Explore Wickford, Rhode Island — home to the annual summer Wickford Art Festival — with its historic homes, scenic harbor, shopping, and more! You must love a harbor specked with sailboats, embrace dogs of every nation, and enjoy strolling through the 1700s—or the charms of Wickford, Rhode Island will elude you. If, however, such things […]
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New Hampshire
Yankee Magazine Cover | July 1994
July 1994 | “Proud Gate,” by Lowell Herrero.
Maine
Peace on the Lake
Maine lakeside
The Bay State has plenty to offer in the Great Outdoors. Read our picks for the best outdoor attractions in Massachusetts for 2013. BEST STAND-UP PADDLE SHOP SURFARI SUP & SURF, Manchester-by-the-Sea It originated with California surfers, but stand-up paddleboarding is a great way to get a core workout while exploring the coves and inlets […]
I had always considered Stowe, Vermont to be a strictly winter ski destination, but it turns out I was wrong. “Stowe in the summer season,” as I was told by my innkeeper last month, “is perhaps the busiest season.” Tucked just east of Burlington in northern Vermont, Stowe’s combination of 200-year-old village along with its […]
Massachusetts
The Beach at Scituate Light
Sunset looking across Scituate Harbor from the lighthouse.
New England
Greatest New England Lakes
New England’s pristine northern waters offer the ultimate in summer relaxation.
New Hampshire
Newfound Lake, New Hampshire | Great Daytrip Lake
Considerably smaller than Winnipesaukee to the east, but about the same size as Sunapee to the southwest, Newfound Lake is some 7 miles long and 2½ miles wide.
Lake Willoughby is a quiet, even haunting, place cloaked in the 7,000-acre Willoughby State Forest in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom.
Damariscotta Lake on Maine’s busy Midcoast is the glacier’s gift to those of us who love to look at the ocean but shiver at the thought of jumping in.
The Belgrade Lakes in Maine, a cluster of seven bodies of water north of Augusta, draw visitors summer after summer to swim and fish in their cool, clear waters.
A visit to beautiful Moosehead Lake in Maine, the largest mountain lake in the eastern United States.