Where to travel in New England?
Road Captain
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Much of NH, VT, and ME are in the white mountain area. Mid September can be down right cold that time year. Not trying to discourage you, I ride year round with heated gear. Might want to check on the average highs and lows that time of year. I also beleive you will be long past the fall foliage which can be beautifull but the traffic can be brutal. I live in MA and have done tens of thousands of miles in that area. When you finally decide when and how long I'll see what I can put together for you.
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From: Nashville, TN
Much of NH, VT, and ME are in the white mountain area. Mid September can be down right cold that time year. Not trying to discourage you, I ride year round with heated gear. Might want to check on the average highs and lows that time of year. I also beleive you will be long past the fall foliage which can be beautifull but the traffic can be brutal. I live in MA and have done tens of thousands of miles in that area. When you finally decide when and how long I'll see what I can put together for you.
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From: KMHT KFMY
July and August are the best, unless you have a desire to see leaves change color and traffic back up for miles as people go ooooooooooh Ahhhhhhhh watching the leaves turn color.
And it can get cooooool at night in late August too.
And it can get cooooool at night in late August too.
Cruiser
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From: Buffalo
New England is a pretty big area..
If you aren't right on the coast, There is Niagara Falls...I live about 15 minutes away..Pretty cool to visit if you haven't been there before, everything is decently priced, not hard to get into or out of at all, tons of parking both free and paid on the State park.
After you could ride on the Sea Way trail for a little, a highway that is somewhat along the lakes for a little, then maybe ride though the mountains in Upstate.
NYC would be out of the way, not much in Albany.
I recommend Boston if possible, lots of history to see there.
EDIT : Just realized sometimes NY is considered New England and sometimes not..If you're not visiting, ignore what I said ;P
If you aren't right on the coast, There is Niagara Falls...I live about 15 minutes away..Pretty cool to visit if you haven't been there before, everything is decently priced, not hard to get into or out of at all, tons of parking both free and paid on the State park.
After you could ride on the Sea Way trail for a little, a highway that is somewhat along the lakes for a little, then maybe ride though the mountains in Upstate.
NYC would be out of the way, not much in Albany.
I recommend Boston if possible, lots of history to see there.
EDIT : Just realized sometimes NY is considered New England and sometimes not..If you're not visiting, ignore what I said ;P
Last edited by bp03; Nov 23, 2013 at 10:49 PM.
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From: In My Boots
If you consider NY New England and it;s on the way, you could easy spend a day or more in the Catskills. So many awesome roads to ride...I live here and never get tired of riding and finding new places. Then you could head north to Lake George then east to Vt NH etc bypassing the whole Rt 95 corridor.
Road Warrior
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From: SC
One thing you need to take in and plan around is Rt. 2, the Mohawk Trail through MA. Then from there run up to N.H. Good luck and enjoy.
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Tourer
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From: Eastern Massachusetts
Scattered all over the place, but:
Rte 169 (runs N/S thru eastern CT, and is a Designated American Scenic Hwy and if you're there, lunch at the Vanilla Bean Cafe in Pomfret at intersection of 169/44/97)
and, as said, Rte 100 in VT;
north and south of Ogunquit ME on Rte 1; Cape Neddick Lighthouse;
Kancamagus Hwy, NH then Rte 302 thru Crawford Notch;
Niagara Falls, cross into Canada over the Peace Bridge and stay in Niagara-on-the-Lake
Rte 169 (runs N/S thru eastern CT, and is a Designated American Scenic Hwy and if you're there, lunch at the Vanilla Bean Cafe in Pomfret at intersection of 169/44/97)
and, as said, Rte 100 in VT;
north and south of Ogunquit ME on Rte 1; Cape Neddick Lighthouse;
Kancamagus Hwy, NH then Rte 302 thru Crawford Notch;
Niagara Falls, cross into Canada over the Peace Bridge and stay in Niagara-on-the-Lake
Road Warrior
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I was on a trip there last September only I was in a cage with wife and my father (turned out to be a bad idea to do the trip together but nevermind).
Starting from NewYork we touched Mystic CT - CapeCod/Provincetown MA - Portland ME - Bretton Woods/White Mountain NH - Boston MA - Newport RI and back to NewYork.
I still have all the maps/directions/motels that I prepared all .pdf, I can email them all to you. I researched Motels so that they were decent and not too expensive and prepared directions/maps as I didn't have a GPS and didn't want 7 states maps or an unmanageable map of the entire New England.
Here's a link to gmaps with my trip:
Starting from NewYork we touched Mystic CT - CapeCod/Provincetown MA - Portland ME - Bretton Woods/White Mountain NH - Boston MA - Newport RI and back to NewYork.
I still have all the maps/directions/motels that I prepared all .pdf, I can email them all to you. I researched Motels so that they were decent and not too expensive and prepared directions/maps as I didn't have a GPS and didn't want 7 states maps or an unmanageable map of the entire New England.
Here's a link to gmaps with my trip:
Last edited by ghira75; Nov 24, 2013 at 06:22 AM.