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The steep-gabled, dark gray Witch House on a sunny autumn day, with a red-leaved tree on the left, a wooden hanging sign and a bundle of corn stalks on the rightHistory & heritage
Boston North Station → Salem → Witch House → Peabody Essex Museum → Witch Trials Memorial → Derby Wharf → House of the Seven Gables

Salem: Witch City Day Trip

A car-free day trip from Boston to Salem: the commuter rail from North Station, the 1692 witch trials at the Witch House, the Witch Trials Memorial and the Old Burying Point, the Peabody Essex Museum, the old sailing-ship waterfront at Salem Maritime National Historical Park, and a tour of the House of the Seven Gables. Written honestly for October, when Salem is at its busiest.

8–9 hour day·About 3–4 miles walking; two 30-minute train rides
Best: September to early November; October is peak
$4 USD
Rockport's inner harbor with lobster boats moored in front of a red wooden fishing shack hung with buoys, gray-shingled houses beside itCoastal towns drive
Boston → Gloucester Fishermen's Memorial → Cape Ann Museum → Rockport, Bearskin Neck → Halibut Point → Essex

Cape Ann: Gloucester, Rockport and Halibut Point

A Cape Ann driving day from Boston: Gloucester's harbor and Fishermen's Memorial, an optional hour at the Cape Ann Museum, Rockport's Bearskin Neck and Motif No. 1, a granite-and-ocean walk at Halibut Point State Park, then fried clams in Essex on the way home.

9–10 hour day·About 2.5–3 hours of driving in total
Best: Late May to mid-October
$4 USD
A dark-brown colonial tavern with a gray shingle roof behind a low fieldstone wall, framed by bare and golden autumn trees and fallen leavesHistory & heritage
Boston → Lexington Battle Green → Minute Man NHP → Orchard House → Concord → North Bridge → Sleepy Hollow → Walden Pond

Lexington, Concord and Walden

A full day west of Boston that follows April 19, 1775 from Lexington Battle Green along the Battle Road to Concord's North Bridge, then turns literary: Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House, Authors' Ridge in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, and a late-afternoon walk at Thoreau's Walden Pond.

9–10 hour day·About 2–2½ hours of driving in total
Best: May–October; best late September to mid-October
$4 USD
A sandy lane runs downhill between gray clapboard houses with thatched roofs and split-rail fences toward the open water of Cape Cod Bay under an overcast skyHistory & heritage
Boston → Plimoth Patuxet → Town Wharf → Mayflower II → Plymouth Rock → Burial Hill → Forefathers Monument

Plymouth Pilgrim Coast Day

A Plymouth day from Boston: opening time at Plimoth Patuxet Museums for the Historic Patuxet Homesite and the 17th-Century English Village, a seafood lunch on Town Wharf, then Mayflower II, Plymouth Rock, the Pilgrims' hilltop burying ground and the 81-foot National Monument to the Forefathers before the drive home.

10-hour day·About 2 hours of driving in total
Best: May to October
$4 USD
Provincetown seen from high above: rooftops and a white church steeple in front, a curving sandy harbor beach, MacMillan Pier reaching into calm blue water and the long breakwater beyondFerry & beach day
Boston → MacMillan Pier → Pilgrim Monument → Province Lands → Race Point Beach → Commercial Street

Provincetown by Fast Ferry

A car-free day at the tip of Cape Cod from Boston: a 90-minute fast ferry to MacMillan Pier, the view from the Pilgrim Monument, a bike ride (or the free summer shuttle) through the Province Lands dunes to Race Point Beach, then Commercial Street until the evening boat home. It works only in ferry season, roughly mid-May to mid-October.

Long day, about 8:30 am to 9 pm·No car: two 90-minute ferry crossings, about 2 miles on foot, and an optional 6–10 mile bike ride
Best: Mid-May to mid-October (ferry season); best late June to early September
$4 USD
Green grassy headland above pale clay cliffs at the water's edge, with a red brick lighthouse on the far bluff and blue sea beyondIsland day trip
Boston → Falmouth lot → Woods Hole ferry → Oak Bluffs → Edgartown → Aquinnah → Vineyard Haven

Martha's Vineyard Day Trip

A long but doable Martha's Vineyard day from Boston without bringing a car across: park at the Steamship Authority's Falmouth lot, walk on the ferry from Woods Hole, then ride island buses to the gingerbread cottages and Flying Horses Carousel in Oak Bluffs, lunch in Edgartown, and the clay cliffs and Gay Head Light at Aquinnah. Be honest with yourself: it starts before 7 am and ends after 9 pm.

14–15 hour day·About 3–3½ hours of driving in total, plus two 45-minute ferry crossings and about 2 hours on island buses
Best: Late May to early October; best June and September
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Wooded Berkshire hills in early fall color, with orange and gold trees in the foreground and the lake called Stockbridge Bowl below a line of blue ridgesArt, houses & foliage
Boston → Norman Rockwell Museum → Chesterwood (optional) → Stockbridge Main Street → The Mount, Lenox

Berkshires: Stockbridge and Lenox

A long Berkshires driving day from Boston: the Norman Rockwell Museum and his studio, an optional stop at Chesterwood, lunch on Stockbridge's Main Street by the Red Lion Inn, and an afternoon at Edith Wharton's house and gardens, The Mount, in Lenox. Best in late September and early October, when the hills are turning.

12–13 hour day from Boston·About 5–5.5 hours of driving in total
Best: Late September to mid-October
$4 USD
A white meetinghouse with green shutters, a clock tower and a tall spire at the end of a grassy common, with dirt paths and spring woods behindHistory & heritage
Boston → Old Sturbridge Village: Center Village, Freeman Farm, Bullard Tavern, the mills → optional Wells State Park

A Day at Old Sturbridge Village

A full day at New England's 1830s living-history village in Sturbridge: the common and meetinghouse, the Freeman Farm, lunch at the Bullard Tavern and the three water-powered mills, with an optional walk at Wells State Park. It's planned around the Village's Wednesday-to-Sunday schedule and its earlier fall closing time.

9–10 hour day from Boston·About 2½ hours of driving from Boston and back
Best: April–early November; best May–June and mid-September–October
$4 USD
The pale stone façade of The Breakers with a red tile roof, seen across a wide striped lawn under a clear blue skyGilded Age mansions & coast
Boston → The Breakers → Cliff Walk → Bowen's Wharf → Marble House → Ocean Drive and Brenton Point → Thames Street

Newport Mansions and Cliff Walk

A full Newport day from Boston or Providence: a timed morning entry at The Breakers, the open stretch of the Cliff Walk past Ochre Court and The Breakers' lawn, lunch on Bowen's or Bannister's Wharf, Marble House in the afternoon, then Ocean Drive to Brenton Point and an evening on Thames Street.

10–11 hour day from Boston·About 3 hours of driving from Boston, about 1½ from Providence
Best: All year; best May–October
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WaterFire at dusk: fires burning in braziers across the Waterplace basin, crowds along the walls, and the lit State House dome and downtown buildings behindCity day by train
Boston → Providence: State House → Benefit Street → Athenaeum → RISD Museum → Waterplace Park → Federal Hill → WaterFire

Providence by Train: Benefit Street, RISD and WaterFire

A car-free Providence day from Boston on the MBTA commuter rail: the State House, a walk down Benefit Street's Mile of History to the Athenaeum, the RISD Museum, the Riverwalk to Waterplace Park and an Italian dinner on Federal Hill. On a lighting night, stay for WaterFire before the late train home.

10–13 hour day from Boston·No car: about 70 minutes by commuter rail each way, then 4–5 miles on foot
Best: Late May–early November, on a WaterFire Saturday
$4 USD
Tall eroded clay cliffs covered in green scrub drop to a narrow sandy beach and blue sea, with a brick lighthouse small on the clifftopIsland day trip
Providence → Point Judith ferry → Old Harbor → Mohegan Bluffs and Southeast Light → Rodman's Hollow → Settler's Rock and North Light → Crescent Beach

Block Island Bike Day

A full summer day on Block Island from Providence: the Point Judith ferry to Old Harbor, then a bike loop to the Mohegan Bluffs and Southeast Lighthouse, an optional walk in Rodman's Hollow, a picnic at Settler's Rock and the North Light, and a late-afternoon swim at Crescent Beach before the boat home.

12-hour day·About 1 hour 45 minutes of driving in total, plus two ferry crossings
Best: Mid-June to mid-September; good May to Columbus Day
$4 USD
The three-masted whaleship Charles W. Morgan dressed with signal flags at a wooden pier, beside red and gray clapboard buildings on the Mystic River under a clear blue skyMaritime history & harbor towns
Providence → Mystic Seaport Museum → downtown Mystic → Stonington Borough → Old Lighthouse Museum

Mystic Seaport and Stonington

A coastal Connecticut day from Providence: a long morning aboard the 1841 whaleship Charles W. Morgan and through the Mystic Seaport Museum village, lunch by the Mystic River bascule bridge, then a slow walk through Stonington Borough to the 1840 stone lighthouse at the harbor mouth. Mystic Aquarium is the swap for a wet day or young children.

8–9 hour day·About 2¼ hours of driving in total
Best: May–October; best June and September
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Wooded bluffs above the calm Connecticut River under a blue sky with high cloud, with Gillette Castle's stone towers just visible among the trees at the top leftRiver towns & heritage rail
Hartford → Gillette Castle → Chester–Hadlyme ferry → Essex → Essex Steam Train & Riverboat → Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam

Essex and the Lower Connecticut River Valley

A lower Connecticut River day from Hartford or New Haven: Gillette Castle on its bluff in the morning, the little Chester–Hadlyme ferry across the river, Essex village and the Connecticut River Museum, then the Essex Steam Train and the Becky Thatcher riverboat in the afternoon. It ends at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, with an evening show if you book one.

9–10 hour day·About 2–2½ hours of driving in total, plus a short ferry crossing
Best: Late May to mid-October; best September to Columbus Day weekends
$4 USD
A black cow grazing in a fenced pasture covered in fallen leaves, with a maple in gold leaf on the left and a hillside of orange, red and yellow trees behindFall color & scenic drive
Hartford → Litchfield → Lake Waramaug → Bull's Bridge → Kent → Kent Falls → West Cornwall

Litchfield Hills & Kent Foliage Drive

A fall-color driving day from Hartford through Connecticut's northwest corner: the colonial green and historic district in Litchfield, a lakeside stop at Lake Waramaug, the 1842 Bull's Bridge over the Housatonic, lunch in Kent village, the stepped cascades of Kent Falls and the red covered bridge at West Cornwall.

9–10 hour day·About 3.5 hours of driving in total
Best: Early to late October
$4 USD
Orange, red and gold trees in late-afternoon light at a roadside overlook, with sunbeams breaking through clouds over a line of blue mountain ridgesFall color & scenic drive
Boston → Flume Gorge → Old Man Profile Plaza → Echo Lake → Lincoln → Kancamagus Highway → Conway

Franconia Notch & the Kancamagus

A long White Mountains foliage day from Boston: a timed walk through Flume Gorge, the Old Man of the Mountain Profile Plaza and Echo Lake in Franconia Notch, lunch in Lincoln, then the 34.5-mile Kancamagus Highway east past mountain overlooks, Sabbaday Falls and Lower Falls to Conway.

13–14 hour day·About 6.5 hours of driving without traffic; often 8 or more on peak foliage weekends
Best: Late September to mid-October
$4 USD
A pale yellow Georgian house and a dark wooden colonial house with diamond-pane windows behind a summer garden bed under a deep blue skyHarbor town day trip
Boston → Odiorne Point, Rye → New Castle → Market Square → Strawbery Banke → Prescott Park → Portsmouth Harbor

Portsmouth and the Seacoast

A Portsmouth day from Boston: the rocky shore and Seacoast Science Center at Odiorne Point, a drive through New Castle, lunch at Market Square, the old houses of Strawbery Banke, the Prescott Park gardens and a late-afternoon harbor cruise, finishing with dinner by the water.

11-hour day·About 2½ hours of driving in total
Best: May to October; best mid-June to early October
$4 USD
Bare, rocky peaks of the Presidential Range rising across a deep, forested glacial valley, seen over wind-bent spruce from high on Mount Washington under a clear blue skyMountains & scenic drives
Boston → Mt. Washington Auto Road → summit → Pinkham Notch → Glen Ellis Falls → Jackson covered bridge

Mount Washington Summit Day

A long, honest day from Boston to the 6,288-foot summit of Mount Washington: drive the steep Mt. Washington Auto Road (or ride the Cog Railway), visit the state park summit building and the Observatory's small weather museum, then come down to Pinkham Notch, the short walk to Glen Ellis Falls and Jackson's red covered bridge before the drive home.

13-hour day·About 6.5–7.5 hours of driving in total, including the Auto Road
Best: Mid-June to early October
$4 USD
Calm blue water of Oarweed Cove framed by pine branches, with flat ledges in the foreground and the houses of the Perkins Cove peninsula across the waterCoastal day trip
Boston → Nubble Light, York → Ogunquit Beach → Marginal Way → Perkins Cove → Kennebunkport → Walker's Point

Ogunquit, Nubble Light and Kennebunkport

A southern Maine coast day from Boston: Nubble Light from Sohier Park in York, Ogunquit Beach, the Marginal Way cliff walk to Perkins Cove with a lobster roll at the harbor, then Dock Square in Kennebunkport and the Ocean Avenue drive to the Walker's Point overlook. It's planned around one paid parking spot in Ogunquit and the seasonal trolley.

10-hour day·About 4 hours of driving in total
Best: Late May to mid-October; best in June and September
$4 USD
Portland Head Light, a white tower beside a keepers' house with a red roof, on a rocky point with waves breaking in a cove below under a gray skyCoast & harbor city
Boston → Fort Williams Park and Portland Head Light → Old Port → Portland Observatory → Eastern Promenade → optional Peaks Island ferry → Old Port dinner

Portland Head Light and the Old Port

A full day trip from Boston to Portland, Maine. Start with a morning at Portland Head Light, first lit in 1791, and the cliffs of Fort Williams Park. Then park once and walk the rest: lunch in the brick Old Port, the 1807 signal tower on Munjoy Hill, the Eastern Promenade above Casco Bay, an optional ferry ride to Peaks Island and dinner by the wharves.

13–14 hour day·About 4½ hours of driving in total, mostly I-95 to and from Boston
Best: Late May to mid-October
$4 USD
Looking down into Quechee Gorge from above, the Ottauquechee River running over rocks between steep slopes of dark pines and yellow, orange and red maples, with a hazy ridge beyondVillages & fall color
Boston → Quechee Gorge → Simon Pearce → Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller → Billings Farm → Woodstock green

Woodstock & Quechee Vermont Day

A long Vermont day from Boston: the bridge view and gorge trail at Quechee Gorge, lunch above the waterfall at Simon Pearce's glassblowing mill, a reserved mansion tour at Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, the working dairy at Billings Farm, then Woodstock's village green and Middle Covered Bridge at the end of the afternoon. Better still as an overnight.

13-hour day from Boston·About 5–6 hours of driving in total
Best: Early to mid-October
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