©Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd NEW YORK & THE MID-ATLANTIC’S BEST TRIPS AMAZING 27 ROAD TRIPS Simon Richmond, Amy C Balfour, Ray Bartlett, Michael Grosberg, Brian Kluepfel, Karla Zimmerman SYMBOLS IN THIS BOOK CONTENTS History & Essential Top Tips Culture Photo Link Family Walking Your Trips Tour Food & Tips from Eating Locals Drink 5 PLAN YOUR TRIP Trip Outdoors Sleeping Detour 4 Welcome to New York & the Mid-Atlantic ............................... 7 % Telephone i Internet E English- Highlights Map ................................ 8 Number Access Language Menu h Opening Hours W Wi-Fi Access c Family- New York & p Parking v Vegetarian Friendly the Mid-Atlantic’s Highlights ........10 # n Nonsmoking Selection Pet-Friendly If You Like ...................................... 20 s a Air- Swimming Conditioning Pool Need to Know ................................. 22 City Guide ........................................24 MAP LEGEND New York & Routes Trips the Mid-Atlantic By Region .......... 28 Trip Route Trip Numbers Trip Detour New York & the Mid-Atlantic Linked Trip Trip Stop Classic Trips .................................. 30 Walk Route Tollway Walking tour Freeway Primary Trip Detour Secondary Tertiary Population Lane Capital (National) Unsealed Road Capital ON THE ROAD Plaza/Mall (State/Province) Steps City/Large Town Tunnel Town/Village Pedestrian Overpass Areas NEW YORK .......................33 Walk Track/Path Beach Cemetery Hudson Valley .......5 Days 37 Boundaries (Christian) 1 International Cemetery (Other) State/Province Park Long Island ...........4 Days 49 Cliff Forest 2 Reservation Hydrography Urban Area Tranquil River/Creek Sportsground 3 Catskills ........... 3-4 Days 59 Intermittent River Swamp/Mangrove Transport Finger Lakes Canal Airport 4 Water BART station Loop ....................3 Days 67 Dry/Salt/ Boston T station Intermittent Lake Cable Car/ Adirondack Glacier Funicular 5 Peaks & Valleys ....7 Days 77 Metro/Muni station Route Markers Parking Niagara Falls US National Hwy Subway station 6 & Around .......... 3-4 Days 87 US Interstate Hwy Train/Railway State Hwy Tram St Lawrence 2 Underground station 7 Seaway ..............2-3 Days 95 Note: Not all symbols displayed above appear on the maps in this book CONTENTS NEW JERSEY & Pittsburgh & d the Laurel PENNSYLVANIA ..............105 Highlands ......... 3-4 Days 159 The Jersey 8 Shore .................3-7 Days 109 Through the Wilds e Along Route 6 .......4 Days 167 Bucks County 9 & Around .......... 3-4 Days 121 WASHINGTON, DC, Down the MARYLAND & a Delaware .......... 3-4 Days 131 DELAWARE .....................179 Brandywine Valley b to Atlantic City ......4 Days 139 Maryland’s National f Historic Road ........2 Days 183 Pennsylvania c Dutch Country ... 3-4 Days 147 Along the g C&O Canal ............2 Days 193 New York State p33 New Jersey & Pennsylvania p105 Washington DC, Maryland & Delaware p179 Virginia p247 3 Contents cont. Maritime Blue Ridge h Maryland ..............4 Days 201 p Parkway ...............3 Days 295 Southern i Maryland Peninsula to Triangle ................2 Days 215 q the Piedmont.........3 Days 307 Delmarva .............. 3 days 225 Bracketing j r the Bay .................3 Days 317 Eastern Shore k Odyssey ................3 Days 233 VIRGINIA.........................247 ROAD TRIP ESSENTIALS ....328 l Skyline Drive ........3 Days 251 New York & the Mid-Atlantic Across the Driving Guide................................ 329 m Appalachian Trail ......................5 Days 263 New York & the Mid-Atlantic Travel Guide ................................. 334 The Civil Index ............................................. 343 n War Tour ...............3 Days 273 The Crooked o Road ................. 3-4 Days 285 4 #\ 8 Lake Georgian Bay NEW YORK Huron #\ Midland Port Nottawasaga Elgin Bay #\ Orillia & THE MID- #\ #\ Collingwood Lake Hudson Valley Kincardine Simcoe 1 Explore vistas that have Look out for the Classic Trips stamp #\ Peterborough #\ #\ ONTARIO inspired artists and Gilded Age ATLANTIC’S Hanover Lake tycoons alike. 5 DAYS Scugog #\ Orangeville Oshawa #] #\ ]# HIGHLIGHTS Goderich Watertown Toronto on our favorite routes in this book. ^# C A N A D A U S A Lake Ontario Finger Lakes Loop Niagara Medina Brockport Oneidada 4 Lakeside roads lead past Falls \# \# Lake vineyards to deep gorges and ]# ]# Rochester Batavia Seneca Syracuse \# ]# NEWNEW HAMPSHIREHAMPS ravines. #\ #] 3 DAYS Buffalo Oneidaa AAmsterdammsterdam GreenGreen Falls UticaUtica \# ]# \# ]# #\ Bennington Mountain East Geneva#\ Auburn National #\ Letchworth NEW ]# Keene Aurora Schenectady Forest State Park Penn Yan YORK #]Troy \# Cortland ^# Dunkirk Dansville \# MASSACHUSETTS Lake \# \# Finger Albany Erie \# Lakes Norwich \# Pittsfield Fredonia \# \# \# Ithaca Oneonta Northampton Bath \# \# #\ Hudson Roxbury Catskill \# Jamestown #Salamanca #\ Erie ]# \ Corning r #\ #] \# \# Binghamton #\ e Conneaut Margaretville v \# #] i #\ Elmira #] Springfield #\ Wellsville R Corry #\ #\ #\ Catskill Park Ashtabula n #\ Bradford Sayre \# o Kingston s Warren S ]# Mansfield u d Torrington Mentor #\ sq u \# Titusville \# #\ \# u New ^# Hudson #\ \# H Hartford Meadville #\ Allegheny Towanda eh \# Galeton a Monticello Paltz #] National Wellsboro n \# Poughkeepsie n Carbondale CONNECTICUT Forest a #\ Newburgh #] R #] \# #] Waterbury Meriden Franklin #\ St Marys PENNSYLVANIA iv e #] r Scranton #\ Port #]New Haven 1 Williamsport #] Wilkes-Barre Jervis Pennsylvania Dutch Du Bois #] Delaware Water #\ Gap National #] Bridgeport 12 Country Back roads snake Clearfield Ta r r y t ow n \# Valley #\ Bloomsburg Recreation Area #\ #] Greenport \# Milton \# #\ Stamford ...................... past farmers markets through \# Paterson #] Punxsutawney Stroudsburg #] Yonkers \# Amish Country. 3–4 DAYS #\ Sunbury NEW #] State #\ #] Southampton 5 Days #\ JERSEY Bronx Tyrone #] East Liverpool \# College Selinsgrove Pottsville New York #] McCandless #\ #\ \# Easton #] Brooklyn 37 OHIO #\ Indiana Lewistown #] #\ Steubenville #] #] Allentown #] Edi Hershey Washington #]Reading Warminster #]Long Branch Wheeling #\ ^# #\ Harrisburg #\ ]# #\Ephrata #] ^#Trenton Asbury Park Bedford ]# #\ Somerset#\ #\ Lancaster #] Moundsville Chambersburg ]# Norristown #]Willingboro Point Wayne Union Town #\ #\ ]#York #] Gettysburg Philadelphia #] Pleasant National #\ Camden Forest Hancock #\ Hanover Wharton #\ ]# Morgantown ]# \# Wilmington A T L A N T I C ]# ]# State Cumberland Hagerstown #\ #\ Long Beach O C E A N #\ Forest Martinsburg Westminster #\ Newark Hammonton Island Skyline Drive Romney #\ Harve de Po ]# Frederick #\ to #] 21 Cross the Commonwealth’s Harpers Ferry #\ m Grace Smyrna #] a #\ Atlantic City c #\ ]# Millville \# high-altitude spine in the green #\ R Baltimore Winchester Leesburg i Ocean v Ellicott ^# Shenandoah Valley. 3 DAYS #\ e r ]# Dover City Finger Lakes Front City Annapolis Rockville Delaware Royal#\ ^# Bay \# Wildwoods Warrenton #_ Milford #\ #\ Cape Sutton #\ Franklin Luray #\ WASHINGTON #\ Easton Lewes \# May Lake #\ #\ The Jersey Shore Manassas DC Cambridge #\ Seaford Monongahela Harrisonburg #\ 4 Culpeper #\ 8 Boardwalks and beaches galore WEST VIRGINIA National #\ #] #\ DELAWARE La Plata MARYLAND Forest Monterey Ocean line the Atlantic for classic Loop Shenandoah #\ #\ Fredericksburg ]# #\ City summertime fun. 3–7 DAYS .................... Fayetteville Appalachiam National Park Leonardtown Salisbury #\ Mountains Staunton \# Waynesboro Assateague #\ Oak Hill George Washington #\ Island National 3 days #] #\ Louisa Seashore National Forest Tappahannock \# 67 New River Lewisburg Charlottesville Crisfield Gorge National #\ \# #\ mes R Chincoteague River Ja iver Island Bluestone Jefferson Chesapeake Maritime Maryland Lake National Saluda \# Bay ^# 17 #\ Forest Lynchburg Richmond Seaside towns, miles of marsh Princeton ]# and sweaty Chesapeake crab Roanoke #\ \# Farmville Blacksburg #\ ]# Bedford #\ Williamsburg shacks. 4 DAYS Blue #\ #] \# Yorktown Wytheville Ridge Appomattox Petersburg #\ Parkway #\ Floyd VIRGINIA Newport News #\ South Norfolk ]# #\ Hill Suffolk Virginia ]# South #\ Martinsville #\ #\ Boston #\ Beach Franklin Great Dismal #\ Mount Swamp National Airy Blue Ridge Parkway Wildlife Refuge 25 College towns, back-road The Civil War Tour The Jersey hamlets and miles of woolly 23 Preserved battlefields, wilderness trails. 4 DAYS 19th-century countryside and Statesville © IMAGES GETTY / #\ Southern small towns. 3 DAYS 0 200 km 9 ^# Raleigh e# 8 NORTH CAROLINA 0 100 miles Shore................. © IMAGES GETTY / 6 Long Beach 3-7 Days 109 Island Only a very narrow inlet separates this long sliver of an island, with its beautiful beaches and impressive sum mer homes, from the- very southern tip of YLVA NNS PE & EY S JER W Island Beach State Park NE and the northern shore towns. 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