer’s Brewery: 139
Bailey Island: 422–423
Bailey’s Beach: 255
Bald Rock Mountain: 448
Bangor: 451–453
Bar Harbor Historical Society Museum: 470
Bar Harbor Town Band: 471
Bar Island Trail: 471
Barrett Park: 431
Barrett’s Cove Beach: 448
Bass Harbor Head Light: 464
Bass Hole Boardwalk: 104
Bath Iron Works: 424
Baxter State Park: 26, 477–479
Bay State Games: 162
Bay Walk: 252
BCA Center: 323
beaches: general discussion 27; Acadia 462, 466; Boston 72; Cape Cod 93, 96, 100, 104, 108, 113, 115, 123–124, 129, 132, 136, 140–141, 144, 149–151; Coastal Maine 393, 396, 400, 411, 415, 416, 417, 424–425, 431, 436, 448, 449; Connecticut 198, 210; New Hampshire Seacoast and Lakes 343–344, 345–346, 349, 352–353, 355; Rhode Island 244, 255–256, 263, 265, 266–267, 270; Vermont 327; White Mountains 379
Beardsley Zoo: 205
Beartown State Forest: 181
Bear Week: 123
Beehive Trail: 465
beer/breweries: Acadia 467, 476; Berkshires 163, 168; Boston 73; Cape Cod 99, 135, 136, 139, 149; Coastal Maine 407, 410, 418, 433; Connecticut 210, 221, 225; New Hampshire Seacoast and Lakes 342; Rhode Island 239, 252, 271; Vermont 282, 283, 292, 299, 312, 313, 315–316, 324, 325, 333; White Mountains 366, 384, 385
Beer Garden: 73
Belknap Mountain: 352
Bellows Pipe Trail: 162
Bells, The: 249
Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Factory: 283
Benedict Pond Loop Trail: 181
Berklee Performance Center: 58
Berkshire Artists Museum: 166
Berkshire Botanical Garden: 176
Berkshire East: 167
Berkshires: 25, 154–184; map 156–157
Bernard Farm Trail: 162
Bewitched Statue: 81
bicycling: general discussion 510; Acadia 462, 464, 469; Berkshires 167, 172, 181–182; Boston 60, 77; Cape Cod 90, 96, 104, 112, 113, 115, 124, 128–129, 136, 140, 144, 151; Coastal Maine 400–401, 411, 415, 418; Connecticut 211, 215, 217, 225–226; New Hampshire Seacoast and Lakes 343, 355; Rhode Island 239–240, 243, 244, 270–271; Vermont 284, 298, 306–307, 313, 317–318, 320, 326; White Mountains 379
Billings Farm & Museum: 288–289
Bingham Falls: 317
birds/bird-watching: general discussion 443, 487, 511; Boston 77; Cape Cod 93, 96, 104, 108, 113, 115; Coastal Maine 395, 401, 418, 431, 442; Connecticut 198, 215; New Hampshire Seacoast and Lakes 356; Rhode Island 257, 266
Black Cap Hiking Trail: 367
Black Pond Brews: 225
Blackstone River Bikeway: 243
Blackstone River State Park: 243
Blackstone Valley: 242–244
Blessing of the Fleet: 204
Block Island: 27, 267–273; map 269
Block Island Bicycle Tour: 270
Block Island Christmas Stroll: 268
Block Island Race Week: 268
Blue Hill: 453
Blue Hill Peninsula: 453–454
blue laws: 490
boating: Acadia 466; Berkshires 172–173; Boston 60–61; Cape Cod 124, 129, 141, 144, 151; Coastal Maine 401, 411, 425, 431, 436, 448; New Hampshire Seacoast and Lakes 343, 353; Rhode Island 240, 256–257, 265; Vermont 307, see also kayaking/canoeing
Bog Trail: 475
Bookstock: 293
Boothbay: 429–433, 435; map 432
Boothbay Craft Brewery: 433
Boothbay Railway Village: 431
Boott Spur: 370
Boston: 31–74; maps 34, 36–37, 39, 43, 49, 53
Boston African-American National Historic Site: 38
Boston Athenaeum: 40
Boston Bruins (hockey): 61
Boston Celtics (basketball): 61
Boston Children’s Museum: 55
Boston Fourth of July celebration: 58
Boston Harbor: 71–74
Boston Harbor Light: 72
Boston Marathon: 58
Boston Massacre Site: 44
Boston Museum of Fine Arts: 48
Boston Public Garden: 41–42
Boston Red Sox (baseball): 61
Boston St. Patrick’s Day celebration: 58
Boston Symphony Hall: 58
Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum: 54–55
botanical gardens/arboretums: Berkshires 176; Cape Cod 144; Coastal Maine 429
Boulder Loop Trail: 378
Bowdoin College: 419–420
Bowdoin College Museum of Art: 420
Boxcar Museum: 225
Bradley Playhouse: 225
Brant Point Lighthouse Beach: 150
Brattleboro: 28, 278–288; maps 279, 281
Brattleboro Dance: 284
Brattleboro Gallery Walk: 280
Brattleboro Museum & Art Center: 282
Bread and Butter Farm: 323
Bread and Puppet: 313
Breakers, The: 249
Brent Foundation Art Study Center: 190
Brenton Point State Park: 249
Bretton Woods: 371–376
Bretton Woods Mountain Resort: 374
Brewer Fountain: 41
Brewfest Weekend: 299
Brick Store Museum: 399
Bridgewater Mill Mall: 294
Bridle Path: 400
Bright Ideas Brewing: 168
British Beer Company: 99
Broad Brook Trail: 285
Broken Spoke Saloon and Museum: 352
Bruce Museum: 190
Brunswick: 419–422; maps 420, 421
Bryce Path: 365
Bucklin Trail: 299
Bug Light: 405
Bull’s Bridge River Walk: 221
Bumpkin Island: 72
Bunker Brewing Company: 410
Bunker Hill Museum: 47
Burlington Discover Jazz Festival: 324
Burlington Farmers’ Market: 322–323
Burlington First Friday Art Walk: 324
Burnt Island: 431
Bush-Holley Historic Site: 190
business hours: 515
Cabbage Island: 433
Cabbage Island Clambakes: 24, 433, 434
Cadillac Mountain: 26, 29, 461, 462, 465
Cadillac Mountain Road: 461
Camden Hills State Park: 448
Camden Windjammer Festival: 447
Camel’s Hump: 306
Campground, The: 134
Campground Trail: 162
camping: general discussion 510; Acadia 468, 469, 476, 477–478, 479; Berkshires 164, 175, 184; Boston 73; Cape Cod 93–94, 98, 114, 117, 127, 133; Coastal Maine 394, 397, 404, 419, 427, 435, 437, 451; New Hampshire Seacoast and Lakes 356, 359; Rhode Island 262; Vermont 287, 296, 301, 319, 329; White Mountains 371, 376, 382, 384, 386
Cape Cod: 19, 22, 23, 85–153; maps 88, 111
Cape Cod Baseball League: 101
Cape Cod Baseball League Hall of Fame: 99, 101
Cape Cod Beer: 99
Cape Cod Canal Visitors Center: 89–90
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History: 104
Cape Cod National Seashore: 22, 23, 110, 112
Cape Cod Rail Trail: 22, 104, 113, 115
Cape Elizabeth: 416–417
Cape Neddick Light: 392–393
Cape Playhouse: 104
Cape Porpoise: 400
Captain’s Mile: 104
Captain Wilbur Kelly House Transportation Museum: 243
Cardines Field: 257
Carnival Week: 123
carriage roads: 462–464; map 463
Carrying Place Cove: 475
Carson Trail: 395
Castine: 453
Castle in the Clouds: 354
Castle Tucker: 428
Catamount: 182
Cathedral Ledge: 365
Celebration of American Crafts: 197
cell phones: 515
Center for Maine Contemporary Art: 446
Chapel for Humanity: 166
Chapin Library: 160
Chappaquiddick Island: 140
Charles River Esplanade: 60
Charlestown, Massachusetts: 47–48
Charlestown, Rhode Island: 266
Charlestown Town Beach: 266
Chatham Lighthouse: 106
Chatham Lighthouse Beach: 108
Chatham Marconi Maritime Center: 107
Chatham Railroad Museum: 106–107
Chauncey Creek Lobster Pier: 392, 434
Chesterwood: 176
Children’s Beach: 150
children, traveling with: 515
Christian Science Center: 51–52
Christmas Stroll Weekend: 149
churches/temples: Boston 40, 42, 46–47, 49–50; Cape Cod 139; Connecticut 213; Rhode Island 252–253
Citizen Cider: 325
City Steam Brewery Café: 210
Clay Head Preserve: 270
climate: 482–483
climbing: general discussion 510; Rhode Island 244; White Mountains 365
Coastal Maine: 387–454; map 391
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens: 429
Coastal Trail: 475
Coast Guard Beach: 22, 27, 113
Cocktail Walk: 323
Cold Hollow Cider Mill: 283
Collective—the Art of Craft: 292
Colonial Pemaquid: 436
Concerts on the Green: 332
Concord, Massachusetts: 21, 74–78; map 75
Connecticut: 185–228; map 188–189
Connecticut Antique Machinery: 221
Connecticut Old State House: 210
Connecticut Open: 196–197
Connecticut River Museum: 201
Connecticut River Valley: 20, 278–285
Connecticut Science Center: 209
Connecticut State Capitol: 210
consulates: 516
Conway: 365–368
Conway Scenic Railway: 20, 365
Cornelia Carey Sanctuary: 96
Cow Appreciation Day: 293
Craftsbury Outdoor Center: 300
Crawford Notch: 371–376
Crescent Beach (Block Island): 27, 270
Crescent Beach (Portland): 411, 417
Cribstone Bridge: 422
Cuckolds Lighthouse: 431
Custom House Tower: 45
customs regulations: 516
Daicey Pond Nature Trail: 477
Damariscotta Mills Fish Ladder: 436
Deacon Giles Distillery: 82
Decker Landing: 172
Decks, The: 342
demographics: 502–503
Dennis Hill State Park: 216
Design & Antiques Show: 219
Devon’s Place Playground: 193
Dexter Grist Mill: 91
Dike Trail: 77
Dinosaur Place: 205
disabilities, travelers with: 515
Downeaster: 29, 397, 414, 419, 422, 474, 508
Down East Maine: 474–477
Downtown Boston: 42–45; map 43
Dragon Boat Festival: 324
Drake’s Island Beach: 396
Dr. Daniel Fisher House: 139
Dyce Head Lighthouse: 453
Earth Eagle Brewings: 342
East Bay Bike Path: 239
East Beach/Ninigret Conservation Area: 266
East Chop Light: 134
East End Beach: 411
Eastern Promenade: 411
Eastern Trail: 400
East Gilford Trail: 352
Eastham: 110, 112–114; map 112
Eastham Windmill: 112
East Sandwich Beach: 93
Echo Lake Beach (Acadia): 466
Echo Lake Beach (Franconia): 379
Echo Lake State Park: 365
ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain: 321, 322
economy: 502
Edgartown: 129, 138–142; map 135
Edgartown Lighthouse: 138
Edward Gorey House: 103
Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate: 99
Eldredge Park: 101
Ellacoya State Park: 352
Elms, The: 249
embassies and consulates: 516
Emerald Necklace: 60
emergencies: Block Island 272; Boston 70; Brattleboro 287; Burlington 329; Hyannis 102; Martha’s Vineyard 146; Nantucket 152; Newport 262–263; Providence 242
Emmanuel Music: 58
environmental issues: 488
Eric Sloane Museum & Kent Iron Furnace: 220
Essex: 201
Essex Steam Train & Riverboat: 201, 205
Ethan Allen Homestead: 322, 326
Ethan Allen statue: 309
ethnicity: 503
Exeter: 347–348
Fairfield County: 190–194; map 191
Fall Festival: 221
fall foliage: 19
Faneuil Hall: 44–45
Farmington Canal Heritage Trail: 211
Farmington River Trail: 211
Farnsworth Art Museum: 438
Faulkner Trail: 294
Federal Hill: 235
Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary: 140
Fenway Park: 52
Fenway Victory Gardens: 60
Festival of the Arts (Mad River): 306
festivals: 504
Fiddlehead Brewing: 333
Fisherman’s Museum: 436
fish/fishing: general discussion 511; Cape Cod 124, 136; New Hampshire Seacoast and Lakes 356; Vermont 299
Five Islands Lobster Co.: 18, 426, 434
Flash! In the Pans: 453
flight-seeing: 140
Flint Point: 257
flora: 484–485
Florence Griswold Museum: 204
Flying Horse Carousel (Watch Hill): 267
Flying Horses Carousel (Martha’s Vineyard): 129, 134
Flynn Center for the Performing Arts: 324
Foam Brewers: 325
food/restaurants: general discussion 24, 512–513; Connecticut 199; Rhode Island 260–261; Vermont 280
Fort Andrews: 72
Fort Hill Trail: 113
Fort McClary: 391
Fort Standish: 72
Fort Warren: 72
Fort William Henry: 436
40 Steps: 255
Foundation Brewing Company: 410
Fox Island: 425
Foxon Park: 199
Francis Parkman Bandstand: 41
Franconia Notch State Park: 379
Franconia Notch State Recreation Path: 379
Franconia Range: 379–386
Franconia Ridge Loop: 382
Frankenstein Cliff Trail: 373
Frank Pepe’s Pizzeria Napoletana: 199
Freedom Trail: 21, 22, 23, 35, 38
Freeport: 417–419
Freylinghuysen Morris House & Studio: 171
Frost Day: 381
Funarama Arcade: 346
Funspot: 352
Gallery in the Woods: 281
Gallery Night (Providence): 239
Gallery on the Green (Litchfield): 215
Gallery on the Green (Woodstock, Vermont): 292
Gallery Voyeur: 119
gay and lesbian travelers: 515
Gelman Student Exhibitions Gallery at RISD: 235
geology: 481–482
Giant Stairs Trail: 422
Gifford Woods State Park: 299
Gilfeather Turnip Festival: 280
Goat Island Light: 401
Gooch’s Beach: 400
Good Life Center: 453
Gooseberry Beach: 256
Goose Rocks Beach: 400
Gorham Historical Society & Railroad Museum: 376
government: 502
Grace Farms: 193
Granary Burying Ground: 22, 40
Grand Illumination: 135
Grand Point North: 324–325
Granville Gulf State Reservation: 304
Grape Island: 72
gratuities: 515
Gray’s Beach: 104
Great Barrington: 179–184; maps 180, 181
Great Barrington Trails & Greenways: 182
Great Chebeague Island: 415–416
Great Head: 462
Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge: 77
Green Mountain Distillers: 316
Green Mountains: 20, 29, 283, 300
Greenway, The: 270
Greenway Carousel: 60
Greenwich Avenue: 190
Greenwich International Film Festival: 192
Greenwich Polo Club: 190
Greenwich Reindeer Festival: 192
Gulliver’s Hole: 475
Gunn Memorial Library & Museum: 219
Hamilton Beach: 416
Hampton Beach: 345–347
Hampton Beach State Park: 345–346
Harbor Fog Mountain: 60
Harding’s Beach: 108
Harpswell: 422–423
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center: 209
Harriet Beecher Stowe sites: 25, 207, 209
Harrington Reservoir: 285
Hartford Festival of Light: 211
Hartwell Tavern: 76
Harvard Accent Test: 51
Harvard Square: 56
health and safety: 514
Helen Day Art Center: 316
Hendricks Head Light: 431
Heritage Museum & Gardens: 90–91
Hermit Lake Shelter: 370
Hermit Thrush Brewery: 282
Herring Cove Beach: 123
Hickey Trail: 181
hiking: general discussion 510; Acadia 461, 464–465, 471, 475, 477; Berkshires 161–162, 167, 172, 177, 181–182; Boston 60, 72, 77; Cape Cod 93, 96, 104, 108, 113, 115, 124, 140, 144; Coastal Maine 395–396, 401, 411, 418, 448, 449; Connecticut 211, 215, 216–217, 221–222, 225–226; New Hampshire Seacoast and Lakes 343, 352, 355, 358; Rhode Island 239–240, 244, 252, 257, 270; Vermont 282, 285, 294, 299, 306–307, 317–318, 326–327, 332; White Mountains 365, 367, 369, 370, 373, 378, 381–382
Hill Farmstead Brewery: 313
Hillstead Museum: 210
historic sites: 21
history: 489–501
holidays and festivals: 504
Hooker-Dunham Theater & Gallery: 284
Hopkins Memorial Forest: 162
Hopper Trail: 162
Hops & Vines: 163
horseback riding: Connecticut 215; Vermont 307
Housatonic River Walk: 182
House of the Seven Gables: 81, 173
Hoxie House: 91
hunting: 511
Hyannis Kennedy Legacy Trail: 99
Ice Glen Trail: 177
Ice Pond: 282
Idletyme Brewing Company: 316
Independence Park: 240
Independence Trail: 239
Indian Monument Trail: 181
India Point Park: 240
Inkwell Beach: 136
Inland Maine: 477–479
Inner Cape Cod: 89–98
Institute for American Indian Studies: 218
Institute of Contemporary Art: 55
Institute of Contemporary Art at the Maine College of Art: 406
International Tennis Hall of Fame Museum: 253–254
Internet access: 515
Intervale: 326
Intervale Center: 323
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: 54
Isles of Shoals: 342
itineraries: 18–30
Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival: 172
Jay Peak Resort: 300
JazzFest: 96
Jetties: 150–151
Jewell Trail: 373
Jiminy Peak: 162
John Brown House: 235
John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum: 99
John Hancock Tower: 50
Jonathan Fisher House: 453
Jones Center: 341
Jordan Hall: 58
Joseph Sylvia Beach: 136, 140, 141
Julie Heller East: 119
Justine’s: 239
Kalmus Beach: 100
Kancamagus Pass: 378
Katama Beach: 140–141
kayaking/canoeing: general discussion 510–511; Acadia 465–466; Berkshires 172–173; Boston 77; Cape Cod 108, 129, 136, 141, 144, 151; Coastal Maine 401, 411, 415, 447–448; Connecticut 197, 210; New Hampshire Seacoast and Lakes 343, 353, 356, 358; Rhode Island 240, 265, 271; Vermont 284, 307, 313, 320, 327; White Mountains 379
Kennebunk: 397–405, 443; maps 398, 403
Kennebunk Concerts in the Park: 399
Kennebunk Food and Wine Festival: 399
Kennebunk Plains: 401
Kennebunkport: 397–405; maps 398, 403
Kennedy Compound: 99
Kennedy Park: 172
Kent: 220–223
Kent Falls Brewing Company: 221
Kent Falls State Park: 222
Kent Gingerbread Festival: 221
Kent Pond: 299
Killington Classic Motorcycle Rally: 299
Killington Foliage Weekend: 299
Killington Music Festival: 299
Killington Peak: 283
Kingdom Trails: 313
King’s Chapel: 42
Kingscote: 249
Kinsman Ridge Trail: 381
Kittery: 390–392
Kittery Historical and Naval Museum: 390
Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health: 173
Laconia Motorcycle Week: 352
Ladd Observatory: 238
Laite Memorial Beach: 448, 449
Lake Champlain Islands: 28, 322, 329
Lake Compounce: 210
Lakes Region: 348–359
Lake Tashmoo Town Beach: 129
Lake Willoughby: 313
Lake Winnipesaukee: 349, 352–359
language: 503
Latchis Theatre: 284
Launch! Maritime Festival: 399
Lawn at Castle Hill Inn: 249
Ledges-Overbrook Loop: 172
Ledges, The: 285
lesbian and gay travelers: 515
Lewis R. French schooner: 441
Lexington: 74–78
Libby Museum: 354
lighthouses: Acadia 464, 475; Boston 72; Cape Cod 95, 96, 106, 112–113, 118, 128, 129, 134, 138, 143, 150; Coastal Maine 392–393, 401, 405, 416–417, 431, 435–436, 442, 453; Connecticut 204; Rhode Island 267–268
Lincoln Woods State Park: 244
Lion Head Trail: 370
Litchfield: 19, 25, 213–218; map 216
Litchfield Distillery: 215
Litchfield First Congregational Church: 213
Litchfield Hills: 213–223; map 214
Litchfield Historical Society: 213
Litchfield Jazz Festival: 215
literary sites: 173
Little Chebeague Island: 416
Little Pond Boardwalk: 215
Livestock Show and Fair: 143
L.L. Bean Flagship Store: 417
L.L. Bean Outdoor Discovery School: 418
Lobsterville Beach: 144
Lone Sailor: 320
Long Island Sound: 25, 187, 206
Long Live Beerworks: 239
Long Point Light: 118
Long Point Wildlife Refuge: 144
Long Sands Beach: 393
Long Trail Brewing Company: 20, 283, 292
Loon Center: 357
Lost Nation Theater: 312
Lovecraft Arts & Sciences: 238
Lovell’s Island: 72
Lowell Park: 101
Lower Falls: 378
Lubec: 475–476
Lubec Brewing Company: 476
Lucy Vincent Beach: 144
Lupine Festival: 381
Lyme disease: 514
Mad River Distillers: 283, 306
Mad River Valley: 19, 283, 302–309; map 304
magazines: 516
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center: 181
Maine Beer Company: 418
Maine Brew Bus: 410
Maine Brewers Festival: 410
Maine Craft Distilling: 410
Maine Historical Society: 406–407
Maine Lighthouse Museum: 442
Maine Lobster Festival: 443
Maine Maritime Academy: 453
Maine Maritime Museum: 18, 423–424
Maine’s First Ship: 424
Manisses Animal Farm: 268
Maple Open House Weekend: 293
maple sugar: 311
Mapparium: 51
Marble House: 249
Marconi Beach: 115
Marginal Way: 394–395
Mark Twain House & Museum: 25, 207, 209
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park: 289, 294
Martha’s Vineyard: 23, 128–146; map 130–131
Martha’s Vineyard Food and Wine Festival: 140
Martha’s Vineyard Museum: 134, 138
Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse: 128
Mary Baker Eddy Library: 51
Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center: 202–203
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT): 22, 56
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA): 25, 161, 164, 166
Massachusetts Old State House: 42, 44
Massachusetts State House: 39–40
Master Sand Sculpting Competition: 346
Mayflower II: 84
Mayflower Society House: 84
McCurdy Smokehouse Museum: 475
McKeon Park: 101
Megunticook Trail: 448
Melvin Memorial: 77
Menemsha Harbor: 143
Menemsha Hills: 144
Mid-Coast Maine: 419–438; map 430
Middle Beach: 400
Middle Covered Bridge: 294
Minuteman Bikeway: 77
Minuteman National Historical Park: 76
Misquamicut: 266–267
mobile phones: 515
Moffatt-Ladd House: 341
Mohawk Mountain Ski Area: 222
Mohegan Cafe and Brewery: 271
Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge: 22, 108
Monroe Trail: 307
Monument Mountain: 181
Morningside Trail: 282
Morse Farm Maple Sugarworks: 310
Mother’s Beach: 400
Mount Abraham: 307
Mountain Meadows Cross Country Ski and Snowshoe Center: 298
Mount Battle: 448
Mount Desert Island: 19, 26, 458–468
Mount Desert Oceanarium: 471
Mount Ellen: 307
Mount Greylock: 19, 25, 161–162, 173
Mount Pemigewasset Trail: 382
Mount Philo: 332
Mount Tom: 294
Mount Washington Auto Road: 369
Mount Washington Cog Railway: 372–373
Mount Washington Observatory Weather Discovery Center: 369
Mount Washington Summit: 369
Mount Willard: 373
Museum of African American History: 38
Museum of Work and Culture: 245
Music in the Meadows: 316
Mystic: 25, 202–204, 206–207; map 203
Mystic Outdoor Art Festival: 204
Mystic Seaport: 21, 25, 202–204, 206–207
Mystic Seaport Museum: 202, 205
Mytoi: 140
Nantucket: 23, 146–153, 173; maps 147, 148
Nantucket Daffodil Festival: 149
Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum: 149
Nantucket Vineyard, Cisco Brewers, and Triple Eight Distillery: 149
Nantucket Whaling Museum: 148
Napatree Point: 267
Narragansett Bay: 24, 263–266; map 264
Narragansett Town Beach: 263, 265
Nathaniel Hawthorne Birthplace: 173
National Museum of American Illustration: 251
national parks and seashores: Acadia 458–469; Cape Cod 110, 112
National Shrine of the Divine Mercy: 176
Naulakha: 278
Naumkeag: 176
Nauset Bike Trail: 113
Nauset Light: 112–113
Nauset Marsh Trail: 113
Nelson Pond Trail: 257
New Caanan: 193–194
New Castle Beach: 343
New England Aquarium: 45
New England Center for Circus Arts: 282
New England, map of: 2–3
New England Patriots (football): 61
New England Ski Museum: 381
New Hampshire Boat Museum: 354
New Hampshire Seacoast and Lakes Region: 334–359; maps 337, 339, 350–351
New Haven: 25, 28, 194–201; map 195
New Haven Museum & Historical Society: 196
Newport: 21, 23, 30, 245–263; maps 246–247, 250
Newport Art Museum: 252
Newport Folk Festival: 254
Newport Gulls (baseball): 257
Newport Jazz Festival: 254
Newport Polo: 257
Newport Storm Brewery and Newport Distilling Co.: 252
Newport Tower Museum: 253
New York City: 25
Norman Bird Sanctuary: 257
Norman Rockwell Museum: 25, 176
North & South Canal Fountains: 60
North Adams Museum of History and Science: 166
North Adams Public Library: 166
North Beach (Burlington): 327
North Beach (Ogunquit): 396
North Conway: 365–368; map 366
Northeast Kingdom: 313
Northeast Kingdom Tasting Center: 283, 313
North Lighthouse: 268
North Ridge Trail: 465
Norwalk: 192–193
Norwalk Maritime Aquarium: 192
Notchview: 167
Novare Res Bier Cafe: 407
Oak Bluffs Harbor Festival: 134
Ocean Science Exhibit Center: 94
Ocean View Loop: 257
Offshore Brewing Company: 135, 136
Ogunquit: 394–397
Ogunquit Beach: 396
Ogunquit Museum of American Art: 395
Old Lighthouse Museum: 204
Old Man of the Mountain Profile Plaza: 381
Old Manse: 76
Old North Bridge: 76
Old Port Festival: 410
Old Silver Beach: 96
Old South Meeting House: 42
Old Whaling Church: 139
Old York Historical Society: 393
Olson House: 438
Omni Mount Washington Resort: 21, 373, 375
Orchard House: 77
Ottauquechee River: 294
Otter Rock Rest Area: 378
Outer Cape Cod: 110–117; map 111
Owen Park Beach: 129
Owls Head Transportation Museum: 441
oysters: 116
parks and gardens: Boston 40–42, 60; Cape Cod 140; Coastal Maine 431, 448; New Hampshire Seacoast and Lakes 341; Rhode Island 235, 257; Vermont 320, 322, 327
Park Street Church: 40
passports: 516
Paul Bunyan statue: 451
Paul Revere Mall: 47
Pawtucket: 242–244
Peabody Essex Museum: 81
Peabody Museum of Archaeology (Harvard): 22, 56
Peabody Museum of Natural History (Yale): 194, 205
Peak Mountain: 211
Peaks Island: 415
Peaks Island Loop: 415
Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum: 419
Peddocks Island: 72
Pemaquid Art Gallery: 436
Pemaquid Beach Park: 436
Pemaquid Point Light: 435–436
Pemaquid Region: 435–438
Penobscot Bay: 438–453; map 439
Penobscot Marine Museum: 446
Perkins Cove: 395
Peter W. Foote Vietnam Veterans Memorial Skating Rink: 167
Philip Johnson Glass House: 193
Phillips Exeter Academy: 347
Pilgrim Monument: 118
Pilgrim’s First Landing Park: 120
Pine Cobble: 162
Pine Street Arts District: 325
Pinkham Notch: 369–371
Pinkham Notch Visitor Center: 369, 370, 371
pizza: 199
planning tips: 14–17
plants: 484–485
Playland Arcade: 346
Pleasant Valley Sanctuary: 172
Plymouth Artisan Cheese: 283, 293
Plymouth Rock: 84
Pogue, The: 294
politics: 502
Pollyanna Glad Day: 384
Pollyanna Statue: 384
Polly Hill Arboretum: 144
Portland: 18, 29, 405–419; maps 406, 408–409
Portland First Friday Art Walk: 410
Portland Head Light: 416–417
Portland Hunt & Alpine Club: 18, 407
Portland Museum of Art: 30, 405–406
Portsmouth African Burying Ground: 341
Portsmouth Athenaeum: 341
Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail: 341
Portsmouth Brewery: 342
Portsmouth Candlelight Stroll: 343
Portsmouth Gallery Walk: 343
Portsmouth Harbor Trail: 341
Portsmouth Historical Society: 341
Prescott Park: 341
Preservation Society of Newport County: 248
President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site: 20, 21, 283, 292–293
Presidential Range: 26, 365–379
Presidential Traverse: 369
Project Puffin Visitor Center: 442
Prospect Hill: 144
Providence: 233–242; maps 234, 236–237
Providence Athenaeum: 235, 238
Providence City Hall: 235
Province Lands: 124
Province Lands Bike Trail: 124
Province Lands Visitor Center: 112, 118, 123, 124
Provincetown: 118–127; maps 119, 120, 121
Provincetown Art Association and Museum: 120
Provincetown Fourth of July Celebration: 123
Provincetown International Film Festival: 123
Provincetown Museum: 118
Provincetown Portuguese Festival: 123
Provincetown Public Library: 120
Provincetown Theater: 123
Putnam River Mills Heritage Trail: 225
Quasset School: 228
Quassy Amusement Park: 205, 210
Quechee: 293
Quechee Gorge: 294
Quechee State Park: 294
Queen City Brewery: 325
Quiet Corner: 223–228; map 224
Quincy Market: 45
Quoddy Head State Park: 475
Race Point Beach: 123
Race Point Light: 118
Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge: 395
Ram Island Ledge Lighthouse: 405
Ram Island Light: 431
Red Barn Museum: 369
Red Rocks Park: 327
Redwood Library and Athenaeum: 253
Reid State Park: 425
religion: 503
rental cars: 509
resources: 517–522
Retreat Farm: 282
Rhode Island: 23, 229–273; map 232
Rhode Island School of Design: 20, 30, 233
Rhode Island State House: 235
Rings Fountain: 60
Rising Tide Brewing Company: 410
Riverwalk Covered Bridge: 384
Robert Frost Stone House Museum: 173
Robert Gould Shaw and Massachusetts 54th Regiment Memorial: 38, 41
Robert Hull Fleming Museum: 322
Rockland: 438, 440–446; map 440
Rockland Breakwater: 441–442
Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse: 442
Rock Point Center: 326
Rockport: 446–451
Rockport Marine Park: 449
Rodman’s Hollow: 270
Roger Williams Park & Zoo: 235
Roger W. Wheeler State Beach: 265
Romantic Ramble at Dennis Hill: 216–217
Rose Kennedy Greenway: 60
Roseland Cottage/Bowen House: 227
Rose Weekend: 211
Route 100: 283
Russell Avenue: 449
Russell-Colbath House: 378
Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge: 257
Saco Ranger Station: 378
safety: 514
sailing: 511
Salem Maritime National Historic Park: 81
Salem Wax Museum of Witches and Seafarers: 79
Salem Witch Museum: 79
Salem Witch Trials Memorial: 79
Sally’s Apizza: 199
Salt Pond Visitor Center: 112
Sandwich Glass Museum: 92
Sandwich rhododendron festival: 91
Sandy Neck Beach: 93
Sandy Stream Pond: 477
scenic drives: Acadia 468–469; Vermont 283, 304, 315; White Mountains 369, 378
Schoodic Loop Road: 468–469
Schoodic Peninsula: 468–469
Sconset: 151
Seacoast Science Center: 341–342
Seaport: 54–55
Sea Road School: 400
Seashore Trolley Museum: 399
Seguin Island: 425
senior travelers: 514
Shakespeare & Company: 172
Shakespeare on the Common: 41, 58
Sharpe Hill Vineyard: 225
Shelburne Museum: 331–332
Shelburne Orchards: 332
Shelburne Vineyard: 333
Shining Sea Bikeway: 96
Shipyard Brewing Company: 410
Shore Path: 471
Short Sands Beach: 393
Sieur de Monts: 462
Silver Sands State Park: 27, 28, 198
Simon Pearce: 293
6k6 Surf School: 136
1627 Village: 83
Skatium: 307
skiing/snowboarding: general discussion 511–512; Berkshires 182; Connecticut 222; Vermont 297, 300, 303, 306, 314–315; White Mountains 370–371, 374, 382
Slater Mill Museum: 243
Slayton Cabin: 317
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery: 76–77
Smugglers’ Notch: 283, 300, 315
Snail Road: 124
Southbridge Boat House: 77
Southeast Lighthouse: 267–268
South End (Boston): 54
South End Arts District (Burlington): 324
Southern Maine Coast: 390–397
South Hero Island: 326
South Summit: 294
Spa at Litchfield Hills: 217
S.P.A.C.E. Gallery: 324
spas: Berkshires 173; Connecticut 217
Spectacle Island: 72
spectator sports: Boston 61; Cape Cod 101; Connecticut 196–197; Rhode Island 257
Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse: 405
Squam Lakes: 356–359
Squam Lakes Natural Science Center: 356–357
Squam Range Traverse: 358
Squaw Peak Trail: 181
St. Ann’s Arts and Cultural Center: 245
state parks: Acadia 475, 477–479; Cape Cod 140, 141; Coastal Maine 418, 424–425, 448; Connecticut 198, 211, 216, 222, 225; New Hampshire Seacoast and Lakes 342, 343, 344, 345–346, 352, 355; Rhode Island 243, 244, 249, 251–252, 257, 265, 266; Vermont 294, 299, 332; White Mountains 365, 379
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary: 120
Stephen King Tour: 451
Stepping Stones Museum for Children: 193, 205
Sterling Pond: 317
Stickney Brook Falls: 285
St. Johnsbury Athenaeum: 313
Stonington: 202–204, 206–207; map 203
Stowe: 29, 283, 300, 314–319; map 315
Stowe Cider: 316
Stowe Mountain Resort: 314–315
Stowe Mountain Toll Road: 315
Stowe Performing Arts: 316
Stowe Recreation Path: 317
Stowe Theatre Guild: 316
Stowe Winter Carnival: 317
Strawberry Banke Museum: 21, 340–341
Strolling of the Heifers: 284
student travelers: 514
Sugarbush: 300
Sugarbush Farm: 289
Summervale: 323
Sunrise Trail: 285
Sunset Trail: 285
Superman Building: 235
surfing: Cape Cod 115, 136; Coastal Maine 393, 401; Rhode Island 256, 263
Surfside: 151
Swan Point Cemetery: 238
Talcott Mountain State Park: 211
Tanglewood Music Festival: 25, 161, 171–172
Tapping Reeve House: 215
Thomas Hooker Day Parade and Festival: 210
Thompson Island: 72
Thoreau’s cabin: 74
Three Penny Taproom: 312
Thurston’s Lobster Pound: 19, 24, 434, 467
Thuya Garden: 464
ticks: 514
tipping: 515
Tip Top House: 370
Toad’s Place: 196
Touro Synagogue: 252
Town Neck Beach: 93
transportation: 506–510
Trapp Family Lodge: 29, 300, 317
Trinity Boston: 58
Trinity Church (Boston): 49–50
Trinity Church (Newport): 252–253
Trinity Park Tabernacle: 134
Tsai Performance Center: 58
Tuckerman Brewing Company: 366
Tuckerman Ravine Trail: 370
Tunxis Trail: 211
200 Clarendon: 50
Two Lights Lobster Shack: 24, 417
T.W. Wood Gallery & Arts Center: 311
Umbrella Cover Museum: 415
University of Maine Museum of Art: 451
University of Vermont: 322
USS Cassin Young: 47
USS Constitution: 47–48
Vail Beach: 270
Valley Trail (Newport): 257
Valley Train: 366
Valley Way Trail (Presidential Traverse): 369
Ventford Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum: 169
Vermont Artisan Designs: 281
Vermont Brewers Festival: 324, 325
Vermont Center for Photography: 281
Vermont Cheesemakers Festival: 332
Vermont Country Store: 283
Vermont Historical Society Museum: 311
Vermont Institute of Natural Science: 293
Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum: 316
Vermont State House: 309
Vermont Teddy Bear Company: 332
Veterans Beach: 100
Victoria Mansion: 407
Vincent House: 139
Vineyard Artisans Fair: 143
Vineyard Haven: 128–134; map 132
Vintage Race Boat Regatta: 355
visas: 516
Von Trapp Brewery & Bierhall: 315
Wadsworth Atheneum: 209
Wadsworth-Longfellow House: 407
Walden Pond State Reservation: 74, 76, 173
Wallis Sands State Beach: 344
Wampanoag Homesite: 21, 24, 83
Wampanoag Language Reclamation Project: 122
Wantastiquet Mountain: 285
Warren: 302–305
Warren Bridge: 302
Warren Falls: 303
Warren Store: 283
Washington Art Association: 219
Washington, Connecticut: 218–220
Watch Hill: 267
waterfalls: Connecticut 222; Vermont 285, 303–304, 317; White Mountains 373, 378
Waterfront Boston: 42–45; map 43
Waterfront Park (Burlington): 320, 322
water sports: Acadia 462, 466; Boston 72; Cape Cod 100, 124, 129, 140; Coastal Maine 416; New Hampshire Seacoast and Lakes 353, 355; Rhode Island 244, 256, 265; Vermont 283, 285, 294, 299, 303–304, 307, 317, 320; White Mountains 378, 379, see also specific activity
Wayside, The: 76
WCOD Chowder Festival: 100
weather: 482–483
Wedding Cake House: 399
Wellfleet: 23, 114–117; map 115
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary: 115
Wellfleet Drive-In Theatre: 22, 114
Wellfleet Oyster Fest: 115
Wells Reserve: 395–396
Wentworth State Park: 355
Werner Schmidt Observatory: 104
Wesleyan Grove: 134
West Branch Gallery and Sculpture Park: 316
Weston: 283
Weston Priory: 2883
West Quoddy Head Light: 475
West Rattlesnake Mountain: 358
West River: 285
whales/whale-watching: general discussion 150, 443; Cape Cod 123, 124–125, 148; Coastal Maine 399–400
Whale Week: 123
Whitecrest Beach: 115
White Memorial Conservation Center: 215
White Mountain Huts: 375
White Mountains: 19–20, 26, 360–386; map 362–363
White Pines Trail: 418
Wildcat Mountain: 370
Wild Gardens of Acadia: 462
wildlife refuges: Boston 77; Cape Cod 108, 115, 140, 144; Coastal Maine 395, 431; Rhode Island 257
wildlife/wildlife-watching: general discussion 443, 485–487; Acadia 465; Boston 77; Cape Cod 108, 115; Coastal Maine 442; Connecticut 197, 215; Rhode Island 257; Vermont 304; White Mountains 376
Williams College: 159–160
Williamstown: 159–164; map 160
Williamstown Farmers Market: 163
Williamstown Theatre Festival: 160
William Street Historic District: 128
Wilson Museum: 453
Windjammer Days: 431
Windsor Locks Canal State Park: 211
Windy Hill Farm: 179
wine/wineries: Berkshires 163; Cape Cod 140, 149; Coastal Maine 399; Connecticut 225; Vermont 333
Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad: 349
Winslow Park: 418
WinterFest: 167
winter sports: general discussion 29, 511–512; Acadia 462; Berkshires 162, 167, 182; Coastal Maine 418; Connecticut 215; New Hampshire Seacoast and Lakes 355; Vermont 294, 297–298, 303, 307, 317; White Mountains 382, see also skiing/snowboarding
Witch Dungeon Museum: 79
Witch House: 79
Wolfeboro: 354–356
Wolfeboro Community Bandstand Concerts: 355
Wolfeboro Recreation Rail Trail: 355
Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park: 418
Wonder Brook Reserve: 401
Wonderland Trail: 465
Wood End Light: 118
Woodlands Interpretive Trail: 282
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI): 94
Woods Hole Science Aquarium: 94–95
Wood’s Pond: 172
Woodstock, Connecticut: 227–228
Woodstock Fair: 228
Woodstock Gallery: 292
Woodstock Harvest Celebration: 293
Woodstock, Vermont: 20, 288–296; maps 290–291, 292
Woonsocket: 245
Wright Museum of World War II: 354
Wyeth Center at the Farnsworth Art Museum: 438
Yale Center for British Art: 196
Yale Collection of Musical Instruments: 194
Yale University: 25, 28, 194, 196
Yale University Art Gallery: 194
Yellow Peril Gallery: 235
yoga: 173
Yorks, The: 392–394
Yukon-Beaver Lodge Trails Loop: 172
Zero Gravity Craft Brewery: 325
zoos and animal parks: Connecticut 205; Rhode Island 235; Vermont 282