Best of Northern New England, USA: Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Acadia, Stowe, Mt Washington & Fall Foliage - A 2026 First-Person Guide
Browse more guides: United States Of America travel | Americas destinations Best of Northern New England, USA: Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Acadia, Stowe, Mt Washington & Fall Foliage - A 2026 First-Person Guide I planned my first deep Northern New England loop the way most travellers eventually do: I stared at a foliage map in late September, watched the green pixels turn to amber, then to crimson, then dropped a pin on the small triangle of country where Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine meet the cold Atlantic. What started as a weekend leaf chase grew into a full three week project that I have now run twice, and the notes below are what I wish someone had handed me before I bought my first plane ticket into Boston Logan. This guide is written for the reader I once was: an international visitor, often Indian, sometimes British, sometimes Australian, who has heard the words Acadia, Stowe, and Mt Washington, who has seen the postcard sugar maples, and who now wants the hones...