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Agamont Park (Bar Harbor, Appalachian Mountain Club, AAA (American Automobile ME), 352 45–47, 224 Association), 65 AirAmbulanceCard.com, 27 , 3 AARP, 28 Airfares, 31–32, 38–40 , 369, 374, 388 Abacus American Crafts (Port- discounts for international Vermont, 131 land, ME), 297 visitors, 63 Area codes, 55 Abbe Museum (Bar Harbor, Airlines, 36–37, 50 Arethusa Falls (NH), 243–244 ME), 346, 352 international, 63 Arlington (VT), 89 Abenaki Tower (near package deals, 42 Art galleries, Portsmouth (NH), Wolfeboro, NH), 222 Airport security, 37–38 199 Abraham, Mount (VT), 146 Allagash Canoe Trips (ME), Asticou Terraces (Northeast Abram, Mount (ME), 373–374 44, 382 Harbor, ME), 360 Acadia National Park (ME), 4, Allagash River (ME), 390 The Athenaeum (St. Johnsbury, 6, 7, 260, 341–349 Allagash Wilderness Outfitters VT), 181 avoiding crowds in, 344 (Greenville, ME), 390 ATMs (automated teller entry points and fees, Allagash Wilderness Waterway machines), 18–19, 55 344 (ME), 390 for international visitors, guided tours, 344 Allen, Ethan, 169 61–62 outdoor activities, 348–349 Amaryllis Clothing Co. (Port- Attitash Bear Peak (NH), 243 ranger programs, 345 land, ME), 297 Autumn, 20 seasons, 345 American Automobile Associa- foliage viewing, 20 transportation, 343–344 tion (AAA), 65 best places to see, 4–6 traveling to, 343 American Express, 55 Avis Rent a Car, for customers visitor centers and informa- traveler’s checks, 19 with special needs, 27 tion, 344–345 American Foundation for the Access-Able Travel Source, 27 Blind (AFB), 27 Access America, 24 American Independence Back Cove Pathway (Port- Accessible Journeys, 27 Museum (Exeter, NH), 188 land, ME), 289 Accommodations American Museum of Fly Fish- Backpacking best ing (Manchester), 1, 91 Baxter State Park (ME), 388 alternative accommoda- American Precision Museum Long Trail (VT), 81 tions, 12–13 (Windsor, VT), 126 Bailey Works (Portsmouth, NH), bed & breakfasts, 11 Amoskeag Fishways (Manches- 199 country inns, 10–11 ter, NH), 201–202 Baker Memorial Library moderately priced, 12 Amtrak, 41, 50, 64 (Hanover, NH), 216 resorts, 9–10 Androscoggin River (ME), 374 The Baker’s Store (Norwich, money-savingCOPYRIGHTED tips, 18, Androscoggin River (NH), 226 MATERIALVT), 126 52–54 Annual Basketry Festival Baldface Mountain (ME), 370 surfing for, 32–33 (Stowe, VT), 22 Bald Mountain (VT), 111 tipping, 69 Annual Windjammer Days Balmy Days Cruises (Boothbay, tips on, 50–54 (Boothbay Harbor, ME), 22 ME), 311 Active vacations Antiques Balsams (NH), 226 best, 7 Maine Bangor (ME), 378–380 planning, 43–46 Blue Hill, 340 Bangor Historical Society (ME), Adventure Center at Waterville Brunswick, 305 379 Valley (NH), 246 Portland, 296 Bangor Museum and Center for West River Valley (VT), 111 History (ME), 2, 379 15_787418 bindex.qxp 6/14/06 6:12 PM Page 393

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Bar Harbor (ME), 9, 350–359 Bethlehem (NH), 253–256 Boat tours and cruises accommodations, 352–356 Bethlehem Country Club (NH), Lake Champlain (VT), exploring, 352 254 167–168 restaurants, 356–359 Big Bear loop (VT), 114 Maine (See also Windjammer shopping, 359 Big Chicken Barn (Blue Hill, cruises) traveling to, 351 ME), 340 around Boothbay, 311 visitor information, 351 (ME), Kennebunkport, 278 Bar Harbor Hemporium 382–383 Moosehead, 385 (ME), 359 Big Squaw Mountain Resort New Harbor, 315 Bar Harbor Historical Society (near Greenville, ME), Portland, 289 (ME), 352 384–385 , 299–300 Barre (VT), 150 Bike the Whites (Intervale, Basin-Cascades Trail (NH), 252 NH), 44 Lake Winnipesaukee, 5–6 Basketville (Putney, VT), 109 Biking and mountain biking, 47 Portsmouth, 193–194 Bath (ME), 304–306 Maine, 7, 260 Wolfeboro, 221 BattenKill Canoe Ltd. (Arlington, Acadia National Park, 348 Boingo, 35 VT), 44, 82, 93 Bethel area, 374 Books, recommended, 54 Baxter State Park (ME), Camden, 325 Boothbay Harbor (ME), 309, 387–391 the Kennebunks, 280 310 Bayview Street Cinema New Hampshire, 185, 224 Boothbay Region Land Trust (Camden, ME), 326 Echo Lake, 251 (ME), 310 Beaches Great Glen Trails, The Boothbays, 309–314 Burlington (VT), 168 238–239 Borealis Breads (near Ogunquit, Maine, 260, 264, 267 Umbagog Lake, 257 ME), 276 Harpswell Peninsula, 307 Waterville Valley, 246 Wildlife Kennebunkport, 279 tours, 45 Sanctuary (ME), 382 Ogunquit, 270, 272–273 Vermont, 7, 82 Bowdoin College Museum of Old Orchard Beach, 299 Brattleboro, 105 Art (Brunswick, ME), 2, 305 Parsons Beach, 279 Burlington, 169–170 Brattleboro (VT), 97, 103–109 Portland, 291 Grafton, 114 Brattleboro Museum & Art Sand Beach, 347 Killington area, 130–131 Center (VT), 104 York Beach, 264, 267 Mad River Valley, 146 Bread and Puppet Museum New Hampshire, 209 Mount Snow, 100 (near Glover, VT), 180 Echo Lake, 251 Northeast Kingdom, 182 Bread & Puppet Theater (near Weirs Beach, 7, 219, 221 Stowe, 158–159 Glover, VT), 180 Wentworth State Beach, Woodstock, 120 Bretton Woods Resort (NH), 221 Billings Farm and Museum 226, 243 Beau Ties Ltd. (Middlebury, VT), (Woodstock, VT), 119 Brian DiMambro Rare Books 142 The Birches Resort (ME), 385 (Portsmouth, NH), 199 Beehive Trail (ME), 347 Birding, 46 Brick Store Museum (Kenne- Belfast (ME), 330–334 Maine, 260, 262, 317 bunk, ME), 277–278 Bellows Falls (VT), 115–116 Black Mountain (NH), 238 Bridgton (ME), 370, 371 Ben & Jerry’s ice cream (Water- Black Pond Trail (NH), 248 British School of Falconry bury, VT), 151 Black River Academy Museum (Manchester, VT), 95 Bennington (VT), 85–89 (Ludlow, VT), 115 Brunswick (ME), 304–306 Bennington Battle Monument Blackwoods (Acadia National Bucket shops, 39 (VT), 87 Park, ME), 349 Bucksport (ME), 330–331 Bennington College (VT), 87–88 Blogs, 33 Burlington (VT), 164–176 The Bennington Museum Blueberries, wild (ME), 6, 23, accommodations, 170–172 (VT), 88 363, 391 average temperatures, 21 Bethel (ME), 372–376 Blue Hill (ME), 339–341 nightlife, 176 Bethel Common (ME), 372 Blue Hill Fair (ME), 23 orientation, 166–167 Bethel Historical Society (ME), Blue Hill Mountain (ME), 340 outdoor activities, 168–170 372 Blue Hill Peninsula (ME), restaurants, 172–175 The Bethel Inn and Country 334–341 shopping, 175 Club (ME), 374 Boating (boat rentals). See also special events, 166 Bethel Outdoor Adventures Canoeing; Kayaking traveling to, 166 (ME), 374 Greenville (ME), 382 visitor information, 166 15_787418 bindex.qxp 6/14/06 6:12 PM Page 394

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Burlington Bike Path (VT), Cape Elizabeth (ME), 291 The Children’s Museum of 169–170 Cape Porpoise (ME), 282 Portsmouth (NH), 194 Burlington Community Caribou Mountain (ME), 370 Chiltern Mountain Club, 28 Boathouse (VT), 167, 169 Carrabassett Valley (ME), Christa McAuliffe Planetarium Burnham Tavern (Machias, ME), 376–377 (Concord, NH), 205–206 364 Car rentals, 33, 46 Christmas Cove (near South Business hours, 65 for customers with special Bristol, ME), 315 Bus travel, 41, 49–50 needs, 27 Christmas Prelude (Kenne- for international visitors, 64 for international visitors, 65 bunkport, ME), 23 Carriage rides Chuck Roast (North Conway, Acadia National Park (ME), NH), 235 (ME), 347 348 Church Street Marketplace Cadillac Mountain Sports (Bar Vermont, 121 (Burlington, VT), 167 Harbor, ME), 359 Car travel, 40–41, 46–49, 66 City Hall (Portland, ME), 286 Calendar of events, 21–23 driving safety, 62 Climate, 20–21 Camden (ME), 4, 321, 323–330 for international visitors, 65 Club Metronome (Burlington, Camden Hills State Park Casco Bay Lines (Portland, ME), VT), 176 (ME), 324 289 Coastal Maine, 259–368 Camel’s Hump (VT), 153 Castine (ME), 4, 334–336 Downeast coast, 363–368 Camping, 18 Castine Kayak Adventures the mid-coast, 300–318 Maine (ME), 335 outdoor activities, 259–263 Acadia National Park, 349 Castle in the Clouds (near the south coast, 263–284 near Bath, 311 Wolfeboro, NH), 222 suggested itineraries, 74–77 Baxter State Park, 388, Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, ME), Coastal Maine Botanical Gar- 390 310 den (Boothbay, ME), 310 New Hampshire, 185 Cathedral Ledge (NH), 230 Coastal New Hampshire, 16, Otter Lake, 209 Cathedral of the Pines (NH), 186–199 Umbagog Lake, 257 208 Cobwork Bridge (ME), 307 White Mountain National Cathedral Woods Trail (ME), Cog Railway (Crawford Notch, Forest, 224, 226, 228 317 NH), 7–8, 244 White Mountains, 227 Cellphones, 36 Cole Land Transportation Candlelight Stroll (Portsmouth, Center for Cultural Exchange Museum (Bangor, ME), 379 NH), 23 (Portland, ME), 299 Colonial Pemaquid (New Cannon Mountain (NH), 252 Center for Maine Contemporary Harbor, ME), 315 Cannon Mountain Tramway Art (Rockport, ME), 325 Common Ground Country Fair (NH), 252 Chaffee Center for the Visual (Unity, ME), 23 Canoeing Arts (Rutland, VT), 137 Concord (NH), 204–207 Maine, 7, 262 Chaise Lounge (Portsmouth, Concord Trailways, 41 Allagash River, 390 NH), 199 Congdon’s Doughnuts Family Bethel, 374 Champlain, Lake (VT), 3, 16, 169 Restaurant & Bakery (Wells, Greenville area, 382 cruises, 167–168 ME), 273 Old Town, 380 Champlain Islands (VT), 176–177 Congregational Church (Exeter, Saco River, 370–371 Chebeague Island (ME), 260 NH), 188 New Hampshire, 185 Chester (VT), 112–114 Connecticut River (NH-VT), 3, Androscoggin River, 226 Chester Greenwood Day 185 Cornish, 213–214 (Farmington, ME), 23 canoeing, 213, 216 Echo Lake, 251 Children, families with Consolidators, 39 Hanover, 216 best destinations for, 7–8 Consulates, 66–67 Lake Umbagog, 226 The Children’s Museum of Conway Scenic Railroad (NH), Meredith, 219 Portsmouth (NH), 194 230 tours, 44 information and resources, Coolidge, President Calvin, Vermont, 82 29–30 State Historic Site (Plymouth, Battenkill River and Story-Land (Jackson, NH), 239 VT), 131 surrounding areas, 93 suggested itinerary, coastal Cornish (NH), 211–214 Brattleboro area, 105 New Hampshire and Maine, Cornish-Windsor Covered Stowe, 159 77–79 Bridge (NH), 213 Canterbury Shaker Village Children’s Museum of Maine Country Walkers (Waterbury, (NH), 8, 204 (Portland, ME), 287 VT), 44–45 15_787418 bindex.qxp 6/14/06 6:12 PM Page 395

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Covered Bridge Campground DeLorme Map Store (Yarmouth, Eastern Mountain Sports (NH), 228 ME), 302 (North Conway, NH), 235 Craftsbury Common (VT), 178 Derby Line (VT), 179–180 Eastern Mountain Sports Climb- Craftsbury Nordic Center (VT), Digital cameras, 34, 40 ing School (NH), 227, 230 182 Disabilities, travelers with, Eastern Promenade (Portland, Craftsbury Outdoor Center at 26–27 ME), 287 Craftsbury Common (VT), 182 Dixville Notch State Park (NH), Eastern Prom Pathway (Port- Craftsman’s Fair (Sunapee, 257 land, ME), 286–287, 289 NH), 23, 213 Dock Square (Kennebunkport, Eastport (ME), 363 Cranmore Family Fitness Center ME), 278 Eastport Historic District (ME), (NH), 230–231 Dolly Copp Campground (NH), 364 Cranmore Mountain Resort 228 East Royce Mountain (ME), 370 (North Conway, NH), 231–232 Dolphin Striker (Portsmouth, Echo Lake (NH), 251 Crawford Notch (NH), 6, NH), 199 (NH), 229 242–245 Dorr Mountain Ladder Trail Edson Hill Manor Ski Touring Crawford Notch State Park (ME), 346 Center (Stowe, VT), 157 (NH), 243 Dorset (VT), 90, 91 Elderhostel, 29 Credit cards, 19, 61–62 Doublehead (NH), 238 Electricity, 66 Crescent Beach State Park Down Easter train service, 41 Elizabeth Perkins House (York (ME), 291 Downeast Maine, 363–368 Village, ME), 266 Cross-country skiing Downhill skiing ELTExpress (Flights.com), 39 Maine Maine, 263, 371, 373–374 Embassies and consulates, The Birches, 385 Big Squaw, 384–385 66–67 Sugarloaf, 377 Sugarloaf, 376–377 Emergencies, 55, 67 New Hampshire, 226 New Hampshire, 186 Emerson-Wilcox House (York Jackson, 237–238 Attitash Bear Peak, 243 Village, ME), 266 Vermont, 84–85 Black Mountain, 238 Enfield Shaker Museum (NH), Grafton, 114 Bretton Woods Resort, 243 1, 216–217 Killington area, 130 Cannon Mountain, 252 Entry requirements, for inter- Middlebury, 142 Cranmore (North Con- national visitors, 57 Mount Snow area, way), 231–232 Errol (NH), 256 100–101 Loon Mountain, 249 Escorted tours, 42–43 Northeast Kingdom, 182 Sunapee State Park, 213 Ethan Allen Homestead Woodstock, 121 Waterville Valley, 246 (Burlington, VT), 167 Cuddledown of Maine the White Mountains, 226 Ethan Allen III (Burlington, VT), (Freeport, ME), 302 Wildcat, 238 168 Currency and currency Vermont, 7, 84–85 Evans Notch Ranger District exchange, 61, 65 Bromley Mountain Ski (Bethel, ME), 370 Currier Museum of Art Resort, 92 Evergreen Lodge (Greenville, (Manchester, NH), 202 Jay Peak, 182 ME), 384 Customs regulations, 59–60 Killington, 130 Everyone’s Drumming (Putney, Cutler Coastal Trail (ME), 364 Mad River Glen, 146 VT), 109 Middlebury, 142 Exeter (NH), 186–190 Mount Snow area, 100 Expedia, 31, 32, 42, 52 Dartmouth Bookstore (NH), Okemo, 115 1, 216 Stowe, 156–157 Dartmouth Winter Carnival Stratton, 92 Fairbanks Museum, The (St. (Hanover, NH), 21–22, 215 Sugarbush, 146–147 Johnsbury, VT), 181 D. Cole Jewelers (Portland, ME), Suicide Six, 121–122 Fall foliage, 20 297 Drinking laws, 66 best places to see, 4–6 Dead River (ME), 263 Drisco House (Portsmouth, Families with children Deer Isle (ME), 336–339 NH), 8 best destinations for, 7–8 Deer Isle Granite Museum Driver’s licenses, foreign, 58 The Children’s Museum of (ME), 337 Portsmouth (NH), 194 Deer Leap Mountain (VT), 131 information and resources, Delaware and Hudson Rail-Trail Eagle Island Tours (Portland, 29–30 (VT), 92 ME), 289–290 Story-Land (Jackson, NH), 239 East End Beach (ME), 291 suggested itinerary, coastal New Hampshire and Maine, 77–79 15_787418 bindex.qxp 6/14/06 6:12 PM Page 396

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Familyhostel, 29 Frost, Robert Family Travel Files, 30 Farm (Manchester, NH), 202 Hancock (NH), 4, 208–209 Family Travel Forum, 29 the Frost Place (Franconia, Hancock Wharf (York Village, Family Travel Network, 29 NH), 252–253 ME), 266 Farmer’s market, Exeter (NH), Fryeburg (ME), 369–370 Hanover (NH), 214–218 188 Fryeburg Fair (ME), 23, 370 Harbor Fish Market (Portland, Farnsworth Center for the ME), 297 Wyeth Family (Rockland, ME), Hardwick (VT), 178 320 Gasoline, 67 Harpoon Brewery (Windsor, Farnsworth Homestead (Rock- Gay and lesbian travelers, VT), 126 land, ME), 320 27–28 Harpswell Peninsula (ME), Farnsworth Museum (Rockland, Portland (ME), 298 307–308 ME), 320 Gay.com Travel, 28 Harrington Meeting House Faulkner Park (VT), 120–121 Giardia, 25 (near South Bristol, ME), 315 Fax machines, 69 Gilead (ME), 370 Harvest Day (Canterbury, Ferry Beach (ME), 291 Glen Ellis Falls (NH), 237 NH), 23 Festivals and special events, Golden Access Passport, 26 Haskell Free Library & Opera 21–23 Golden Age Passport, 28–29 House (Derby Line, VT), First Night Burlington (VT), 166 Golf 179–180 First Parish Church (Portland, Bethel (ME), 374 Haystack Mountain School of ME), 286 New Hampshire, 239, 254 Crafts (Deer Isle, ME), 337 Fishermen’s Museum (Bristol, Vermont, 131 Health concerns, 24–26 ME), 315 Gooch’s Beach (ME), 279 Health insurance, 24, 60–61 Fishing Goose Rocks Beach (ME), 279 Hemmings Sunoco (Bennington, Maine, 262 Gorham (NH), 241 VT), 88 New Hampshire, 185 Grafton (VT), 4, 112–115 The Hermitage (ME), 384 schools, 46 Grafton Historical Society Hermit Lake (NH), 237 Vermont, 82, 84 Museum (VT), 113 High Country Tours (VT), 85 Battenkill River area, 93 Grafton Notch (ME), 373 Highland Center at Crawford Stowe, 159 Grafton Notch State Park (ME), Notch (NH), 242 Fitzwilliam (NH), 208 373, 374 Highland Lodge (VT), 182 Flights.com (ELTExpress), 39 Grafton Ponds Recreation Cen- Hiking and walking. See also The Flume (NH), 251 ter (VT), 114 specific trails FlyCheap, 39 Grafton Village Cheese Co. guided tours, 44–45 Flying Wheels Travel, 27 (VT), 113 Maine, 262, 370 Flynn Theatre for the Perform- Granite State Candies (Concord, Acadia National Park, 348 ing Arts (Burlington, VT), 176 NH), 206 Baxter State Park, Folia (Portland, ME), 297 Great Glen Trails (NH), 238 390–391 Folsom’s Air Service Great Head Trail (ME), 347 Bethel area, 374 (Greenville, ME), 385 Great Lost Bear (Portland, ME), Cutler Coastal Trail, 364 Footbridge Beach (ME), 273 298 Great Wass Island Pre- Fort Williams State Park (ME), Great Stone Dwelling (Enfield, serve, 364, 366 291 NH), 217 Greenville area, 382 Fourth of July (Eastport, ME), Great Wass Island Preserve Monhegan Island, 6, 317 363 (ME), 364, 366 Quoddy Head State Park, Francestown (NH), 208 Green Design Furniture (Port- 367 Franconia Notch (NH), 3, land, ME), 297 New Hampshire, 185 251–253 (NH), 209 Crawford Notch, Franconia Notch State Park Greenleaf Hut (NH), 252 242–243 (NH), 251–252 Greenleaf Trail (NH), 252 Doublehead, 238 Freeport (ME), 300–304 Green Mountain Club (VT), Franconia Notch region, Freeport Knife Co. (ME), 302 46, 81 252 Freeport Trading & Shipping Green Mountain National Golf Great Glen Trails, Co. (ME), 302 Course (Killington, VT), 131 238–239 Frequent-flier clubs, 39–40 Green Mountains (VT), 7, 16, 85 Waterville Valley, 246 Frommers.com, 33 Greenville (ME), 381–385 the White Mountains, Guides, 44 7, 226 Gulf Hagas (ME), 383–384 Wilderness and Black Pond trails, 248 15_787418 bindex.qxp 6/14/06 6:12 PM Page 397

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Vermont, 84 International Youth Travel Card King, Stephen, 379 Bald Mountain, 111 (IYTC), 30 King Arthur Flour (Norwich, Camel’s Hump, 153 Internet access, 33–36, 55 VT), 126 Deer Leap Mountain, 131 InterVac.com, 53 Kinsman Falls (NH), 252 Mad River Valley, 146 In the Woods (Bar Harbor, ME), Kittery (ME), 264–267, 269 Manchester area, 92–93 359 Kittery Naval Museum (ME), Middlebury area, 142 Island Artisans (Bar Harbor, 266 Northeast Kingdom, 182 ME), 359 Stowe, 158 Itineraries, suggested, 71–79 Woodstock, 120–121 Lafayette, Mount (NH), 252 Hildene (Manchester, VT), 8, 91 Lake Champlain Ferries Historical Society of Windham Jackson (NH), 226, 235–242 (Burlington, VT), 167–168 County (Newfane, VT), 111 Jackson Falls (NH), 240 Lakes Region (VT), 16 Historic homes, most intrigu- Jackson Ski Touring Foundation Lake Winnipesaukee Region ing, 8 (NH), 237–238 (NH), 218–222 Historic , 45 Jaffrey Center (NH), 208 Language, 67 Holidays, 67 Jay Peak (VT), 182 Laudholm Farm (near Wells, HomeExchange.org, 53 Jefferds Tavern (York Village, ME), 273 HomeLink International, 53 ME), 266 Lebanon (NH), 214 Hood Museum of Art (Hanover, John Paul Jones House Leddy Park (Burlington, VT), 168 NH), 216 (Portsmouth, NH), 192 Ledyard Canoe Club (Hanover, Hope Cemetery (near Barre, John Perkins House (Castine, NH), 216 VT), 153 ME), 335 Left Bank Books (Hanover, NH), Hopkins Center for the Arts Jordan Pond Jordan Pond (ME), 216 (Hanover, NH), 215 347 Legal aid, 67 Hor, Mount (VT), 182 LeRoux Kitchen (Portland, ME), Horseback riding, Vermont, 297 121, 145 Kancamagus Highway, The Lincoln (NH), 248–250 Hotwire, 31–33, 52 (NH), 223, 248–249 Lincoln, Robert Todd, 91 House-swapping, 53 Katahdin, Mount (ME), Linekin Preserve (Boothbay Hudson Museum (Orono, ME), 390–391 Harbor, ME), 310 380 Kayak.com, 31 Liquor laws, 55 Hulls Cove Visitor Center Kayaking Littleton (NH), 254 (Acadia National Park, ME), Maine, 6, 7, 262–263 L.L.Bean (ME), 46, 302 344, 345 Acadia National Park, L.L.Bean factory outlet (North 348–349 Conway, NH), 235 Bethel, 374 L.L.Bean Factory Store (Port- Independence Day, 22 Boothbay, 311 land, ME), 297 I-91 (VT), 5 Castine, 335 L.L.Bean Outdoor Discovery Insurance, 24, 39 Ogunquit, 272 Schools (ME), 259–260 InsureMyTrip.com, 24 New Hampshire Lobster pricing, 315 International Gay and Lesbian Meredith, 219 Long Sands Beach (ME), 260, Travel Association (IGLTA), 28 Wolfeboro, 221 267 International Mountain Equip- Vermont, 105 Long Trail (VT), 81 ment (North Conway, NH), Stowe, 159 Long Trail Brewing Co. (Bridge- 235 Kearsarge, Mount (NH), 217 water Corners, VT), 122 International Student Identity Kelmscott Rare Breeds Founda- Loon Mountain (NH), 248, 249 Card (ISIC), 30 tion (ME), 2 Lost and found, 55 International visitors, 57–70 (ME), 263, 384 Lost-luggage insurance, 24 customs regulations, 59–60 Kennebunk Beach (ME), 279 Ludlow (VT), 115–117 entry requirements, 57–59 The Kennebunks (Kennebunk Lyme disease, 25 health insurance, 60 and Kennebunkport), immigration and customs 276–284 clearance, 63–64 suggested itinerary, 75–76 MacDowell Colony (Peter- money matters, 61–62 Kezar Lake (ME), 369 borough, NH), 208 safety, 62 Kidder Covered Bridge Machias (ME), 363–364 traveling to and around, (Grafton, VT), 113 Machias Wild Blueberry Festival 63–65 Killington (VT), 128–136 (ME), 363 Kineo, Mount (ME), 383 15_787418 bindex.qxp 6/14/06 6:12 PM Page 398

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Macro Polo (Portsmouth, NH), Marine Resources Aquarium Morgan Horse Farm (near Mid- 199 (West Boothbay Harbor, ME), dlebury, VT), 141 Mad River Glen (VT), 146 311 Moses Mason House (Bethel, Mad River Valley (VT), 145–150 Market Square Day ME), 372 Mail, 67–68 (Portsmouth, NH), 22 MossRehab, 27 Maine Marlboro Music Festival (VT), Mountain biking. See Biking coastal, 259–368 22, 100 and mountain biking Downeast coast, Marshall Point Lighthouse Mountaineering, New Hamp- 363–368 Museum (Port Clyde, ME), shire, 227 the mid-coast, 300–318 317 Mountain Meadows Cross outdoor activities, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Country Ski Resort (near 259–263 National Historic Park (VT), Killington, VT), 130 the south coast, 119–120 Mountain Top Inn (near 263–284 MasterCard traveler’s checks, 19 Rutland, VT), 130 suggested itineraries, MedicAlert identification tag, 26 Mount Desert Island (ME), 9, 74–77 Medical insurance, 24, 60–61 260, 341–363. See also inland, 369–391 Megunticook, Mount (ME), 324 Acadia National Park regions of, 16–17 Meredith (NH), 219–221 (ME), 4 visitor information, 17 Michael’s Toys (Rutland, VT), Mount Snow (VT), 98–102 Maine Audubon Society, 46 137 Mt. Sunapee State Park (NH), Maine Boatbuilders Show Middlebury (VT), 139–144 213 (Portland), 22 Middlebury College (VT), 140 Mount Washington, MS (NH), Maine Eastern Railroad, 2 Middlebury College Center for 5–6 Maine Island Kayak Co., 45, 47, the Arts (VT), 140 Mount Washington Auto Road 263 Middlebury College Museum of (NH), 237 Maine Island Trail, 262–263 Art (VT), 140–141 The Movies (Portland, ME), 298 Maine Lobster Festival Middlebury College Snow Bowl Moxie Festival (Lisbon Falls, (Rockland, ME), 22, 320 (VT), 142 ME), 22 Maine Maritime Academy Mill Falls Marketplace (Mered- Muddy River Smokehouse (Castine, ME), 335 ith, NH), 219 (Portsmouth, NH), 199 Maine Maritime Museum & Millyard Museum (Manchester, Museum of New Hampshire Shipyard (Brunswick, ME), NH), 202 History (Concord, NH), 205 305 Moffatt-Ladd House Musical Wonder House (Wiscas- Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad (Portsmouth, NH), 192 set, ME), 310 Co. & Museum (Portland, Monadnock, Mount (NH), 185, The Music Hall (Portsmouth, ME), 287 208 NH), 199 Maine Office of Tourism, 17 Monadnock Region (NH), Maine Potters Market (Port- 207–218 land), 297 (NH), Nahcotta (Portsmouth, NH), Maine Professional Guides 208 199 Association, 44 Money matters, 17–19 National Historic District Manchester (NH), 200–203 for international visitors, (Newfane, VT), 111 Manchester (VT), 90–91 61–62 Nectar’s (Burlington, VT), 176 Manchester/Manchester Center Monhegan Island (ME), 6, 8, New England Hiking Holidays (VT), 90–97 316–318 (North Conway, NH), 45 Mangy Moose (Freeport, ME), Monhegan Museum (ME), 317 New England Outdoor Center 303 Montpelier (VT), 4, 150, (ME), 384, 391 Mansfield, Mount (VT), 158 152–155 Newfane (VT), 110–112 Map Adventures, 45 Montshire Museum of Science Newfane Flea Market (VT), 111 Maple syrup, 108 (Norwich, VT), 7, 126–127 New Hampshire Maplewood Country Club Moody Beach (ME), 273 southern and central, (Bethlehem, NH), 254 Moose, 49 184–222 Maps, 56 Maine, 383 outdoor activities, The Marble Works (Middlebury, Moosehead Lake region (ME), 185–186 VT), 140 380–385 the seacoast, 16, Marginal Way (Ogunquit, ME), Moosehead Marine Museum 186–199 271 (Greenville, ME), 385 suggested itineraries, 74 Moose River Landing (Rock- visitor information, 17 wood, ME), 382 15_787418 bindex.qxp 6/14/06 6:12 PM Page 399

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New Hampshire Boat Museum Old Port (Portland, ME), 286 Perkins Cove (Ogunquit, ME), (near Wolfeboro, NH), 222 Old Port Festival (Portland, 271–272 New Hampshire Division of ME), 22 Peterborough (NH), 207–211 Travel and Tourism, 17 (ME), 374 Petrol, 67 New London (NH), 213 The Old Tavern at Grafton (VT), Pets, traveling with, 30–31 Newport (NH), 212 113 Phillips Exeter Academy (NH), Newport (VT), 179 Old Town (ME), 378–380 188 Newspapers and magazines, The Old Town Canoe Company Pickle Barrel (Killington, VT), 136 56, 68 (ME), 380 Pinkham Notch (NH), 237 New Year’s, 21 Old York Historical Society Pinkham Notch Visitor Center Nichols Snowmobile Rentals (ME), 266 (NH), 47 (near Stowe, ME), 85 Olson House (Rockland, ME), The Pink Pages, 28 Nickelodeon Cinemas (Port- 320 Pisgah, Mount (VT), 182 land, ME), 298 100-mile Wilderness (ME), 383 Plymouth (VT), 9 The Norman Rockwell Exhibit 135 Pearl (Burlington, VT), 176 Plymouth Cheese Factory (VT), (Arlington, VT), 90 Online traveler’s toolbox, 35 131 North Beach (Burlington, VT), Orbitz, 31, 42 Poison ivy, 25 168 Orono (ME), 378–380 Popham Beach State Park (ME), North Conway (NH), 223, Orvis, 46, 93 307 229–235 Orvis Company Store (Man- Popham Beach State Park The North Country (NH), chester, VT), 82, 97 Beach (ME), 260 256–258 Otter Cliffs (ME), 347 Port Clyde (ME), 317 Northeast Harbor (ME), 360 Otter Creek (Middlebury, VT), Port Clyde General Store (Port Northeast Kingdom (VT), 16, 140 Clyde, ME), 317 178–183 Otter Creek Brewing Co. (Mid- Portland (ME), 284–300 Northern Outdoors (ME), 384 dlebury, VT), 141 accommodations, 290–292 North Haven (ME), 260 Otter Lake (NH), 209 average temperatures, 21 (Ashland, Outback Pizza/Nightspot exploring, 286–289 ME), 388 (Killington, VT), 136 gay and lesbian travelers, 27 Northshire Bookstore (Man- Owls Head Transportation nightlife, 298–299 chester Center, VT), 97 Museum (Rockland, ME), 320 parking, 286 Northwood Outfitters restaurants, 292–296 (Greenville, ME), 382, 384 shopping, 296–297 The North Woods (ME), 17, Package tours, 41–42 side trips from, 299–300 378–391 Palace Playland (Old Orchard traveling to, 284, 286 North Woodstock (NH), Beach, ME), 299 Portland Head Light & Museum 248–250 Pane Salute (Woodstock, VT), (ME), 287–288, 291 North Woods Ways (ME), 44 125 Portland Museum of Art (ME), Now, Voyager, 28 Paradise Hill (ME), 346 288 N.W. Barrett Gallery Paradiza (Portsmouth, NH), 199 Portland Observatory (ME), 287 (Portsmouth, NH), 199 Park Loop Road (Acadia Portland Public Market (ME), National Park, ME), 346 288 Parson Fisher House (Blue Hill, Portland Sea Dogs (ME), 290 Ocean Point (ME), 311 ME), 8, 340 Portland Stage Company (ME), Ogunquit (ME), 260, 270–276 Parsons Beach (ME), 279 299 gay and lesbian travelers, 28 Passport information, 58–59 Portland Symphony Orchestra The Ogunquit Museum of Peary-MacMillan Arctic (ME), 299 American Art (ME), 272 Museum (Brunswick, ME), Portsmouth (NH), 6, 9, 190–199 Ogunquit Playhouse (ME), 272 305–306 accommodations, 194–196 Okemo (VT), 115–117 Pemaquid Peninsula, 314–316 boat tours, 193–194 Okemo Mountain (VT), 115 Pemaquid Point (ME), 315 nightlife, 199 Old Bridle Trail (NH), 252 (ME), 318–334 parking, 191–192 Olde Port Mariner Fleet (Port- Penobscot Marine Museum restaurants, 196–198 land, ME), 290 (Searsport, ME), 331 shopping, 199 Old Gaol (York Village, ME), Penobscot River (ME), 262, 263 sights and attractions, 266 West Branch of the, 382 192–194 Old Orchard Beach (ME), 299 traveling to, 190–191 visitor information, 191 15_787418 bindex.qxp 6/14/06 6:12 PM Page 400

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Precipice Trail (ME), 346–347 Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery Scenic drives Prescott Park (Portsmouth, NH), (Portsmouth, NH), 199 Maine 192 Rock climbing, the White Acadia National Park, Prescription medications, 26 Mountains (NH), 226, 230 346–347 President Calvin Coolidge Rockland (ME), 319–323 Grafton Notch, 373 State Historic Site (Plymouth, Rock of Ages Quarry (Gran- Schoodic Point, 366 VT), 131 iteville, VT), 152 New Hampshire Presidential Range (NH), 223 Rockport (ME), 324 Kancamagus Highway, The Press Room (Portsmouth, The Rocks (NH), 254 223, 248–249 NH), 199 Rocky Glen (NH), 252 Mount Washington Auto Priceline, 31–33, 52 Romar Bowling Lanes (Booth- Road, 237 Primrose Hill District (Belfast, bay Harbor, ME), 310 Northeast Kingdom (VT), ME), 331 Roosevelt Campobello Interna- 178–181 Prism Glass Studio & Gallery tional Park (New Brunswick, Schommer Antiques and Art (Rockport, ME), 2, 325 Canada), 366 (Newfane, VT), 111 Proctor (VT), 137 Route 1 (ME), 309 Schoodic Point (Acadia Putney (VT), 109–110 Route 7 (VT), 85 National Park, ME), 366 Putney Craft Tour (VT), 109 Route 100 (VT), 4–5 School House (York Village, Rowantrees Pottery (Blue Hill, ME), 266 ME), 340 Scott Covered Bridge (Town- Quechee (VT), 120 Royall Tyler Theatre (Burling- shend, VT), 111 Quechee Gorge (VT), 121 ton, VT), 176 Screw Auger Falls (ME), 373 Quoddy Head State Park (ME), Ruggles House (Columbia Falls, Sea kayaking. See Kayaking 367 ME), 366 Searsport (ME), 330 Russell C. Chase Bridge-Falls The Seashore Trolley Museum Path (Wolfeboro, NH), 221 (Kennebunkport, ME), 279 Rabies, 25 Rutland (VT), 128, 136–138 Seasons, 20–21 Rachel Carson Salt Pond Pre- Seawall Campground (Acadia serve (ME), 315–316 National Park, ME), 349 Rackliffe Pottery (Blue Hill, Sabbaday Falls (NH), 249 Sebago Lake (ME), 299–300 ME), 340 Sabbathday Lake Shaker Sebago Lake State Park (ME), Ragged Mountain Equipment Community (ME), 9, 300 300 (near North Conway, NH), Saco Bound (ME), 371 Senior travel, 28–29 235 Saco Bound’s Northern Waters Settlers’ Green Outlet Village RainWise (Bar Harbor, ME), 359 (NH), 257 (North Conway, NH), 235 Regions of northern New Eng- Saco River (ME), 370–371 Sharon Arts Center (Peterbor- land, 16–17 Saco River (NH), 244 ough, NH), 208 Reid State Park (ME), 260, 307 Saco River Canoe and Kayak Shawnee Peak (ME), 371 Resourceful Home (Portland, (ME), 371 Shelburne Museum (Burlington, ME), 297 Safety, 26 VT), 9, 168 Restaurants for international visitors, 62 Shin Pond Village (Patten, ME), best, 13–14 Saint-Gaudens National His- 391 tipping, 69 toric Site (Cornish, NH), 8, Shipping your luggage, 38 Richard A. Nott House (Kenne- 212–213 Shopping, best destinations bunkport, ME), 278 St. Johnsbury (VT), 180–181 for, 14–15 Richards Free Library The St. Johnsbury Athenaeum Shore Path (Bar Harbor, ME), (Newport, NH), 212 (VT), 181 352 Rikert Ski Touring Center Salinger, J. D., 211 Short Sands Beach (ME), 267 (Middlebury, VT), 142 Sam’s Outdoor Outfitters SideStep, 31 Ripley Falls (NH), 244 (Brattleboro, VT), 104 Sieur de Monts Spring (ME), Riverdale Antiques Center Sand Beach (ME), 347 346 (Townshend, VT), 111 SATH (Society for Accessible Simon Pearce (Windsor, VT), Robert Frost Farm (Manchester, Travel & Hospitality), 27 126 NH), 202 Savoy (Montpelier, VT), 150 Simon Pearce Glass (Quechee, Robert Frost Interpretive Trail Sayward-Wheeler House (York VT), 120 (VT), 142 Harbor, ME), 267 Skiing. See Cross-country ski- Robert Hull Fleming Museum Scarborough Beach Park (ME), ing; Downhill skiing (Burlington, VT), 168 291 Skijoring (Mad River Valley, VT), 145 15_787418 bindex.qxp 6/14/06 6:12 PM Page 401

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Ski Mt. Abram (ME), 373–374 Strawbery Banke (Portsmouth, Townshend (VT), 110–112 Sled Maine (Greenville), 384 NH), 192–193 Townshend State Park (VT), 111 Sleigh rides, Vermont, 121 Student travel, 30 Trains and railways, 41, 50 Smoking, 51 Styxx (Portland, ME), 298 for international visitors, 64 Smugglers’ Notch (Stowe, VT), Sugarbush (VT), 146–147 Maine Narrow Gauge 163 Sugarloaf (ME), 263 Railroad Co. & Museum Snowmobiling Sugarloaf Mountain (ME), 376 (Portland), 287 Maine, 384, 391 Sugarloaf Outdoor Center New Hampshire New Hampshire, 227 (ME), 377 Cafe Lafayette (North Vermont, 85 Sugarloaf/USA (ME), 376–377 Woodstock), 250 Snowshoeing, Vermont, 159 Suicide Six (Woodstock, VT), Conway Scenic Railroad, Society for the Protection of 121–122 230 New Hampshire Forests Summer, 20 Mount Washington Cog (Concord, NH), 204 Sunapee, Lake (NH), 213 Railway (Bretton Sosman Trail (NH), 246 Sunapee State Park (NH), 213 Woods), 7–8, 244 Southern Vermont Art & Craft Sunday River (ME), 263 Transportation, 46–50 Fair (Manchester), 22–23 Sunday River Mountain Bike Trapp Family Lodge Cross- Southern Vermont Art Center Park (Bethel, ME), 374 Country Ski Center (Stowe, (Manchester), 91–92 Sunday River Ski Resort (ME), VT), 157 South Harpswell (ME), 307 373 TravelAxe, 32 South Turner Mountain (ME), Sunset Rock (VT), 146 Travel blogs and travelogues, 33 391 Swan’s Island (ME), 260 Travel CUTS, 30 Special events and festivals, Swasey Pavilion (Exeter, NH), Traveler’s checks, 19 21–23 188 for international visitors, 61 Special-interest vacations, 46 Travelex Insurance Services, 24 The Spirit of Ethan Allen Travel Guard Alerts, 24 (Burlington, VT), 168 The Tarn (ME), 346 Travel Guard International, 24 Spring, 21 Taxes, 56, 68 Traveling Internationally with Spring Shearing (Woodstock, Tecumseh, Mount (NH), 246 Your Kids, 29–30 VT), 22 Telegraph and telex services, 69 Travel insurance, 24, 39 State House (Concord, NH), 205 Telephone, 68–69 Travel Insured International, 24 State House (Montpelier, VT), Thomas Point Bluegrass Festi- Travelocity, 31, 32, 42 152 val (Brunswick, ME), 23 Travelweb, 32 STA Travel, 30, 39 Thompson Ice Harvesting Trip-cancellation insurance, 24 Stonedam Island (NH), 219 Museum (near South Bristol, Troy (NH), 208 Stonewall Kitchen (Portland, ME), 315 Tuckerman Ravine (NH), 3–4, ME), 297 Thos. Moser Cabinetmakers 226, 237 Stonington (ME), 336 (Freeport, ME), 303 Two Lights State Park (ME), Story-Land (Jackson, NH), 239 Thunder Hole (ME), 347 291 Stowe (VT), 155–164 Thuya Gardens (Northeast accommodations, 159–162 Harbor, ME), 360 cross-country skiing, 157 Tidal Transit Kayak Co. (Booth- Umbagog Lake State Park downhill skiing, 156–157 bay, ME), 311 (NH), 226, 257 restaurants, 162–164 Timber Creek Cross-Country University of Vermont (Burling- summer outdoor pursuits, Touring Center (West Dover, ton), 166–167 158–159 VT), 100–101 The Upper Valley (Vermont- traveling to, 156 Time zone, 56, 69 New Hampshire), 16 visitor information, 156 Tipping, 69–70 USA Rail Pass, 64 Stowe Derby (VT), 22 T-Mobile Hotspot, 35 U.S. Custom House (Portland, Stowe Mountain Resort (VT), Toilets, 70 ME), 286 156–157 Tom, Mount (VT), 120 U.S. National Toboggan Cham- Stowe Mountain Resort Cross- Tom and Sally’s Handmade pionships (Camden, ME), 21 Country Touring Center (VT), Chocolates (Brattleboro, VT), US-VISIT, 64 157 104 UVM Lane Series (Burlington, Stowe Recreation Path (VT), 158 Tom’s of Maine (Kennebunk, VT), 176 Stowe Winter Carnival (VT), 156 ME), 278 15_787418 bindex.qxp 6/14/06 6:12 PM Page 402

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White River Junction (VT), VAST (Vermont Association Wadsworth-Longfellow 125–128 of Snow Travelers; Barre), 85 House & Center for Maine White-water rafting, Maine, Vermont History (Portland, ME), 263, 384, 391 northern, 139–183 288–289 Wi-Fi access, 34–35 regions of, 16 Walkers Point (Kennebunkport, Wild Blueberry Festival southern and central, 80–138 ME), 278 (Machias, ME), 23 outdoor activities, 81–85 Wantastiquet Mountain (NH), Wildcat (NH), 237, 238 suggested itineraries, 71–72 104–105 Wilder, Thornton, 208 visitor information, 17 Warner (NH), 217 Wilderness Expeditions (ME), Vermont Bicycle Touring Warner House (Portsmouth, 384 (Bristol), 45 NH), 193 Wilderness Trail (NH), 248 Vermont Canoe Touring Center Warren General Store (VT), 147 Wildwood Stables (ME), 348 (near Brattleboro, VT), 105 Washington, Mount (NH), 223, Willard Beach (ME), 291 Vermont Department of 236–237 Willoughby, Lake (VT), 180, 182 Tourism, 17 Waterbury (VT), 150–155 Wilmington (VT), 98–99 Vermonter train service, 41 Waterford (ME), 373 Wilson Museum (Castine, ME), Vermont Folklife Center The Waterfront (Burlington, 334–335 (Middlebury, VT), 140 VT), 167 Windjammer tours, Maine, 6, Vermont Historical Society Waterville Valley (NH), 245–247 320–321 Museum (Montpelier), 152 Wayport, 35 Windjammer Weekend Vermont Icelandic Horse Farm Wedding Cake House (Kenne- (Camden, ME), 23 (Waitsfield), 145 bunk, ME), 278 Winnipesaukee, Lake (NH), 16, Vermont Marble Museum Weirs Beach (NH), 7, 219, 221 218–222 (Proctor, VT), 137 Wentworth-Gardner House Winter, 20–21 Vermont Mozart Festival (Portsmouth, NH), 193 Winter sports. See also cross- (Burlington, VT), 166 Wentworth Golf Resort country skiing; Downhill Vermont Outdoor Guide (Jackson, NH), 239 skiing; Snowmobiling Association, 44 Wentworth State Beach (NH), Vermont, 146 Vermont Quilt Festival (Essex 221 Wiscasset (ME), 309–310 and Colchester), 22 WERU (ME), 340 restaurants, 313–314 Vermont Raptor Center West Branch of the Penobscot Wobbly Barn (Killington, VT), (Quechee), 1, 120 River (ME), 382 136 Vermont Shepherd Cheese Western Maine Mountains, 16 Wolfeboro (NH), 221–222 (Putney, VT), 109–110 Western Promenade (Portland, Woodstock (VT), 4, 117–125 Vermont Ski Museum (Stowe, ME), 287 Woodstock Coffee & Tea (VT), VT), 1, 158 Western Union, 55 125 Vermont State Crafts Center at West Quoddy Head Light (ME), Woodstock Historical Society Frog Hollow (Middlebury, 367 (VT), 118–119 VT), 140 West Side Road (NH), 229 Wyeth family, 288, 305, 316, Vermont State Fair (Rutland), Whale-watching, Maine, 352 320 23, 136–137 Whitehorse Ledge (NH), 230 Vermont Symphony Orchestra White House Ski Touring Center (Burlington, VT), 176 (VT), 101 York Beach (ME), 264 Vermont Transit Lines, 41 White Mountain National York Harbor (ME), 264 Victoria Mansion (Portland, Forest (NH), 223, 224, The Yorks (ME), 264–270 ME), 8, 288 227–228 York Village (ME), 264, 266 Victorian Holiday (Portland, The White Mountains (NH), ME), 23 7, 16, 223 Video cameras, 40 outdoor activities, 224–229 Zimmerman House (Manches- Vinalhaven (ME), 260 suggested itineraries, 74 ter, NH), 8, 202–203 Visas, 57–58 Visa traveler’s checks, 19 Visitor information, 17 15_787418 bindex.qxp 6/14/06 6:12 PM Page 403

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