New England camping

[lhasalady]

We've decided to go camping in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont.... in June. Neither of us have ever been there and would love suggestions. We love hiking & quaint towns. We live in central Florida and have mainly camped in FL and Georgia (love those Georgia mountains!). It's just the two of us so we're pretty flexible.

[GeneF]

We've decided to go camping in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont.... in June. Neither of us have ever been there and would love suggestions. We love hiking & quaint towns. We live in central Florida and have mainly camped in FL and Georgia (love those Georgia mountains!). It's just the two of us so we're pretty flexible.

Maine:  Head for Acadia National Park.  Dry camping in the park but worth the experience.  Plenty to do.  If you have your Senior or Golden Age pass, camping is $10.  Plenty of trails to hike or bike.  LLBean trolleys make it easy to get around the entire island.  Route 1 is the scenic but crowded tourist route.  It will take you through a lot of quaint Maine towns with lots of shops and places to get a good lobster.  We spend a week in Acadia each year.  We use the Blackwoods CG.

New Hampshire:  Main two tourist areas are the White Mountain area where the Old Man of the Mountain use to reside.  Right up route 93 to route 3.  Other major tourist area is the Mount Washington area.  Plenty of state and private camgrounds in both areas.  Ressies might be a good idea especially near the end of June.

Also be aware, black fly season ends around Father's Day in NH.

Vermont has several quaint towns.  Woodstock being one of them.  Plenty of nice scenery and small towns for a nice days drive.  We like the city of Burlington.  There is a city cg called North Beach that we like.  Very nice biking or hiking trail along the lake and you could walk into town.  A bike takes about 5 minutes.  Nice shopping area, cruise boats, clean town.  The Shelburne Museum is not that far away and it is very interesting.  Plan a day there.  Admission is about $18

If you have a month to do this, I might suggest that you only do two of the states and get to see them a bit more.  I am assuming that your round trip from Florida and back will be almost a week.

By the way, DW and I are currently snow birding in your state and I wish you would turn up the thermostat a little.

Anastasia State Park and Fort Desoto Park are two of our favorites in Florida

[Hargus]

By the way, DW and I are currently snow birding in your state and I wish you would turn up the thermostat a little.

Gene,
       I still have plenty of snow here in Massachusetts from shoveling last nights storm for you and Terry if you need some down South. I know you didn't get your fair share to shovel "this year".

[lhasalady]

Maine:  Head for Acadia National Park.  Dry camping in the park but worth the experience.  Plenty to do.  If you have your Senior or Golden Age pass, camping is $10.  Plenty of trails to hike or bike.  LLBean trolleys make it easy to get around the entire island.  Route 1 is the scenic but crowded tourist route.  It will take you through a lot of quaint Maine towns with lots of shops and places to get a good lobster.  We spend a week in Acadia each year.  We use the Blackwoods CG.

New Hampshire:  Main two tourist areas are the White Mountain area where the Old Man of the Mountain use to reside.  Right up route 93 to route 3.  Other major tourist area is the Mount Washington area.  Plenty of state and private camgrounds in both areas.  Ressies might be a good idea especially near the end of June.

Also be aware, black fly season ends around Father's Day in NH.

Vermont has several quaint towns.  Woodstock being one of them.  Plenty of nice scenery and small towns for a nice days drive.  We like the city of Burlington.  There is a city cg called North Beach that we like.  Very nice biking or hiking trail along the lake and you could walk into town.  A bike takes about 5 minutes.  Nice shopping area, cruise boats, clean town.  The Shelburne Museum is not that far away and it is very interesting.  Plan a day there.  Admission is about $18

If you have a month to do this, I might suggest that you only do two of the states and get to see them a bit more.  I am assuming that your round trip from Florida and back will be almost a week.

By the way, DW and I are currently snow birding in your state and I wish you would turn up the thermostat a little.

Anastasia State Park and Fort Desoto Park are two of our favorites in Florida

Wow, thank you! What in the world is black fly season? Is it similar to our love bugs or, heaven forbid, our mosquitoes?

Fort De Soto is in a class by itself if you enjoy beaches and biking. We enjoy Anastasia also. Another one of our favorites in Florida is O'Leno State Park north of Gainesville. And, of course, Wekiva State Park north of Orlando.

[GeneF]

Wow, thank you! What in the world is black fly season? Is it similar to our love bugs or, heaven forbid, our mosquitoes?

Fort De Soto is in a class by itself if you enjoy beaches and biking. We enjoy Anastasia also. Another one of our favorites in Florida is O'Leno State Park north of Gainesville. And, of course, Wekiva State Park north of Orlando.

Black fly season is from Mother's Day to Father's Day.  They are nasty little black flies that love to bite and can make your life a bit on the miserable side.  How bad they are depends on the weather.

A good repellent helps and you can also get some black fly head screens.

Don't let this scare you away.  You may miss it entirely.

NH has plenty of state cg's but there are also cg's in the White Moutain National Forest.  Some are along the Kancamangas Highway which provides a beautiful scenic drive, plenty of hiking trails, and a chance to take a swim in the river.  Most will be dry camping.

Take a look at the Acadia National Park website.  Lots of good info.  As I said before, we stay at Blackwoods.  Dry camping.  DW is on the phone right now making some ressies for August.  You can make them up to 6 months in advance.

Up route 3, you will have the Flume, tramway, Clarke's Trading Post, Indian, the Basin and hiking trails.  There is Layfayette CG on this road.  It is a national one I believe but very centrally located in this area.

Mount Washington valley is a very pretty area.  The Cog Railroad is pricey (about $60) but an adventure to the top of Mt Washington.
North Conway has a large outlet mall section, no sales tax.

You are only a couple of hours from Boston and a day exploring the city could be fun.

If you need more info, let me know.