Getaway suggestions near Dartmouth

Consolation
Fri, 18 Jul 2014 16:44:22 +0000

Second week of September is probably not too early for some foliage in the northern parts of New England. Here’s an itinerary:

1. drive north to Franconia Notch State Park, stay somewhere in the area, and hike.

2) drive across the White Mountains to Fryeburg ME via the extremely scenic Kancamagus Highway (Rte 112), then go to Portland via Bridgton on Rte 302

3) Stay somewhere in the Old Port or Western Prom areas. Portland has a good art museum and lots of galleries, lots of music, interesting architecture, and is a foodie destination. If you are there on the first Friday of a month, join in the First Friday street scene, with musicians, open galleries serving wind and cheese, free admission at the Portland Museum of Art, art students selling their work on the street, the occasional flashmob, and more. Consider taking a ferry out to one of the Casco Bay Islands, walking and having lunch. You can drive down to Portland Head Light in 15 minutes, or to Two Lights and visit The Lobster Shack in a few minutes more and climb around on the rocks with the waves crashing below you after having a lobster with drawn butter and a blueberry tart. (A plus here is that Portland has stuff to do even if it is raining.)

It takes about 2 hours to drive to Logan from Portland.