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Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary Bartholomew's Cobble Index (Easthampton), 327 (Sheffield), 338 Architecture, 28–29 Bartlett, 587 Arch Street Tavern (Hartford), Bartlett's Ocean View Farm A 401 (Nantucket), 314 AARP, 59

INDEX Area codes, 674 Baseball, 133, 232, 618 Abbe Museum (Bar Harbor), Arey's Pond Sailing School Basketball, , 133–134 651, 656 (Orleans), 242 Basketball Hall of Fame Abbot Hall (Marblehead), Argia Mystic Cruises, 416 (Springfield), 321–322 162–163 Arlington, 480–489 Basketry Festival, 41 Abiel Smith School (Boston), Arnold Arboretum (Boston), 124 Bass Harbor, 662 119, 122 Arrowhead (Pittsfield), 355 Bass River Beach (Yarmouth), Academy of Music Art, 29–30 221 (Northampton), 330 Arthur M. Sackler Museum Bath, 623 Acadia National Park, 646–654 (Cambridge), 129–130 BattenKill Canoe Ltd., 64 Accommodations, 66–67 The Artists' Association of Battie, Mount, 636 best, 9–12 Nantucket, 303 Battle Road Trail (Lexington), Adams National Historical Park Art Museum (South Hadley), 326 152 (Quincy), 188 Art's Dune Tours (Provincetown), Baxter's Boat House (Hyannis), Adventure (schooner), 178 257–258 219 (Boston), Ashley House (Sheffield), 338 Baxter State Park, 670–673 119–120, 122 Ashumet Holly and Wildlife Bay Lady II (Provincetown), 258 Agamont Park (Bar Harbor), 656 Sanctuary (Falmouth), 205 Bay State Cruises, 254–255 Air travel, 47–48 Aston Magna Festival (Great The Beachcomber Alcott, Louisa May, 32, 157 Barrington), 343 Chatham, 236, 237 Aldrich Contemporary Art The Astors' Beechwood Wellfleet, 250 Museum (Ridgefield), 374 (Newport), 449 Beaches. See also specific Alison Shaw Gallery (Martha's AS220 (Providence), 438 beaches Vineyard), 282 The Athenaeum (St. Johnsbury), Barnstable, 220 Allagash Canoe Trips, 64 550 Block Island, 468–469 Allagash River, 672 The Atlantic House Boston, 134 Allagash Wilderness Waterway, (Provincetown), 265 Brewster, 230 672–673 Atlantic White Cedar Swamp Cape Cod National Seashore, Allis-Bushnell House (Madison), Trail (Wellfleet), 247, 267 266–267 403 ATMs, 54 Chatham, 236 American Automobile Attitash (Bartlett), 587 Dennis, 225 Association (AAA), 674 Autumn, 38–39 Falmouth, 203–204 American Museum of Fly Fishing Avon Cinema (Providence), 438 Hyannis and environs, 212–214 (Manchester), 481 Kennebunkport, 609 American Repertory Theatre Madison, 403 (ART; Cambridge), 141 B Martha's Vineyard, 276–280 American Revolution, 26–27 Baby Beach (Block Island), 469 Nantucket, 299–300 America's Cup Hall of Fame Back Bay (Boston), 86 Narragansett, 461 (Bristol), 440 accommodations, 98–101 New London (CT), 414 America the Beautiful national restaurants, 112–113 Newport, 452 parks pass, 57 shopping, 137 Orleans, 241–242 America the Beautiful Senior Backpacking, 574, 671 Provincetown, 256 Pass, 58–59 Backroads, 279 (Old Amherst, 330–333 Baldpate Mountain, 668 Lyme), 411 Amherst Brewing Company, 333 Ballard's Beach (Block Island), Sandwich, 198 Amherst College, 331 468–469 Stonington, 421 Amtrak, 49, 50 Ballard's (Block Island), 473 suggested itinerary, 72–73 Angel Foods (Provincetown), Balsams/Wilderness, 575 Truro, 250–251 265 Baptist Church (Martha's Wellfleet, 246 Annual Star Party, 43 Vineyard), 275 Yarmouth, 221–222 Antiques, best destinationsCOPYRIGHTED for, Bar Harbor, 646, 654–661 MATERIALYork Beach, 598 17–18 Bar Harbor Historical Society, Beacon Hill (Boston), 85 Antiques Center of Cape Cod 656 accommodations, 96–97 (Dennis), 226 Barnstable County Fair, 42 Beantown Trolleys (Boston), 125 Appalachian Mountain Club, Barnstable Village and environs, Bearskin Neck, 182 62, 64, 574 219–221 , 351 , 351, 574, 668, Barre, 524 Beauport (Sleeper-McCann 673 Barrington Stage Company House; Gloucester), 177 Aquinnah Beach (Martha's (Pittsfield), 355 Becket, 346–348 Vineyard), 276–277 BAR/The Brü Rm (New Haven), Beebe Woods (Falmouth), 205 The Arcade (Providence), 437 395

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Belcourt Castle (Newport), 450 Sudbury, 159 shopping, 137–138 INDEX Belgique Pâtisserie & Chocolatier Wellfleet, 247 side trips from, 148–194 (Kent), 384 Bishop's Orchards (Guilford), sights and attractions, 116–127 Ben & Jerry's ice cream 402 smoking, 91 (Waterbury), 525 Black Bear Saloon (South spectator sports, 133–134 Bennington, 475–480 Norwalk), 371 suggested itineraries, 68–72 Bennington Battle Monument, Black-Eyed Sally's (Hartford), taxes, 91 476 401 visitor information, 84 Bennington College, 476 (Boston), Boston Ballet, 140 Bennington Museum, 478 119, 121–122 Boston Bruins, 134 Berklee Performance Center Black Mountain, 583–584 Boston by Foot, 127 (Boston), 139 Black Nativity, 44 Boston by Little Feet, 127 Berkshire Botanical Garden The Black Rose (Boston), 144 Boston Celtics, 133–134 (Stockbridge), 344 The Black Sheep (Amherst), 333 Boston Center for the Arts, 139 Berkshire Museum (Pittsfield), Black Ships Festival (Newport), Boston Children's Museum, 127 355–356 446 Boston CityPass, 116, 118 The , 336–363 Blackwoods (Acadia National Boston Common, 84, 121, Berkshire Scenic Railway Park), 654 122, 142 Museum (Lenox), 348 Bleacher Bar (Boston), 144 Boston Duck Tours, 126 The Berkshire Theatre Festival Blithewold Mansion, Gardens, Boston Harbor Cruises, 125, 126 (Stockbridge), 344 and Arboretum (Bristol), 440 Provincetown, 255 Berta Walker Gallery Block Island, 414, 464–473 Boston Harborfest, 42 (Provincetown), 259 Block Island Historical Society Boston Harbor Hotel, 143 Bethel, 665–670 Museum, 468 Boston Harbor Islands, 135 "The Big E" (West Springfield), Blue Hill, 641, 643–645 Boston Landmarks Orchestra, 321 Blue Hill Fair, 43 142 Bike the Whites, 64 Blue Hill Peninsula, 641–645 Boston Lyric Opera, 140 Biking and mountain biking, Blue Man Group (Boston), 141 Boston Marathon, 41, 134 60, 64 The Boathouse (Falmouth), 211 Boston Massacre Site, 123 Acadia National Park, 653 Boating and sailing (rentals and Boston National Historical Park, Boston and Cambridge, 135 charters). See also Canoeing; 84, 122 Brattleboro, 494 Kayaking; Watersports; White- , 141 Brewster, 230–231 water rafting Boston Pops, 140 Bristol, 441 Block Island, 469 Boston Pops Concert and Cape Cod National Seashore, Mount Desert Island, 667 Fireworks Display, 42 267 Orleans, 242 Boston Pride March, 41 Chatham, 236 Pittsfield, 356 Boston's Best Cruises, 135 Dennis, 225 Provincetown, 257 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Falmouth, 204 Wellfleet, 246 140, 350 Manchester, 482–483 Westport, 372 Boston Tea Party Reenactment, 44 Marblehead, 162 Boatslip Beach Club Boston Tea Party Ship & Martha's Vineyard, 273, (Provincetown), 265 Museum, 116, 127 278–279 Books, recommended, 31–32 Bousquet Ski Area (Pittsfield), Mount Desert Island, 667 Boston, 80–147. See also specific 356–357 Mount Washington, 581 neighborhoods Bowen's Wharf Seafood Festival Nantucket, 298, 300 accommodations, 92–105 (Newport), 446 Newport, 452 arriving in, 80–82 Box Lunch (Provincetown), 265 Old Lyme, 410 discount passes, 116 Brattle Book Shop (Boston), 138 Orleans, 242 driving rules, 90 Brattleboro, 489, 493–497 Provincetown, 256 emergencies, 90 Brattleboro Museum & Art Sandwich, 198 getting around, 86, 88–90 Center, 494 Truro, 251 hospitals, 90–91 Bread & Puppet Museum Turners Falls, 335 Internet access, 91 (Glover), 549 Waitsfield, 521 for kids, 126–127 Bread & Puppet Theater Wellfleet, 246 layout of, 84–86 (Glover), 548 Woodstock, 502 newspapers and magazines, (Newport), Billings Farm and Museum 91 448–449 (Woodstock), 500–501 nightlife, 139–147 Breaking New Grounds, Bird-watching, 61 organized tours, 125–126 Portsmouth, 561 Bass River, 225 outdoor activities, 134–136 Breakwater Beach (Brewster), Block Island, 468 parking, 89–90 230 East Haddam, 409 pharmacies, 91 Lenox, 351 police, 91 (Newport), 453 Marblehead Neck, 162 restaurants, 105–116

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INDEX 190 Baxter State Park, 672–673 (Marblehead), 162 The Brewster Store, 232 Brattleboro, 494 Channing Blake Meadow Walk Brick Store Museum Brewster, 232 (Old Deerfield), 334 (Kennebunk), 608 Concord, 159 Chapin Beach (Dennis), 225 Bridge of Flowers (Turners Hanover, 568–569 Chappaquiddick Island, 274–276 Falls), 335 Sandwich, 199 Charles Dana House Brimfield Antique and , 172–184 (Woodstock), 500 Collectible Shows, 319 Cape Ann Museum (Gloucester), Charles Hayden Planetarium Brimfield Antique and 177–178 (Boston), 120 Collectibles Show, 41 Cape Cinema (Dennis), 229 Charles Playhouse (Boston), 141 Bristol, 439–442 Cape Cod, 195–268 Charles Riverboat Company The Bristol Lounge (Boston), Cape Cod Baseball League, 232 (Boston), 125–126 144–145 Cape Cod Canal bike path, Charlestown, 85 Bromley Mountain Ski Resort, Sandwich, 198–199 Charlestown Beach (Block 482 Cape Cod Melody Tent Island), 469 Brook Grist Mill (Brewster), 232 (Hyannis), 219 Charlestown Navy Yard Visitor Brooklin, 641 Cape Cod Museum of Art Center (Boston), 123 Brookline, accommodations, (Dennis), 226 Chateau-sur-Mer (Newport), 448 101–102 Cape Cod Museum of Natural Chatham, 229, 234–241 Brown University (Providence), History (Brewster), 232 Chatham Glass Company, 237 431 Cape Cod National Seashore, Chatham Light Beach, 236 Brunswick, 623 266–268 Chatham Pottery, 237 Brush Hill Tours, 148, 150 Cape Cod Playhouse (Dennis), Chatham Squire, 241 Buckley Recital Hall (Amherst), 229 Cheers (Beacon Hill; Boston), 333 , 231 145 Buckman Tavern (Lexington), 153 Brewster, 230 Cheers ( Bulfinch, Charles, 185 Orleans, 242 Marketplace; Boston), 145 Bunker Hill Monument (Boston), Wellfleet, 246 The Chequessett Yacht & 124 Cape Maritime Week, 41 Country Club (Wellfleet), 246 Bunker Hill Museum (Boston), Cape Playhouse (Dennis), 226 Chester, 408–409 124 Cape Pond Ice (Gloucester), 176 Chester-Hadlyme Ferry, 409 Burlington, 536–545 Cap'n Kidd (Falmouth), 211 Chesterwood (Stockbridge), 344 Bushnell Center for the Captain Daniel Packer Inne Chicken Box (Nantucket), 314 Performing Arts (Hartford), (Mystic), 420 Children's Beach (Nantucket), 400–401 Captain Edward Penniman 299 Business hours, 674 House (Eastham), 268 Children's Museum of Maine Bus travel, 50, 52 Captain John's Sport Fishing (Portland), 615 Butternut Basin (near Great Center (New London, CT), 414 Chimney Pond, 673 Barrington), 340 Captain Nick's (Block Island), Chinatown (Boston), 85–86 473 accommodations, 98 Capt. Elias Davis House restaurants, 110–112 C (Gloucester), 178 Christ Church (Cambridge), 132 Cable Car (Providence), 438 Capt. John Boats Christmas Cove, 628 Cadillac Mountain, 652 (Provincetown), 255 Christmas Eve and Christmas Cahoon Hollow Beach Carousel Beach (Watch Hill), 463 Day, 45 (Wellfleet), 246 Carpenter Center for the Visual Christmas in Newport, 446 Calendar of events, 40–45 Arts (Cambridge), 132 Christmas pageant (Rockport), Calvin Theatre and Performing Car travel, 48–52 181 Arts Center (Northampton), Casablanca (Cambridge), 145 Christmas Prelude, 44 330 Casinos, , 422–424 Christmas Season Festivities, 44 Cambridge, 86, 127–133 Cask 'n Flagon (Boston), 145 Christmas Stroll, 44 Cambridge Common, 132 Castle Hill on the Crane Estate Church Street (Burlington), Camden, 623, 632, 635–641 (Ipswich), 186 538–539 Camden Hills State Park, 636 Catamount Ski Area (South Cisco Beach (Nantucket), 299 Campbell Falls (Norfolk), 387 Egremont), 339 City Hall, Providence, 430 Candlelight Stroll (Portsmouth), Cathedral Trail, 673 City Steam Brewery (Hartford), 44 The Cedar Tree Neck (Martha's 401 , 377 Vineyard), 280 CityView Trolleys (Boston), 125 Cannon Mountain Aerial Cellphones, 65 Clam Box (Ipswich), 186 Tramway, 590 Central Wharf (Salem), 169 Clark Art Institute Cannon Mountain (Franconia), Ceramica (Chester), 408 (Williamstown), 361 590–591 Ceres Bakery (Portsmouth), 561

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119_614341-bindex.indd9_614341-bindex.indd 682682 88/27/10/27/10 2:582:58 PMPM Clay Head Trail (Block Island), Craftsbury Outdoor Center, Disabilities, travelers with, 57–58 468 550–551 Diva's (Northampton), 330

Cliff Walk (Newport), 452 Craftsman's Fair (Mount Dive Bar (Martha's Vineyard), INDEX Club Oberon (Boston), 141 Sunapee), 571 294 Club Soda (Block Island), 473 Craigville Beach (Centerville), 213 DNA Gallery (Provincetown), Coast Guard Beach, 267 (Ipswich), 174, 186 259 Coatue Beach (Nantucket), 299 Crane Estate (Ipswich), 186 (Kennebunkport), Cockle Cove Beach (Chatham), (Ipswich), 609 236 186 Dolly Copp Campground (Mount Coggeshall Farm Museum Cranmore Mountain Resort Washington), 575 (Bristol), 440 (North Conway), 578 Dolphin Fleet/Portuguese College Hill (Providence), 430 Crawford Notch, 586–589 Princess, 257 College of the Atlantic (Bar Crescent Beach (Block Island), Dorset, 480–489 Harbor), 656 469 Dovetail Antiques (Sheffield), Colonial Lantern Tour Cressy's Beach (Gloucester), 174 338 (Plymouth), 192 Crime and safety, 56 Downeaster service, 49 Colonial Pemaquid, 628 Crocker Park (Marblehead), 162 Downhill skiing Colonial Theatre Cross-country skiing, 503, Attitash, 587 Boston, 141 507–508, 531, 550–551, Black Mountain, 583–584 Pittsfield, 355 575, 583 Bromley, 482 (Bristol), 440 Crown & Anchor (Provincetown), Butternut Basin, 340 The Comedy Studio 266 Cannon Mountain, 590–591 (Cambridge), 142 Crow's Nest (Gloucester), 176 Catamount Ski Area, 339 Common Ground Country Crystal Lake (Orleans), 242 Jay Peak, 550 Fair, 43 Cuddledown (Freeport), 624 Killington, 506, 507 Commonwealth Shakespeare Curious George & Friends Mad River Glen, 519–520 Company (Boston), 142 (Cambridge), 138 Mohawk Mountain Ski, 385 Community Boathouse Currier & Ives gallery Mount Snow, 490–491 (Burlington), 539 (Springfield), 322 , 571 Concord, 154–161 Customs regulations, 46 North Conway, 578 Concord Museum, 154, 156 Cutler Majestic Theatre (Boston), Pittsfield, 356–357 Connecticut Audubon Society, 139 Stowe, 530–531 boat trips, Stratton, 482 407 Sugarbush, 520–521 Connecticut College (New D Sunday River Ski Resort, London), 412 Daffodil Festival, 41 665–667 Connecticut River Museum Daggett House (Martha's Trapp Family Lodge Nordic (Essex), 407 Vineyard), 276 Ski Center, 530 Connecticut River Valley, Damariscotta, 628 the White Mountains, 575 406–411 Dane Gallery (Nantucket), 303 Wildcat, 584 Connecticut Science Center Darr Antiques and Interiors Woodstock, 503 (Hartford), 396–397 (Sheffield), 338 Downtown Crossing (Boston), 85 Connecticut Valley Historical Dartmouth (Hanover), 568 accommodations, 96–97 Museum (Springfield), 322 Dartmouth Winter Carnival shopping, 137 Connecticut Wine Trail, 383 (Hanover), 40, 567 Dr. Daniel Fisher House (Martha's Constitution, USS (Boston), 123 Daylight saving time, 677 Vineyard), 275 Copp's Hill Burying Ground Deacon John Grave House Drink (Boston), 144 (Boston), 123 (Madison), 403 Drinking laws, 674 Corner (Boston), 144 DeCordova Sculpture Park + Dr. Paul Dudley White Charles Cornerstone Building Museum (Lincoln), 158 River Bike Path (Cambridge), (Burlington), 539 Deerfield, 324 135 Corn Hill Beach (Truro), 250 Deerfield Academy, 333 Dr. Seuss National Memorial Cornish, 569 Deer Isle, 641–643 Sculpture Garden Corporation Beach (Dennis), 225 Delaware and Hudson Rail-Trail, (Springfield), 322–323 Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge 482 Dunkin' Donuts Center (Nantucket), 300, 303 DeLux Cafe (Boston), 145 (Providence), 438 Costantino's Venda Ravioli Dennis, 224–229 (Providence), 433 Derby House (Salem), 169 Cottage Museum (Martha's Devil's Hopyard State Park (East E Vineyard), 281 Haddam), 409 Eagle (sailing vessel, New Country Walkers, 64 Diana Kim England, Goldsmiths London, T), 412 Cove Gallery (Wellfleet), (Nantucket), 303–304 (Westport), 372 247–248 Dickinson, Emily, 32 (Bristol), 441 Covered Bridge Campground Museum: The Homestead and East Beach (Martha's Vineyard), (Mount Washington), 576 The Evergreens (Amherst), 277 Craftsbury Common, 546–547 331 Eastern Mountain Sports Dionis Beach (Nantucket), 299 (Settlers' Crossing), 574–575

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119_614341-bindex.indd9_614341-bindex.indd 683683 88/27/10/27/10 2:582:58 PMPM Eastern Promenade (Portland), Falmouth, 202–205 Flanders Nature Center 615 Falmouth-Edgartown Ferry (Woodbury), 378 Eastern Prom Pathway Service, 271–272 Flat Top Johnny's (Cambridge), (Portland), 615 Falmouth Heights, 202 145 Eastern Standard (Boston), 145 Falmouth Heights Beach, 204 Flax Pond (Brewster), 230

INDEX Eastern States Exhibition (West Falmouth Road Race, 203 Florence Griswold Museum (Old Springfield), 43 Families with children, 8–9, 58 Lyme), 410–411 East Gloucester, 177 Boston attractions, 126 The Flume (Franconia Notch), East Haddam, 409–410 itineraries, 72–74 590 Easton's Beach (Newport), 452 Faneuil Hall (Boston), 118, 123 Flying Horse Carousel (Watch Easy Street Cantina (Nantucket), Faneuil Hall Marketplace Hill), 463 314 (Boston), 84, 85, 118 Flying Horses Carousel (Martha's Eating and drinking, 34–36 accommodations, 92–93 Vineyard), 281 Echo Lake, 590 restaurants, 109–110 Flynt Center of Early American EcoTarium (Worcester), 316 shopping, 137 Life (Old Deerfield), 334 Edgartown Inn, 276 Farnsworth Art Museum Food and cuisine, 34–36 Edgartown (Martha's Vineyard) (Rockland), 631 Football, Boston, 134 accommodations, 283–285 Faulkner Park (Woodstock), 502 Forbes Library (Northampton), restaurants, 288–290 Federal Hill (Providence), 430, 326–327 stroll around, 275–276 433 Forest Beach (Chatham), 236 Edgartown Scrimshaw Gallery Federated Church. (Martha's State Park (Martha's Vineyard), 282 Vineyard), 276 (Newport), 452–453 The Edward Gorey House Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary Battlefield State (Yarmouth Port), 222 (Martha's Vineyard), 280 Park (Groton), 414 Egremont Country Club, 340 The Fenway (Boston), 86 Fort Hill (Eastham), 267 Electricity, 674 (Boston), 133 Fort Sewall (Marblehead), 162 Elizabeth Perkins House (York), The Field Gallery (Martha's Fort William Henry, 628 598 Vineyard), 282 Fort Williams Park (Portland), The Elms (Newport), 448 Figawi Sailboat Race, 41 616–617 Embargo (Hyannis), 219 Films, 32–33 The Fours (Boston), 145 Embassies and consulates, Finale (Boston), 140 Foxwoods Resort Casino 674–675 Financial District (Boston) (Mashantucket), 422–424 Emergencies, 675 accommodations, 96 Franconia Notch, 589–592 Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 32 restaurants, 109–110 Franconia Notch State Park, 590 House (Concord), 157 Finn's Fish Market (Block Island), Franklin, Benjamin, statue Emerson-Wilcox House (York), 472 (Boston), 122 598 First Church of Christ/Center Franklin County Bikeway's Emily Dickinson Museum Congregational Church (New Canalside Trail (Turners Falls), (Amherst), 331 Haven), 388 335 Endeavor Sailing Excursions First Congregational Church Freedom Cruise Line, 297 (Nantucket), 303 (Litchfield), 382 Freedom Trail (Boston), 121–124 Enfield Shaker Museum First Night, 45 Freedom Trail Players (Boston), (Hanover), 568 "First Period" houses (Ipswich), 121 Entry requirements, 45–47 186 Freeport, 623–627 Escorted tours, 62–63 First Public School, site of the Freeport Knife Co. (Freeport), Essex (CT), 406–408 (Boston), 122 624–625 Essex (MA), 173–174 Fishing, 61 Frelinghuysen Morris House & Essex National Heritage Area Block Island, 469 Studio (Lenox), 348 (MA), 161 Brewster, 231 Friendly Toast (Portsmouth), 561 Essex Steam Train (CT), 407 Chatham, 236 Frisbee golf (Mount Ethan Allen Express, 49 Dennis, 225 Washington), 583 Ethan Allen Homestead Museum Falmouth, 204–205 Frog Pond (Boston), 136 (Colchester), 539 Groton, 414 Frost, Robert, 476, 516, 591 Exchange Street (Portland), 615 Hyannis and environs, 214 Fryeburg Fair, 44 The Expedition Whydah Sea Manchester, 483 Lab & Learning Center Martha's Vineyard, 280 (Provincetown), 258 Mystic, 416 G Nantucket, 300 Gallery at Hallmark (Turners New London (CT), 414 Falls), 335 F Orleans, 242 Gasoline, 675 Fairbanks Museum, 549–550 Provincetown, 257 Gays and lesbians, 56–57 Fairfield County (Connecticut), Sandwich, 199 Northampton, 330 364–375 Truro, 251 Provincetown, 253, 256, 260, Fall foliage, 38–39 Wellfleet, 246–247 265 best places to see, 2–4 West Cornwall, 385 Geology, 30 North Adams, 362 Yarmouth, 222

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119_614341-bindex.indd9_614341-bindex.indd 684684 88/27/10/27/10 2:582:58 PMPM George B. Dorr Museum of Green Briar Nature Center & Jam Harvard Yard (Cambridge), 131 Natural History (Bar Kitchen (Sandwich), 199 Haskell Free Library & Opera

Harbor), 656 Green Mountain Club, 64, 65, House (Derby Line), 548 INDEX George Marshall Store (York), 530 Hatch Shell (Boston), 139 598 Grendel's Den (Cambridge), 146 Haunted Happenings (Salem), Georges Island (Boston), 135 Grews Pond (Falmouth), 204 167 George Walter Vincent Smith Art The Grey Lady (ferry), 296 Hawthorne, Nathaniel, Museum (Springfield), 322 Greylock, Mount, 360 32, 166, 276 Giardelli/Antonelli Studio Grolier Poetry Book Shop The House of the Seven Showroom (Provincetown), (Cambridge), 138 Gables (Salem), 168 259 Gropius House (Lincoln), 159 The Wayside (Concord), Giardia, 55 Groton, 414–415 157–158 Gibson House Museum (Boston), Grumpy's (Falmouth), 211 Haystack Mountain State Park 124 Guilford, 401–403 (Norfolk), 386 Gillette Castle State Park (East Guilford Welcome Center, 490 Head of the Charles Regatta Haddam), 409 (Boston), 44, 134 Glebe House (Woodbury), Head of the Meadow Beach 378–379 H (Truro), 267 Glen Ellis Falls, 582–583 Hadlyme, 409–410 Head of the Meadow Trail Gloucester, 174–180 Hadwen House (Nantucket), 300 (Truro), 251 Gloucester Fisherman (statue), Haight-Brown Vineyard Head of the Meadow (Truro), 251 177 (Litchfield), 382–383 Health concerns, 54–56 Gloucester Stage Company Half Moon Beach (Gloucester), Heard House Museum (Ipswich), (East Gloucester), 177 174 186 Golf , 182–183 Hedge House Museum Acadia National Park, 653 Hallmark Institute of (Plymouth), 192 Boston area, 135–136 Photography (Turners Falls), Henry Whitfield State Museum Brewster, 231 335 (Guilford), 402 Hyannis and environs, 214 Hammonasset Beach State Park Heritage Days (Salem), 167 Killington, 508 (Madison), 403 Heritage Museums and Gardens Martha's Vineyard, 280 Hancock, 357 (Sandwich), 199 Mount Desert Island, 667 Hancock-Clarke House Hermit Lake, 583 Truro, 251 (Lexington), 153 Herreshoff Marine Museum Gooch's Beach (Kennebunkport), Hancock Shaker Village (Bristol), 440 609 (Pittsfield), 356 Herring Cove (Provincetown), Goodspeed Opera House (East Hancock Wharf (York), 598 256 Haddam), 410 Hanover, 567–569 Herring Cove Beach (Newport), Harbor Sweets (Salem), 170 (Provincetown), 267 452 Hardings Beach (Chatham), 236 Higgins Armory Museum Goose Hummock Outdoor Hard Rock Cafe (Boston), 146 (Worcester), 316–317 Center (Orleans), 242 Hardwick, 546 Highland Center at Crawford Governor Bradford House Harlow Old Fort House Notch, 587 (Bristol), 440 (Plymouth), 192 Highland House Museum and Governor Bradford Harriet Beecher Stowe Center Highland Lighthouse (Truro), (Provincetown), 266 (Hartford), 397–398 251, 268 Gov. Henry Lippitt House Harry's (Hyannis), 219 Highland Light (Cape Cod Light; Museum (Providence), 431 Hartford, 395–401 Truro), 251, 268 Grafton, 497–499 Hartford Stage, 401 Highland Links (Truro), 251 Grafton Historical Society Harvard, John, statue Highland Lodge Ski Touring Museum, 498 (Cambridge), 131 Center (Greensboro), 551 Grafton Notch State Park, 666 Harvard Art Museum Hi-Hat (Providence), 438 Grafton Village Cheese Co., 498 (Cambridge), 129–130 Hiking and walking, 64 Granary Gallery at the Red Barn Harvard Book Store Acadia National Park, 653 (Martha's Vineyard), 282 (Cambridge), 138 Bash-Bish Falls State Park, Grays Beach (Yarmouth), 222 Harvard Coop (Cambridge), 339 Great Barrington, 339–343 131, 138 Baxter State Park, 673 Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz, Harvard Hall (Cambridge), 131 Camden Hills State Park, 636 42, 396 Harvard Lampoon Castle Channing Blake Meadow Great Falls Discovery Center (Cambridge), 132 Walk, 334 (Turners Falls), 335 Harvard Law School Crawford Notch, 587 Great Island, 247, 267 (Cambridge), 132 Lenox area, 351 Great Meadows National Wildlife Harvard Museum of Natural Manchester, 482–483 Refuge (Sudbury), 159 History (Cambridge), 127, 130 Monument Mountain, 340 Great Point (Nantucket), 303 Harvard Square (Cambridge), Mount Desert Island, 668 Great Salt Pond (Block Island), 127, 131, 138 Mount Mansfield, 531 464 Harvard University (Cambridge), Mount Tom, 502 128–130, 134 Mount Washington, 582

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119_614341-bindex.indd9_614341-bindex.indd 685685 88/27/10/27/10 2:582:58 PMPM Hiking and walking (cont.) International Festival of Arts & Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Purgatory Chasm State Park Ideas (New Haven), 388 Music Club (Boston), 142–143 (Sutton), 317 International Tennis Hall of Fame John Paul Jones House Stowe, 531 & Museum (Newport), 451 (Portsmouth), 556–557 the White Mountains, 575 Internet and e-mail access, Johnston Gate (Cambridge), 131

INDEX Hildene (Manchester), 481 65, 676 John Whipple House (Ipswich), Hinchman House Natural Science Ipswich, 186–187 186 Museum (Nantucket), 302 Iron Horse Music Hall John Wing Trail (Brewster), 231 Historical Society of Old (Northampton), 330 Jordan Pond (Acadia National Yarmouth, 222 Isabella Stewart Gardner Park), 652 Historic Deerfield Neighborhood Museum (Boston), 119 Joseph A. Sylvia State Beach Walking Tour, 333 Island Merchant (Hyannis), 219 (Martha's Vineyard), 277–278 Historic Hill (Old Quarter; Island Queen (Martha's Juice Bar (Nantucket), 314 Newport), 450 Vineyard), 271 Julie Heller Gallery Historic New England (Boston), Island Transport (Martha's (Provincetown), 259 125 Vineyard), 274 JVC Jazz Festival, 43 Historic Northampton Museum & Iswich Historical Society & Education Center, 327 Museums, 186 Historic tours, 62 Italian-American Feasts K History of New England, (Boston), 43 Kalmus Beach (Hyannisport), 213 5–7, 25–28 Itineraries, suggested, 68–79 Kancamagus Highway, 572 Hockey, Boston, 134 Ivoryton Playhouse, 406–407 Katahdin, Mount, 670, 671, Holidays, 675 673, 674 Holley-Williams House Katama Beach (South Beach, (Lakeville), 386 J Martha's Vineyard), 279–280 Holyoke Center (Cambridge), 131 Jabez Howland House Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Home Port (Martha's Vineyard), (Plymouth), 191–192 Center (Old Saybrook), 404 289 Jack's Boat Rentals (Wellfleet), Kayaking, 159, 204, 232 Hood Museum of Art (Hanover), 246 Keeler Tavern (Ridgefield), 374 568 Jackson, 575 K. E. Farm (Sturbridge), 319 Hopkins Center for the Arts Jackson Ski Touring Foundation, Kenmore Square (Boston), (Hanover), 568 583 86, 113–114 Hopkins Vineyard (New Preston), Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Kennebunk, 608 381 (Becket), 42, 346–347 Kennebunk Beach, 609 Horseback riding, 383, 469, 502 Jacques Cabaret (Boston), 146 Kennebunkport, 608–612 Hospitals, 675 Jams (Truro), 253 Kent, 384 Hot Tomato's (Hartford), 401 J. A. Skinner State Park, 326 , 384–385 Housatonic Meadows State Park Jay Peak, 550 Kidder Covered Bridge (West Cornwall), 385 Jazz Festival Newport, 446 (Grafton), 498 House of (Boston), 143 Jefferds Tavern (York), 598 Killington, 506–512 The House of the Seven Gables Jenney Pond (Plymouth), 190 King Hooper Mansion (Salem), 168 Jeremiah Lee Mansion/ (Marblehead), 164 H2O (Newport), 460 Marblehead Museum & King's Chapel (Boston), 122 Hulls Cove Visitor Center (Acadia Historical Society, 163–164 (Newport), 448 National Park), 649 Jerry Remy's Sports Bar & Grill Kittery, 594–601 Huntington Theatre (Boston), (Boston), 146 Kittery Historical & Naval 141 Jethro Coffin House (Nantucket), Museum, 596 Hyannis and environs, 212–219 302 Kittery Point, 597 Hyland House (Guilford), 402 Jetties Beach (Nantucket), 299 Knife Edge, 673 Hy-Line Cruises, 272, 296, 297 Jetties Sailing Center Hy-Line Harbor Cruises (Nantucket), 300 L (Hyannis), 214 Jiminy Peak (Hancock), 357 Joe's Beach Road Bar & Grille The Lady Killigrew Cafe (Turners (Orleans), 245 Falls), 335 I Jogging, Boston, 136 Lafayette House (Marblehead), Ice skating, 136, 431, 453 John Brown House (Providence), 162 Independent Film Festival, 41 430 La Gondola (Providence), 430 Indian Lands Conservation Trail John F. Kennedy Hyannis Lake Champlain Ferries, (Dennis), 225 Museum, 214 539–540 Infinity Music Hall & Bistro John F. Kennedy Library and Lake St. Catherine State Park, (Norfolk), 386 Museum (Boston), 119 483 In-line skating, Boston, 136 John F. Kennedy Park Lake Tashmoo Town Beach Institute for American Indian (Cambridge), 133 (Martha's Vineyard), 278 Studies (Washington), 380 John Harvard's Brew House Lakeville, 385–386 Institute of Contemporary Art, (Cambridge), 146 State Park, 381 118–119 Lamppost (Martha's Vineyard), 294

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Lane, Fitz Henry, 178 259 beaches, 276–280 INDEX The Lansdowne Bar & Grill (New Madison, 403–404 car passage to, 272 Haven), 395 Mad River Glen, 519–520 getting around, 273–275 Ledyard Canoe Club (Hanover), Mad River Valley, 519–523 museums and historic 568 Magnolia, 173 landmarks, 281–282 Lee, 346–348 Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center nightlife, 294 Lee, Ann, 357 (Great Barrington), 343 organized tours and cruises, Left Bank Gallery (Essex), 407 Mahogany Shoals (Block Island), 282 Legal aid, 676 473 outdoor activities, 280 Lenox, 348–355 Mahoosuc Range, 574 restaurants, 288–293 Lexington, 150–154 Mail, 676 shopping, 282–283 Lexington Historical Society, Maine Audubon Society, 59 traveling to, 270–273 152–153 Maine Boatbuilders Show, 40 visitor information, 275 Liam Maguire's Irish Pub Maine coast, suggested itinerary, Martha's Vineyard Agricultural (Falmouth), 211 78–79 Fair, 43 Liberty Ride (Lexington), 152 Maine Island Kayak Co., 64 Martha's Vineyard Airport, 273 Lighthouses, Cape Cod National Maine Lobster Festival Martha's Vineyard Glass Works, Seashore, 268 (Rockland), 42, 630–631 282 Line of Battle Boulder Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Martha's Vineyard Hospital, 275 (Lexington), 152 Co. & Museum (Portland), 616 The Martha's Vineyard Museum, Linnell Landing Beach Maine State Information Center 281 (Brewster), 230 (Yarmouth), 623 Martha's Vineyard Regional Litchfield, 382–384 Maine Windjammer Association, Transit Authority, 274 The Litchfield Hills, 376–387 632 Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Litchfield History Museum, 382 Manchester, 480–489 Research Center, 423 L.L.Bean (Freeport), 625 Manchester-by-the-Sea, 173 Hall (Cambridge), Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Manchester Center, 480–489 131 Museum (Norwalk), 369 Mangy Moose (Freeport), 626 Massachusetts Museum of Logan Airport (Boston), Mansfield, Mount, 528, 531 Contemporary Art (MASS accommodations near, 93, 96 Mansion Beach (Block Island), MoCA; North Adams), 362 Lola Burger (Nantucket), 314 469 Massachusetts State House Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 32 Manuel F. Correllus State Forest (Boston), 122 Longfellow National Historic Site (Martha's Vineyard), 278 Mayflower Beach (Dennis), 225 (Cambridge), 130 Map Adventures, 64 Mayflower House Museum Long Point (Provincetown), Maple-sugaring demonstrations (Plymouth), 192 256, 257 (Sturbridge), 319 Mayflower II (Plymouth), Long Point Lighthouse Maps, 676 188, 190 (Provincetown), 257, 268 Marblehead, 161–165 Mayo Beach (Wellfleet), 246 Long Point Wildlife Refuge Marblehead Arts Association & The Maze (Block Island), 468 (Martha's Vineyard), 280 Gallery, 164 Mead Art Museum (Amherst), Long Sands Beach (York Beach), Marblehead Museum & Historical 331 598 Society, 163–164 Me and Ollie's (Portsmouth), 561 Long Wharf Theatre (New Marblehead Neck, 162 Megunticook, Mount, 636 Haven), 395 (Newport), 449 Meigs Point Nature Center Look Memorial Park (Florence), The Marble Works (Middlebury), (Madison), 403 327 516 Melville, Herman, Arrowhead Lowell, 172 Marconi Beach (Wellfleet), (Pittsfield), 355 Lowell National Historical Park 246, 267 Memorial Church (Cambridge), Visitor Center, 172 Marconi Wireless Station (South 132 The Lower Cape, 229–245 Wellfleet), 268 Memorial Hall (Cambridge), 132 Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel Marginal Way (Ogunquit), 602 Memorial to the Lexington (Providence), 438 The Maria Mitchell Association Minutemen, 152 Lyman Allyn Museum of Art (Nantucket), 300, 302 Menauhant Beach (Falmouth), (New London, CT), 413 Marine Specialties 204 Lyme disease, 55 (Provincetown), 259 Menemsha Beach (Martha's Lyme Street (Old Lyme), 410 The Maritime Aquarium at Vineyard), 278 Norwalk, 369–370 (Martha's Market Square Day, 41 Vineyard), 280 M Mark Twain House & Museum The Mid-Cape, 211–229 McGovern's Yellow Kittens (Hartford), 398 Midcoast Maine, 623–629 (Block Island), 473 Marlboro, 490 Middlebury, 514–519 Madaket Beach (Nantucket), Marlboro Music Festival, 42, 490 Middlebury College, 516 299–300 Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller The Middle East (Boston), National Historic Park 143–144 (Woodstock), 502

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119_614341-bindex.indd9_614341-bindex.indd 687687 88/27/10/27/10 2:582:58 PMPM Middle Road (Martha's Mr. Dooley's Boston Tavern, 146 New Bedford, 187 Vineyard), 278 MTA Metro North Railroad, 53 New Bedford Whaling Museum, Mike's Pastry (Boston), 128 Mudville Pub (Newport), 460 187 Mile of History (Providence), Mugar Omni Theater (Boston), New Bedford Whaling National 430 120 Historical Park, 187

INDEX Minute Man National Historical Munjoy Hill (Portland), 615 Newburyport, 184–185 Park, 152, 158 Munroe Tavern (Lexington), 153 Newburyport Whale Watch, 185 Minuteman statue (Lexington), Museum of African American New England Aquarium 152 History (Boston), 119–120, 122 (Boston), 121, 126 Minute Man Visitor Center Museum of Art at the Rhode New England Hiking Holidays, 64 (Lexington), 152 Island School of Design New England Patriots (Foxboro), Misquamicut State Beach, 463 (Providence), 431 134 Mission House (Stockbridge), Museum of Fine Arts The Newes from America 344 Boston, 120 (Martha's Vineyard), 276 Mitchell House (Nantucket), 302 Springfield, 322 New Harbor, 628 Mobile phones, 65 Museum of Newport History, 451 New Haven, 387–395 Moda Fina (Provincetown), 259 Museum of Science (Boston), New Haven Green, 388 Moffatt-Ladd House & Garden 120 New London Barn Playhouse (Portsmouth), 557 Museum of Springfield History, (NH), 571 Mohawk Mountain Ski (West 322 New London (CT), 412–414 Cornwall), 385 Museum of Yachting (Newport), New London (NH), 571 Mohegan Sun (Uncasville), 453 New Milford, 376–378 423–424 Music, 33 Newport Art Museum (RI), 451 Mojo's (Provincetown), 265 The Music Hall (Portsmouth), 563 Newport Blues Cafe (RI), 460 Monadnock, Mount, 564 Music on the Green (New Newport Folk Festival (RI), , 564 Haven), 388 43, 446 Money and costs, 53–54 Mystic, 411, 415–420 Newport Gulls (RI), 460 Monhegan Island, 623 Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Newport (NH), 570 Monomoy Islands, 237 Exploration, 416 Newport (RI), 442–460 Montague Book Mill (Turners Mystic Seaport, 415, 416–417 accommodations, 454–456 Falls), 335 Mystic Seaport Chowderfest, 44 nightlife, 460 Montague Mill (Turners Falls), Mystic Whaler Cruises, 416 outdoor activities, 452–453 335 parking and getting around, Montpelier, 524–528 446 Monument Mountain, 340 N restaurants, 457–460 Morris Island, 237 Naismith Memorial Basketball shopping, 453–454 Moshup Trail (Martha's Hall of Fame (Springfield), sights and attractions, Vineyard), 279 321–322 446–452 Motif No. 1 (Rockport), 181 Nantucket, 294–314 tours and cruises, 453 The Mount, Edith Wharton Nantucket Conservation traveling to, 443 Restoration (Lenox), 349 Foundation, 300 visitor information, 446 Mountain Meadows Cross Nantucket Film Festival, 41 Newport (VT), 547 Country & Snow Shoe Area Nantucket Life-Saving Museum, Newport Waterfront Irish (Killington), 507–508 302 Festival (RI), 446 Mountain Road (Rte. 108; Napatree Point, 462 New Preston, 380–382 Stowe), 528 Narragansett, 460–462 Newspapers and magazines, Mountain Top Nordic Ski & Narragansett Pier, 461 65–66 Snowshoe Center (Killington), National Heritage Museum New Year's Eve, 45 508 (Lexington), 153 Nichols House Museum (Boston), Mount Auburn Cemetery National Hotel (Block Island), 124 (Cambridge), 130–131 473 , 230, 232 Mount Desert Island, 646–665. National Monument to the Norfolk, 386–387 See also Acadia National Park; Forefathers (Plymouth), 190 Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Bar Harbor National Yiddish Book Center 386 State (Amherst), 331 Norman Rockwell Museum Reservation, 360 Natural History Tours (Martha's (Stockbridge), 345 College (South Vineyard), 282 North Adams, 362–363 Hadley), 326 The Nature Conservancy, 59–60 Northampton, 326–330 Mount Hope Farm (Bristol), 440 Naumkeag (Stockbridge), Northampton Independent Film The Mount Monadnock region, 344–345 Festival, 44 563–569 Nauset Beach (Orleans), 242 North Beach (Chatham), 236 Mount Snow, 489–491 Nauset Light, 268 North Bridge Visitor Center Mount Sunapee State Park, 571 Nauset Light Beach, 267 (Concord), 158 Mount Washington Auto Road, Nauset Marsh Trail (Eastham), North Conway, 576–581 582 267 Northeast Harbor, 661–662 Mount Washington Cog Railway Nectar's (Martha's Vineyard), The Northeast Kingdom, (Bretton Woods), 588 294 546–552

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119_614341-bindex.indd9_614341-bindex.indd 688688 88/27/10/27/10 2:582:58 PMPM The North End (Boston), 85 Old Speck Lake, 668 Peabody Essex Museum (Salem), restaurants, 108–109 Old Speck Mountain, 666, 668 166, 168

shopping, 137 Old State House (Hartford), 398 Peabody Museum of INDEX The North End (Cambridge), 128 Old State House Museum Archaeology & Ethnology North Lighthouse (Block Island), (Boston), 123 (Cambridge), 130 468 Old Sturbridge Village, 319–320 Peabody Museum of Natural North of Boston Convention & The Old Tavern at Grafton, 498 History (New Haven), 389–390 Visitors Bureau (Revere), 161 Old Town House (Marblehead), Pemaquid Beach, 628 North Shore Arts Association 162 Pemaquid Peninsula, 627–630 (East Gloucester), 177 Old Town (Marblehead), 162 Pemaquid Point, 628 North Stonington, 421 Old Town Trolley Tours (Boston), Penobscot River, 673 North Trail (Brewster), 231 125 The Perfect Storm, 176 Norwalk, 369–371 Old Whaling (Martha's Periwinkle Studio (Martha's Norwalk Seaport Oyster Festival, Vineyard), 275 Vineyard), 282 43, 369 Old York Historical Society Perkins Cove (Ogunquit), 602 Norwottuck Rail Trail, 331–332 (York), 598 Peterborough, 563–567 Nubble Light, 598 Olmsted, Frederick Law, Peter Pan Bus Lines, 273, 325 124, 327, 382, 542, 635 Peterson Farm (Falmouth), 205 Olson House (Rockland), 631–632 Petrol, 675 O On-Time ferry, 274–275 Pets, traveling with, 59 Oak Bar (Boston), 146 Opera Providence, 438 Pickering Wharf (Salem), 170 Oak Bluffs Town Beach (Martha's Orchard House (Concord), 157 Pilgrim Hall Museum (Plymouth), Vineyard), 278–279 Orleans, 230, 241–245 190–191 Ocean Beach Park (New London, Orrin Keyes Beach (Hyannis), 213 Pilgrim Memorial State Park CT), 414 Orvis (Manchester), 483, 489 (Plymouth), 190 Ocean Drive (Kennebunkport), Otis House Museum (Boston), Pilgrim Monument 609 124 (Provincetown), 258 October Mountain State Forest, Otter Cliffs (Acadia National Pilgrim Spring Trail (Truro), 251 347, 351 Park), 652 Pinkham Notch, 582–583 Offshore Ale Company (Martha's Otter Creek Brewing Co. Pinkham Notch Visitor Center Vineyard), 294 (Middlebury), 516 (Mount Washington), 581 Ogunquit, 602–607 The Outer Cape, 245–268 The Pioneer Valley, 324–335 Ogunquit Museum of American Owen Park Beach (Martha's Pittsfield, 355–358 Art, 602–603 Vineyard), 279 , 356 Ogunquit Playhouse, 603–604 Owls Head Transportation Plaine's Bike, Ski & Snowboard Oktoberfest (Newport), 446 Museum (Rockland), 632 (Pittsfield), 356 Old Belfry (Lexington), 152 Oyster Pond Beach (Chatham), Pleasant Street Theater Old Bennington, 475 236 (Northampton), 330 Old burying ground Pleasant Valley Wildlife (Bennington), 476 Sanctuary (Lenox), 351 Old Corner Bookstore Building P Plimoth Plantation (Plymouth), (Boston), 122 Paines Creek Beach (Brewster), 191 Old Deerfield, 333–334 230 The Plough & Stars (Cambridge), Old Gaol (York), 598 Palace Theatre (Stamford), 369 146 Old Granary Burying Ground Pamet Trail (Truro), 251, 267 Plum Island, 185 (Boston), 122 Paper House (Rockport), 182 Plymouth, 188–194 Old Harbor (Block Island), 464 Paradise Hill (Acadia National Plymouth Antiquarian Society, Old Harbor Lifesaving Station Park), 651 192 (Provincetown), 267–268 Parasailing, 469 Plymouth Rock, 190 Old King's Highway (Rte. 6A), Parker River National Wildlife Point Judith Lighthouse 212 Refuge, 185 (Narragansett), 461 Old Lighthouse Museum Parker's River Beach (Yarmouth), Poison ivy, 55 (Stonington), 421 222 Police, 677 Old Lyme, 410–411 Park Loop Road (Acadia Polly Hill Arboretum (Martha's (Concord), National Park), 650 Vineyard), 280 156–157 Park Street Church (Boston), 122 Polpis Road bike path Old North Church (Boston), 123 Parnassus Books (Yarmouth (Nantucket), 300 Old Port Festival, 41 Port), 223 Pond & Beyond (Block Island), Old Port (Portland), 615 Parson Fisher House (Blue Hill), 469 Old Revolutionary Monument 644 Pops Goes the Summer, 43 (Lexington), 152 Passports, 45, 676–677 Porter Square Books Old Saybrook, 404–405 Patriot's Day, 40–41, 152 (Cambridge), 138 Old Sculpin Gallery (Martha's Paul Revere House (Boston), Portland, 612–623 Vineyard), 276 123, 124 Portland Head Light & Museum, Old Silver Beach (Falmouth), 204 Pawtucket Red Sox Baseball at 616 Old South Meeting House McCoy Stadium (Providence), Portland Museum of Art, 617 (Boston), 122–123 431 Portland Observatory, 615

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INDEX Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (Kittery), 596 R Sachem Pond (Block Island), Post Office Café and Cabaret Rabies, 55 468 (Provincetown), 266 Race Point Beach (Cape Cod Saddle Trail, 673 Precipice Trail (Acadia National National Seashore), 267 Sailing, Boston, 136 Park), 651 Race Point (Provincetown), 256 Saint-Gaudens National Historic Preservation Society of Newport Rachel Carson Salt Pond Site (Cornish), 569 County, 447 Preserve, 628 St. Johnsbury, 546, 549 President Calvin Coolidge State Rackliffe Pottery (Blue Hill), 644 St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 550 Historic Site (Plymouth, VT), Rain SoNo (South Norwalk), 371 St. Peter's Fiesta (Gloucester), 508 Ralph Waldo Emerson House 176 Presidential Range, 572 (Concord), 157 Salem, 165–172 The Press Room (Portsmouth), Red (Boston), 133 Salem Haunted Happenings, 44 563 Regattabar (Cambridge), 143 Salem Maritime Festival, 167 Pride March (Northampton), 326 Regions in brief, 19–21 Salem Maritime National Historic Providence, 425–438 Responsible tourism, 59–61 Site, 168–169 accommodations, 433–434 Restaurants, best, 12–15 Salem Trolley, 166 exploring, 430–432 Philharmonic Salem Willows, 168 getting around, 428 (Providence), 438 Salem Witch Museum, 169–170 nightlife, 438 Rhode Island State House Salisbury, 385–386 restaurants, 434–438 (Providence), 432 Sanders Theatre (Cambridge), traveling to, 428 Richards Free Library (Newport), 139 visitor information, 428 570 Sandwich, 195–202 Providence Athenaeum, Rich Forum (Stamford), 369 Sandwich Boardwalk, 199 431–432 Ridgefield, 374–375 Sandwich Glass Museum, 199 Providence City Hall, 430 Ridgevale Beach (Chatham), 236 Sandy Neck (Barnstable), 220 Providence Performing Arts The Ritz Cafe (Martha's Sandy Neck Beach (Sandwich), Center, 438 Vineyard), 294 198 Providence Place, 432 Riverfront Plaza (Hartford), 396 Santarella (Tyringham), 347 Province Lands Trail, 256, 267 RiverQuest (Haddam), 410 Savoy Theater (Montpelier), 524 Province Lands Visitor Center Roadhouse Café (Hyannis), 219 Scarborough State Beach, 461 of the Cape Cod National Robert Frost Memorial Trail Scargo Lake (Dennis), 225 Seashore (Provincetown), (Middlebury), 516 Scargo Stoneware Pottery and 258 Robert Gould Shaw Memorial Art Gallery (Dennis), 226 Province Lands Visitor Center (Boston), 121 Schooner Festival (Gloucester), (Provincetown), 256 Robert Hull Fleming Museum 176 Provincetown, 253–266 (Burlington), 540 Science Center (Cambridge), 132 accommodations, 259–262 Rock Harbor (Orleans), 242 Science Library (Nantucket), 302 beaches, 256 Rockland, 623, 630–635 Scotch Beach (Block Island), 469 getting around, 256 Rockport, 180–182, 623, 636 Screw Auger Falls, 666 nature trails, 257 Rockport Art Association, 182 Scullers Jazz Club (Boston), 143 nightlife, 265–266 Rockport Chamber Music Seagull Beach (Yarmouth), 222 outdoor activities, 256–257 Festival, 181 Seal Harbor, 661 restaurants, 262–265 Rocky Neck Art Colony (East Seal-watching cruises shopping, 259 Gloucester), 177 (Chatham), 237 takeout & picnic fare, 265 Rocky Neck State Park (Old Seamen's Bethel (New Bedford), tours and cruises, 257–258 Lyme), 411 187 traveling to, 254–256 Rodman's Hollow (Block Island), Seaside No. 1 Fire House visitor information, 256 468 Museum (Manchester-by-the- Provincetown Art Association & Roger Williams Park Zoo Sea), 173 Museum, 258–259 (Providence), 432 Seaside Trail (Chatham), 237 Provincetown Arts Festival, 43 Rose and Crown (Nantucket), Seasons, 37–40 Provincetown Film Festival, 42 314 Seawall (Acadia National Park), Provincetown Museum, 258 (Newport), 449 654 Prudential Center Skywalk Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Secret Garden Tour (Newport), (Boston), 127 Garden Museum (New 446 Public Garden (Boston), 124 Bedford), 187 Senior travel, 58–59 Punkhorn Park Lands (Brewster), (Newport), 450 Settler's Rock (Block Island), 231–232 Rowing, Boston, 134 468 Purgatory Chasm State Park Royale Boston (Boston), 142 Shakespeare & Company (Sutton), 317 (Lenox), 350

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119_614341-bindex.indd9_614341-bindex.indd 690690 88/27/10/27/10 2:582:58 PMPM Shake the Tree (Boston), 138 Southern Maine coast, 594–612 Strawbery Banke (Portsmouth), Shalin Liu Performance Center Southern Vermont Art & Craft 558

(Rockport), 181 Fair, 43 Sturbridge, 319–321 INDEX Shawme-Crowell State Forest Southern Vermont Art Center Submarine Force Library and (Sandwich), 199 (Manchester), 481–482 Museum (Groton), 415 Shea Theater (Turners Falls), 335 South Hadley, 326 Sugarbush ski resort, 519–521 Sheffield, 336, 338 South Road (Martha's Vineyard), Suicide Six (Woodstock), 503 Sheffield Island, 370 278 Summer, 38 Shelburne Museum, 540 South Station Transportation, 82 Summit House (South Hadley), Sherwood Island State Park, 372 South Trail (Brewster), 231 326 Shining Sea Bicycle Path South Turner Mountain, 673 Sunapee, Lake, 570–571 (Falmouth), 204 Southwest Harbor, 662 Sunapee Harbor, 571 Shore Path (Bar Harbor), 656 Sovereign Bank Family Skating Sunday River Mountain Bike Short Sands Beach (York Beach), Center (Newport), 453 Park, 667 598 Sparrow House (Plymouth), 191 Sunday River Road, 667 Shubert Performing Arts Center Special-interest trips, 61–62 Sunday River Ski Resort, (New Haven), 394 Spectacle Island (Boston), 135 665–667 (Boston), The Spirit of Ethan Allen III Sunshine, 642 140, 141 (Burlington), 540 Surf Drive Beach (Falmouth), 204 Siasconset (Nantucket), 294 Spooner House (Plymouth), 192 Surfside Beach (Nantucket), 300 Siasconset ('Sconset) Beach Sprague Memorial Hall (New Susan Silver (Sheffield), 338 (Nantucket), 300 Haven), 395 Sustainable tourism, 59–61 Sieur de Monts Spring (Acadia Spring, 39–40 Swan Boats (Boston), 124 National Park), 651 Springfield, 321–324 Sweeney Concert Hall Silvertone Bar & Grill (Boston), Springfield Museums at the (Northampton), 330 147 Quadrangle, 322 Symphony Hall (Boston), 139 Simons IMAX Theatre (Boston), Springfield Science Museum, 322 Symphony Hall (Springfield), 324 121 Springfield Symphony Orchestra, Singing Beach (Manchester-by- 324 the-Sea), 173, 174 Spring Hill Tavern (Portsmouth), T Six Flags New England 563 Tanglewood Music Festival, (Agawam), 322 Spring Shearing, 41 42, 350 The '62 Center for Theatre and , 377 Tao Water Art Gallery (West Dance (Williamstown), 361 Stage Fort Park (Gloucester), 177 Barnstable), 215 Skaket Beach (Orleans), 242 Stamford, 366–369 Tapping Reeve House and Law Sleeper-McCann House Stamford Center for the Arts, School (Litchfield), 382 (Beauport; Gloucester), 177 369 The Tarn (Acadia National Park), Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Stamford Museum & Nature 651 (Concord), 157 Center, 367 Taste of Hartford, 41 Small Swamp Trail (Truro), 251 State Beach (Martha's Vineyard), Tauck World Discovery, 62 Smith College Museum of Art 276 Taxes, 677 (Northampton), 327 State House (Montpelier), 526 Tazza Caffe (Providence), 438 Smith College (Northampton), Steamship Authority, 270, 295, TD Garden (Boston), 134, 141 326, 327 296–271 Telecharge (Boston), 139 Smoking, 677 Steep Rock Reservation, 379 Telephones, 66, 677 Smugglers' Notch, 528 Sterling and Francine Clark Art Thanksgiving Celebration, 44 Somes Sound, 646 Institute (Williamstown), 359 Theater District (Boston), 141 Something Natural (Nantucket), Stinson Neck, 642 accommodations, 98 314 Stockbridge, 343–346 restaurants, 110–112 SoNo Caffeine (South Norwalk), Stonington (CT), 412, 420–422 Theatre Workshop of Nantucket, 371 Stonington (ME), 641–643 314 South Beach (Chatham), 236 Stonington Point, 421 Theodore's Booze, Blues & BBQ South Beach (Katama Beach, Stonington Vineyards, 421 (Springfield), 324 Martha's Vineyard), 279–280 Story Land, 584 Thomas Cooke House (Martha's South Boston Waterfront/ Stowe, 528–536 Vineyard), 281–282 Seaport District, 85 Stowe Derby, 40 Thomas E. Lannon (schooner), South Congregational Church Stowe gondola, 531 178 (Kennebunkport), 609 Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 32 Thomas Griswold House South County (Rhode Island), Center (Hartford), 397–398 (Guilford), 402 460 Stowe Mountain Resort, 530–531 Thompson Island Information Southeast Lighthouse (Block Stowe Mountain Resort Cross- Center (Acadia National Park), Island), 468 Country Touring Center, 531 649 South Egremont, 338–339 Stowe Recreation Path, 531 Thoreau, Henry David, 32, 159 South End (Boston), 86 Stowe Winter Carnival, 530 Thorne's Marketplace accommodations, 98–101 Stratton Mountain Ski Resort, (Northampton), 328 restaurants, 112 482 Thos. Moser Cabinetmakers (Freeport), 626

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119_614341-bindex.indd9_614341-bindex.indd 691691 88/27/10/27/10 2:582:58 PMPM Thunder Hole (Acadia National University of Vermont Warren, 519 Park), 652 (Burlington), 538 Washburn Island, 205 Ticketmaster (Boston), 139 The Upper Cape, 195–211 Washington, Mount, 572, 581–586 Time zones, 677 Upper Deck Trolley Tours Washington and Washington Tipping, 677 (Boston), 125 Depot, 379–380

INDEX Titanic, 416 USA Rail Pass, 50 Point (Chappaquiddick), Toad (Cambridge), 144 U.S. Coast Guard Academy (New 280 Toad's Place (New Haven), 395 London, CT), 412 Watch Hill, 462–464 Toilets, 678 U.S. National Toboggan Waterbury, 524, 526–528 Top of the Hub (Boston), 147 Championships, 40 WaterFire Providence, 432 , 383 USS Constitution Museum The Waterfront (Boston), 85 Tourism, 27–28 (Boston), 123 accommodations, 92–93 Touro Park (Newport), 451 restaurants, 105 (Newport), The Waterfront (Burlington), 539 451–452 V Waterplace Park & River walk The Towers (Narragansett), 461 Ventfort Hall (Lenox), 350–351 (Providence), 430 Town Neck Beach (Sandwich), Vermont Bicycle Touring, 64 Watersports. See specific 198 Vermont Canoe Touring Center destinations and sports Trader Vic's (Block Island), 473 (near Brattleboro), 494 The Wayside (Concord), 157–158 Train travel, 49–50, 53 Vermonter train service, 49 Wedding Cake House Transportation, 50–53 Vermont Folklife Center (Kennebunk), 608 Trask House (Manchester-by- (Middlebury), 515 Wellfleet, 245–250 the-Sea), 173 Vermont Historical Society Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, Traveling to New England, 47–50 Museum (Montpelier), 526 237, 247 Travel insurance, 56 Vermont Quilt Festival, 42 Wellfleet Drive-In Theater, 250 Tree Canopy Walkway Vermont State Fair (Rutland), Wellfleet Harbor Actors' Theatre, (Worcester), 316 43, 512–513 250 Trenton, 648 Veterans Beach (Hyannis), 214 Wentworth-Gardner House Trinity Brewhouse (Providence), Victoria Mansion (Portland), 617 (Portsmouth), 558 438 Vincent House Museum West Chop Woods (Martha's Trinity Church (Newport), 450 (Martha's Vineyard), 275 Vineyard), 280 Trinity Episcopal Church (New Vineyard Fast Ferry, 272–273 West Cornwall, 385 Haven), 388 Vineyard Historic Walking Tour West Dennis Beach, 225 Trinity Park Tabernacle (Martha's (Martha's Vineyard), 275 West Dover, 489 Vineyard), 281 Vineyard Museum (Martha's West End breakwater Trinity Repertory Company Vineyard), 275–276 (Provincetown), 257 (Providence), 438 The Vineyard Playhouse Westerly, 462–464 Triplex Cinema (Great (Martha's Vineyard), 294 Western Maine, 665–670 Barrington), 343 Visas, 45–46, 678 West Pawlet, 482–483 Trolley tours, Boston, 125 Visitor information, 678 Westport, 372–374 Truro, 250–253 Vixen (Provincetown), 266 Westport Country Playhouse, 374 Truro Vineyard of Cape Cod, 252 Whale Center of New England T. T. the Bear's Place W (Gloucester), 179 (Cambridge), 144 Wadsworth Atheneum Museum Whale-watching, 126, 179, 185, Tuckerman Ravine, 583 of Art (Hartford), 398–399 257, 416, 461 Tuckerman Ravine Trail (Mount Wadsworth House (Cambridge), Whaling Church (Martha's Washington), 582 131 Vineyard), 294 Turners Falls, 324, 334–335 Wadsworth-Longfellow House & Whaling City Express (ferry), 272 Twain, Mark, 32 Center for Maine History Whaling Museum (Nantucket), House & Museum (Hartford), (Portland), 617–618 302–303 398 Waitsfield, 519 White Crest Beach (Wellfleet), Twin Mountain, 586, 587 Wakeby Pond (Sandwich), 198 246 State Reservation, White-Ellery House (Gloucester), U 159 178 Walkers Point (Kennebunkport), White Memorial Foundation Umbagog, Lake, 666 (near Litchfield), 383 Uncle Tim's Bridge (Wellfleet), 609 Wally's Cafe (Boston), 143 White Mountain National Forest, 247 572–576 United Congregational (New (Boston), 141 Wang YMCA of Chinatown White Mountains, suggested Haven), 388 itinerary, 77 United House Wrecking (Boston), 136 Waquoit Bay National Estuarine The White Mountains, 572–592 (Stamford), 367 White-water rafting, Baxter University Gallery (Amherst), 331 Research Reserve (WBNERR; East Falmouth), 205 State Park, 673 University Hall (Cambridge), 131 Wickford Art Festival, 42 University of Massachusetts Fine Waramaug, Lake, 380–382 Warner House (Portsmouth), 558 Widener Library (Cambridge), Arts Center (Amherst), 331 131–132 (Boston), 142

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119_614341-bindex.indd9_614341-bindex.indd 692692 88/27/10/27/10 2:582:58 PMPM Wild Blueberry Festival, 43 Wood End Lighthouse Yale Repertory Theatre (New Wildcat, 584 (Provincetown), 257, 268 Haven), 394–395

Wildcat Express, 583 Woodman's of Essex, 173 Yale University (New Haven), INDEX Williams College Museum of Art Woods Hole Oceanographic 388–390 (Williamstown), 359 Institution Exhibit Center and Yale University Art Gallery (New Williamstown, 359–362 Gift Shop, 205–206 Haven), 390 Williamstown Theater Festival, Woods Hole Science Aquarium, Yankee Candle Village (South 42, 361–362 206 Deerfield), 334 Willoughby, Lake, 548 Woodstock (Vermont), 499 Yarmouth, 221–224 Wilmington, 489–493 Woodstock Green, 500 Yarmouth Port, 221 Windjammer Days, 42 Woodstock Historical Society, Ye Olde Burying Ground Windjammer tours, 632 500 (Lexington), 152 Windjammer Weekend, 43 Woolsey Hall (New Haven), 395 Yin Yu Tang (Salem), 168 Windsurfing, Falmouth, 205 Worcester, 316–318 York, 594, 597–598 Windswept Cranberry Bog Worcester Art Museum, 317 York Beach, 594, 596, 598 (Nantucket), 300 York Harbor, 594 Wingaersheek Beach The Yorks, 594–601 (Gloucester), 174 X York Village, 594, 597 Wing Building (Burlington), 539 XL Center (Hartford), 401 Winslow Crocker House (Yarmouth Port), 222–223 Y Winter, 39 Z Yale Center for British Art (New ZuZu (Cambridge), 144 Wiscasset, 623 Haven), 390 Witch trials, Salem, 169 Yale-Harvard Regatta, 41 Woodbury, 378–379

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