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2 days · Bracebridge → Huntsville
Muskoka waterfalls and Algonquin
Five waterfalls around Bracebridge, then Lions Lookout and the Highway 60 trails of Algonquin.
2 days · Niagara Falls → Niagara-on-the-Lake
Niagara Falls to Niagara-on-the-Lake
A Canadian-side trip: the Horseshoe Falls and the Niagara Glen, then the Parkway into a heritage town and wine country.
3 days · Kingston → Prince Edward County
Limestone city and the dunes
Kingston's fort and islands, the free Glenora ferry, then Sandbanks and County villages.
3 days · Stratford → Niagara-on-the-Lake
Two festival towns
Ontario's two great theatre towns, with swans, gardens and orchards in between shows.
2 days · Tobermory
The tip of the Bruce
The Grotto one day, Flowerpot Island and the shipwrecks the next.
3 days · Niagara Falls → Watkins Glen
Niagara to the Finger Lakes
Cross from the Canadian falls to New York's waterfall gorge and Seneca Lake wine country.
2 days · Lake Placid
Adirondack peaks and lakes
Mirror Lake, a short summit hike and the Olympic venues.
3 days · Traverse City → Mackinac Island
Michigan's northern shores
Sleeping Bear Dunes and cherry country, then a car-free island.
2 days · Sandusky
Marblehead and the Lake Erie ferries
A shore weekend from Sandusky: Marblehead Lighthouse, then a day-trip ferry to the glacial grooves or the Perry monument.
2 days · Gettysburg
Gettysburg in two days
The battlefield, the cemetery where Lincoln spoke, and orchard country.
3 days · Gananoque → Kingston → Ottawa
Thousand Islands to the capital
Island cruises, a limestone fortress city, then up the Rideau corridor to Ottawa.
4 days · Ottawa → Québec City
Capital to the walled city
Ottawa's museums and canal, then east to Old Québec and Montmorency Falls.
3 days · Collingwood and Blue Mountain → Tobermory
Escarpment and Georgian Bay
Caves and lookouts at Blue Mountain, then up the Bruce Peninsula to the Grotto.
2 days · Niagara Falls → Niagara Falls, New York
Niagara Falls, Canada and New York
A two-country trip: the Horseshoe Falls railing in Canada, then across the Rainbow Bridge to Goat Island and the Cave of the Winds in New York.
3 days · Niagara Falls, New York → Erie
Lake Erie shore
From the falls along Lake Erie to Presque Isle's beaches and lighthouses.
4 days · Holland, Michigan → Traverse City
West Michigan dunes and lighthouses
Big Red and the Dutch windmill, then north to Sleeping Bear Dunes.
3 days · Cooperstown → Watkins Glen
Baseball and the Finger Lakes
The Hall of Fame on Otsego Lake, then the waterfall gorge at Watkins Glen.
3 days · Montréal → Mont-Tremblant
Montréal and the Laurentians
Mount Royal and the markets, then a mountain village, a national park and a rail trail.
3 days · Burlington, Vermont → Montréal
Lake Champlain to Montréal
Burlington's lakefront bike path, then north across the border to Montréal.
3 days · Ithaca → Watkins Glen
Finger Lakes gorges
Ithaca's in-town waterfalls and three state parks, then the Watkins Glen gorge.
2 days · Elora and Fergus → Stratford
Grand River and Stratford
A limestone gorge and quarry swim, then swans and theatre.
3 days · Sault Ste. Marie
Agawa Canyon and Lake Superior
A wilderness train into a canyon, then the wild Superior shore.
3 days · Banff
Rockies long weekend
Lake Louise, Moraine Lake, Johnston Canyon and a hot-springs evening.
3 days · Bar Harbor and Acadia
Acadia's Park Loop and Cadillac Mountain
Three days on the east side of Mount Desert Island: the Park Loop, a Cadillac sunrise, carriage roads and a low-tide walk to Bar Island.
2 days · Goderich → Stratford
Lake Huron sunsets
Goderich's beach and octagon square, then Stratford's river and theatre.
3 days · Halifax
Halifax and the South Shore
The harbour city, Peggy's Cove and UNESCO Lunenburg.
4 days · Munising and Pictured Rocks → Mackinac Island
Upper Peninsula cliffs and island
Pictured Rocks by boat and on foot, then across the straits to Mackinac Island.
4 days · Hocking Hills → Sandusky
Ohio caves and Lake Erie
Recess caves and gorges in the hills, then lighthouses and island ferries.
4 days · Ohiopyle and Fallingwater → Gettysburg → Lancaster County
Pennsylvania classics
Fallingwater and whitewater, the Gettysburg battlefield, then Amish country.
4 days · Asheville → Gatlinburg and the Smokies
Blue Ridge to the Smokies
Biltmore and the Parkway, then across the mountains to Cades Cove.
4 days · Banff → Jasper
Banff to Jasper on the Icefields Parkway
Lake Louise, the glacier-lined Parkway and Jasper's canyon and dark skies.
5 days · Halifax → Charlottetown and Cavendish
Maritimes loop
Halifax and Peggy's Cove, then over to PEI's red cliffs and Green Gables.
4 days · Portland, Maine → Bar Harbor and Acadia
Maine coast lighthouses
Portland Head Light and Casco Bay, then up the coast to Acadia.
2 days · Door County
Door County weekend
Bay-side villages and Peninsula State Park, then the lake side's lighthouses and caves.
3 days · Parry Sound → Bracebridge
Georgian Bay granite
Killbear's pink granite and a 30,000 Islands cruise, then Muskoka's waterfalls.
3 days · Peterborough and the Kawarthas → Prince Edward County
Kawarthas to the County
The Lift Lock and canoe museum, then beaches and dunes in Prince Edward County.
5 days · Sault Ste. Marie → Thunder Bay
Sault Ste. Marie to Thunder Bay
A five-day drive up the Canadian north shore, from the Soo through Lake Superior Provincial Park to the Sleeping Giant.
2 days · Port Dover and Norfolk County
Ontario's South Coast
Port Dover's pier and perch, then Long Point's beaches and birds.
3 days · Saratoga Springs → Lake Placid
Saratoga and the Adirondacks
Springs, the track and a battlefield, then the High Peaks.
3 days · Burlington, Vermont → Stowe
Vermont's Green Mountains
Lake Champlain, then Stowe's notch, falls and mountain.
3 days · Gravenhurst → Bracebridge → Huntsville
Muskoka lakes loop
A steamship from Gravenhurst, Bracebridge's waterfalls, then Huntsville's lookouts.
3 days · Huntsville → Algonquin Park and Whitney → Haliburton Highlands
Through Algonquin on Highway 60
West Gate to East Gate: lookouts, moose and canoe lakes, then south to the Haliburton lakes.
3 days · Grand Bend and Bayfield → Goderich
Lake Huron beach towns
The Pinery's dunes, Bayfield's harbour and Goderich's octagon square.
2 days · Brantford and Six Nations → Elora and Fergus
Along the Grand River
Haudenosaunee history and the Bell Homestead, then the Elora Gorge.
3 days · Montréal → Eastern Townships (Magog and North Hatley)
Montréal and the Eastern Townships
Old Montréal, then lake villages, a monastery and the Coaticook gorge.
3 days · Québec City → Tadoussac
Québec City to the whales
Old Québec, then up the coast to Tadoussac's whales and fjord.
4 days · Kelowna → Nelson
Okanagan to the Kootenays
Lake beaches and Myra Canyon's trestles, then Nelson's heritage streets and hot springs.
4 days · Victoria → Tofino and Ucluelet
Victoria to Tofino
The capital's harbour, then across the island to the surf beaches.
2 days · Whistler
Whistler, Brandywine Falls and the Peak 2 Peak
A Whistler-based weekend: Brandywine Falls on the way in, then the Peak 2 Peak Gondola and Lost Lake.
6 days · Halifax → Lunenburg and Mahone Bay → Cabot Trail (Baddeck and Chéticamp)
Nova Scotia coasts
Halifax and Lunenburg on the South Shore, then the Cabot Trail loop.
4 days · St. Andrews by-the-Sea → Bar Harbor and Acadia
Fundy coast to Acadia
Fundy tides and Ministers Island, then across the border to Acadia.
2 days · Drumheller
Calgary to the badlands
Dinosaurs, hoodoos and a little ferry across the Red Deer River.
3 days · Kennebunkport → North Conway
Southern Maine coast to the White Mountains
Lighthouses and lobster rolls, then granite ledges and the road up Mount Washington.
2 days · Skaneateles → Ithaca
The northern Finger Lakes
A clear-water lake village, then gorges and waterfalls.
3 days · Frankenmuth → Sleeping Bear Dunes (Glen Arbor and Empire) → Traverse City
Frankenmuth to Sleeping Bear
Chicken dinners and Christmas lights, then giant dunes over Lake Michigan.
2 days · Shenandoah and Luray
Skyline Drive and Luray
105 miles of Blue Ridge overlooks, waterfalls and caverns below.
2 days · Saratoga Springs → Lake George
Saratoga to Lake George
Mineral springs and a racetrack, then a steamboat on the Queen of American Lakes.
2 days · Galena
A Galena weekend
An 1800s river town, Grant's house and the Mississippi bluffs.
2 days · Cape May
A Cape May weekend
Victorian streets, a lighthouse and a sunset flag ceremony.
3 days · Sauble Beach and the Bruce Peninsula → Owen Sound
Sauble Beach and Owen Sound
A long sandy beach, Bruce Peninsula cliffs and Owen Sound's waterfalls.
2 days · Midland and Penetanguishene
Midland and Penetanguishene
A rebuilt Jesuit mission, a marsh boardwalk and a Georgian Bay cruise.
2 days · Bancroft
A Bancroft weekend
Minerals, waterfalls and quiet lakes in Ontario's rock capital.
2 days · Kenora
Kenora and Lake of the Woods
A lake town with a giant muskie, a harbourfront and a cruise on Lake of the Woods.
3 days · Tobermory → Manitoulin Island
Tobermory to Manitoulin Island
The Chi-Cheemaun ferry to the world's largest freshwater island.
3 days · Sault Ste. Marie → Wawa
Sault Ste. Marie to Wawa
The Lake Superior shore through Lake Superior Provincial Park.
2 days · St. Jacobs and Elmira → Paris, Ontario
St. Jacobs, Elmira and Paris
A big farmers' market, a covered bridge and a cobblestone river town.
2 days · Port Perry
A Port Perry weekend
A Victorian main street on Lake Scugog.
3 days · Québec City → Charlevoix (Baie-Saint-Paul)
Quebec City to Charlevoix
Old Quebec, then artists' villages and fjord-like gorges along the St. Lawrence.
3 days · Gaspé and Percé
Percé and Forillon
Percé Rock, a gannet colony and the end of the Gaspé Peninsula.
2 days · Fundy National Park and Alma
Fundy National Park and Hopewell Rocks
A park weekend based in Alma: waterfalls and the Point Wolfe shore, then a low-tide walk at the Hopewell Rocks.
3 days · Halifax → Peggy's Cove and the South Shore
Halifax to Peggy's Cove
The harbour city, the famous lighthouse and the South Shore's painted towns.
4 days · Ogunquit → Newport → Mystic
Ogunquit to Mystic
A New England coast run: cliff walks, mansions and a maritime village.
3 days · The Berkshires (Lenox and Stockbridge) → Woodstock, Vermont
The Berkshires and Woodstock
Rockwell's Stockbridge, Tanglewood and a Vermont village of covered bridges.
3 days · Niagara Falls, New York → Letchworth State Park
Niagara to Letchworth
Two great waterfalls: Niagara and the 'Grand Canyon of the East'.
2 days · Old Forge and the Fulton Chain
An Old Forge weekend
Adirondack lakes, a fire tower and a scenic railroad.
3 days · Sandusky → Put-in-Bay
Sandusky and Put-in-Bay
Three days that include a night on the island: the Marblehead shore, then the ferry to Put-in-Bay for Perry's Memorial, Crystal Cave and a bike loop of South Bass Island.
3 days · Marquette → Munising and Pictured Rocks
Marquette and Pictured Rocks
Lake Superior's rocky shore in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
2 days · Wisconsin Dells and Baraboo
Wisconsin Dells and Baraboo
Sandstone gorges, quartzite bluffs and a circus museum.
2 days · Brown County (Nashville, Indiana)
A Brown County weekend
Wooded hills, a covered bridge and an artists' village.
3 days · Hershey → Lancaster County
Hershey and Lancaster County
The chocolate town and Amish farmland.
2 days · Bobcaygeon and Fenelon Falls
Kawartha lock towns
Two Trent-Severn lock villages, a lakeside park and the rail trail between them.
2 days · Port Hope and Cobourg
Northumberland lakeshore
Two Lake Ontario harbour towns and the Presqu'ile peninsula.
2 days · Merrickville and the Rideau Canal → Perth
Rideau heritage towns
A canal village with a stone blockhouse and a stone town on the Tay.
3 days · Killarney → Elliot Lake
La Cloche and the North Channel
White quartzite ridges at Killarney, then lake country around Elliot Lake.
2 days · Barrie → Orillia
Lake Simcoe and Couchiching
Kempenfelt Bay's waterfront, then Leacock's Sunshine Town on Lake Couchiching.
2 days · St. Thomas and Port Stanley
Port Stanley and Railway City
A Lake Erie beach village and the railway town just inland.
2 days · Port Elgin, Southampton and Kincardine
Lake Huron sunset towns
Beaches, a lighthouse and pipers along the Bruce coast.
2 days · Hamilton waterfalls and Dundas
Hamilton waterfall weekend
The escarpment falls of Dundas and Hamilton.
3 days · Lake Superior Provincial Park
Lake Superior Provincial Park by the shore
Three days inside the park on Highway 17: pictographs, coves, waterfalls and the cliffs at Old Woman Bay.
5 days · Gros Morne National Park → St. John's
Gros Morne and the Avalon
Fjords and the Tablelands in the west, then capes and colourful houses in the east.
2 days · Fredericton
Fredericton on the river
A riverside capital with a walking bridge, a gallery and a living-history village.
2 days · Kamouraska and the Lower St. Lawrence
The lower St. Lawrence
Kamouraska's shore and Rivière-du-Loup's falls and sunsets.
4 days · Canmore → Waterton Lakes National Park
Rockies: Canmore and Waterton
Mountain lakes near Canmore, then the prairie-meets-peaks park in the south.
4 days · Revelstoke → Penticton
Revelstoke to the Okanagan
Cedars and alpine meadows, then beaches and benches in the south Okanagan.
3 days · Outer Banks
Outer Banks lighthouses
First flight, giant dunes and striped lighthouses.
4 days · Charleston → Savannah
Charleston and Savannah
Two Southern port cities of squares, live oaks and old houses.
4 days · Cape Cod: Provincetown and Chatham → Martha's Vineyard
Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard
Outer Cape beaches and an island of gingerbread cottages.
2 days · Salem
Salem, Witch City
1692 history, a maritime port and a great museum.
2 days · Geneva
Geneva on Seneca Lake
A lakefront college town with gardens and wineries.
3 days · Hudson Valley: Beacon and Hudson
Hudson Valley art towns
Dia, Storm King, the Walkway and the painters' houses.
2 days · The Poconos and Jim Thorpe
Pocono falls and Jim Thorpe
Waterfalls in the woods and a Victorian railroad town.
2 days · Harpers Ferry
Harpers Ferry where rivers meet
A river-junction town, the Appalachian Trail and Antietam.
2 days · Indiana Dunes
The Indiana Dunes
Big dunes, marsh trails and a lighthouse on Lake Michigan.
4 days · Duluth and the North Shore → Apostle Islands and Bayfield
Duluth and the Apostle Islands
Lake Superior's port city, the North Shore and the sea caves of Wisconsin.
3 days · Port Carling and Bala → Dorset and Lake of Bays
Muskoka Lakes and Lake of Bays
Locks between the big lakes, Bala's falls, then a lookout tower over Lake of Bays.
2 days · Temagami
Temagami and Cobalt
Old-growth pines, a fire tower and a silver-rush town.
2 days · Prince Rupert
Prince Rupert and the North Coast
Totem poles, a historic cannery and grizzly country by boat.
3 days · Squamish → Whistler
Sea to Sky: Squamish and Whistler
The full Sea to Sky Highway: granite, waterfalls and a gondola over Howe Sound in Squamish, then north to the Olympic mountain village.
2 days · Golden
Golden and Yoho
Emerald Lake, Takakkaw Falls and the Kicking Horse River.
2 days · Chautauqua Lake
A Chautauqua summer weekend
Lectures, porches and a lake, then Lucy's hometown.
3 days · Corning → Hammondsport and Keuka Lake
Corning and Keuka Lake
Glass, western art, an aviation pioneer and hillside vineyards.
2 days · Lake Geneva
Lake Geneva's shore path
Mansions, a mail boat and a great telescope.
3 days · Duluth and the North Shore → Grand Marais
Duluth to Grand Marais
Lake Superior's North Shore, from the lift bridge to an artist town.
2 days · Petoskey and Harbor Springs
Petoskey and the Tunnel of Trees
Stone hunting, a Victorian bay town and a road under the trees.
2 days · Saugatuck and Douglas → Holland, Michigan
Saugatuck and Holland
An art town's beach and dunes, then a Dutch windmill.
2 days · Marietta
Marietta on the Ohio
Ohio's first town, an ancient mound and sternwheelers.
3 days · Fayetteville and New River Gorge
New River Gorge
America's newest national park: the bridge, the rim and the river.
2 days · Deep Creek Lake
Deep Creek Lake
A mountain lake and Maryland's highest waterfall.
2 days · Woodstock, New York
Woodstock and the Catskills
An artists' colony, a fire tower and a quarry sculpture.
2 days · Litchfield Hills
The Litchfield Hills
A classic green, America's first law school and waterfalls.
2 days · Nelson → Kaslo
Kootenay Lake
A mountain town on the West Arm and a heritage village on the north arm, with a sternwheeler and a cave hot spring in between.
2 days · Eastern Townships (Magog and North Hatley) → Sutton
Townships lakes and ridges
Lake Memphremagog and North Hatley one day, Sutton's trails and village the next.
2 days · Portsmouth → Ogunquit
The New Hampshire and Maine seacoast
A harbour city of colonial streets, then the Marginal Way and the southern Maine beaches.
2 days · Fernie
Fernie and the Elk Valley
A historic mountain town, a mossy waterfall and a lake in an old-growth bowl.
2 days · Moab
Moab and canyon country
Red-rock parks, a free hike to Corona Arch, and a mesa-top view of the Colorado River.
2 days · Springdale and Zion
Springdale and Zion Canyon
A canyon-mouth town, a free mesa trail, and a day in Zion Canyon.
2 days · Invermere and Radium
Invermere and the Columbia Valley
A lake beach, a mesa trail, and a soak in Sinclair Canyon.
2 days · Saint John
Saint John and the Fundy harbour
A reversing river, a coastal nature park, and Canada's oldest farmers' market.
2 days · Alexandria Bay and Clayton
Alexandria Bay and Clayton
Two American river villages, a land-trust trail, and a boat to Heart Island.
2 days · Houghton and Copper Country
Houghton and Copper Country
A canal town, a copper mine, old-growth pines and a Superior lookout at the tip of the Keweenaw.
2 days · Sedona
Sedona and the red rocks
A scenic byway, a creek canyon, and a sunset on the mesa.
2 days · Annapolis Royal
Annapolis Royal and the basin
A tidal-basin town, two national historic sites, and a day in the inland lakes.
2 days · Bonavista and Trinity
Bonavista and Trinity
A clifftop trail, two historic harbours, and puffins from the shore.
2 days · Louisbourg
Louisbourg and the fortress coast
A lighthouse trail, a working harbour, and a day inside a reconstructed French fortress.
2 days · Brockville
Brockville and the river
A waterfront walk, Canada's first railway tunnel, and a boat among the islands.
2 days · Wasaga Beach
Wasaga Beach and the bay
A long freshwater beach, a town trail, and a walk in the dune forest.
2 days · North Bay
North Bay and Lake Nipissing
A waterfall loop, a waterfront trail, and a look at the Manitou Islands.
2 days · Belleville
Belleville and the Bay of Quinte
A waterfront trail, a Victorian house museum, and a look at the bay.
2 days · Wolfville and Grand Pré
Wolfville and Grand Pré
The dykelands of Grand-Pré, a university town on the tide, and a look at Cape Blomidon.
2 days · Flagstaff
Flagstaff and the high country
A mesa-top trail under the San Francisco Peaks, two national monuments, and a look at the Grand Canyon road.
2 days · London
London and the Thames
A river trail through the Forest City, a year-round market, and a conservation lake at the edge of town.
2 days · Cornwall
Cornwall and the seaway
A St. Lawrence waterfront trail, a downtown park, and a wetland boardwalk east of town.
2 days · St. Marys
St. Marys and Stonetown
A limestone town, a trail over an old railway bridge, and a swimming quarry in summer.
2 days · Morrisburg and Long Sault
Morrisburg and the seaway shore
A parkway of islands, a bird sanctuary, and a living-history village on the drowned-village shore.
2 days · Lion's Head
Lion's Head and the cliffs
A cliff-top lookout on the Bruce Trail, a village beach, and a harbour lighthouse on Georgian Bay.
2 days · Lakefield
Lakefield and the Otonabee
A river village, a lock, a marsh tower, and a day east to caves or a sacred park.
2 days · Minden
Minden and the Gull River
A river village, a lookout over the rooftops, rapids, and a cultural centre at the edge of a marsh.
2 days · Jordan and Ball's Falls
Jordan and the Twenty Valley
Two waterfalls on the escarpment, an old mill hamlet, and a harbour wetland on Lake Ontario.
2 days · Simcoe
Simcoe and the Lynn Valley
Rail trails out of Norfolk's county town, a carillon war memorial, and a day at the ponds or the Lake Erie bluffs.
2 days · Chelsea and Wakefield
Chelsea, Wakefield and Gatineau Park
Lookouts and a green meromictic lake in Gatineau Park, a park village in Old Chelsea, and a covered bridge up the river at Wakefield.
2 days · Sudbury
Sudbury and Ramsey Lake
A waterfront park on a city lake, conservation trails in the Shield forest, and a day at the science centre or the Big Nickel.
2 days · Windsor and Point Pelee
Windsor and Point Pelee
A tallgrass prairie in the city, a riverfront across from Detroit, and a day at the southernmost point of mainland Canada.
2 days · Pelee Island
Pelee Island
A 90-minute ferry into Lake Erie, then two nature-reserve tips, an alvar trail, a municipal beach, and a west-shore museum.
2 days · Île d'Orléans
Île d'Orléans
A 67-kilometre loop just downriver from Québec City: the west-tip views, a French Regime manor, stone houses, and the observation tower at the east end.
2 days · Madison
Madison between the lakes
A capital city on an isthmus, a wooded point on Lake Mendota, and a Saturday market around the capitol.
2 days · Winnipeg
Winnipeg at the forks
The meeting of two rivers, a pedestrian bridge to Saint-Boniface, a glass museum, and a great city park.
2 days · Calgary
Calgary on the Bow
A red pedestrian bridge, a downtown island park, and a lookout toward the Rockies.
2 days · Cape May → Wildwood
Cape May and the Wildwoods
Victorian Cape May and, fifteen minutes north, free beaches and a boardwalk that lights up after dark.
2 days · Galena → Dubuque
Galena and Dubuque
A hilly 1800s Illinois river town and, 25 minutes across the Mississippi, Iowa's oldest city on the bluffs.
2 days · Front Royal → Shenandoah and Luray
Front Royal and Skyline Drive
The north entrance to Skyline Drive, a river town, and, 40 minutes south, the mid-park overlooks and Luray.
2 days · Green Bay → Door County
Door County and Green Bay
The Fox River city of a free wildlife sanctuary and a famous stadium, and, an hour up the peninsula, harbours and bluff-top parks.
2 days · Moncton → Fundy National Park and Alma
Moncton, the tidal bore and Hopewell Rocks
A river-city weekend: time the tidal bore in Moncton, then a day trip south to walk the ocean floor at Hopewell Rocks.
2 days · Digby → Annapolis Royal
Digby and Annapolis Royal
A scallop-fleet harbour on the Annapolis Basin, and, 25 minutes east, the earthworks and Habitation of Annapolis Royal.
2 days · Osoyoos → Penticton
Osoyoos and Penticton
A desert-edge lake town at the south end of the Okanagan, and, 45 minutes north, two beaches between two lakes.
2 days · Fredericton → Moncton
Fredericton and Moncton
New Brunswick's riverside capital, and, about an hour and three-quarters east, a river city of tidal bores.
2 days · Indiana Dunes → Holland, Michigan
Indiana Dunes and Holland
Dunes and beaches on Indiana's Lake Michigan shore, and, about two hours around the foot of the lake, a lighthouse town with its own dunes.
2 days · Pemberton → Whistler
Pemberton and Whistler
Turquoise alpine lakes and a canyon waterfall at the north end of the Sea to Sky, and, 35 minutes south, the lakes and village of Whistler.
2 days · Bar Harbor and Acadia → Southwest Harbor
Both sides of Mount Desert Island
A two-day sampler across the island: Bar Harbor and the east-side Park Loop, then 25 minutes west to Bass Harbor Head Light, Echo Lake and the quieter shore at Seawall.
2 days · North Conway → Jackson
North Conway and Jackson
Granite ledges and the Kancamagus in North Conway, and, 15 minutes north, a covered-bridge village of falls and a historic ski mountain.
2 days · Salem → Gloucester and Rockport
Salem and Cape Ann
The witch-city harbour, and, about 30 minutes up the shore, the working ports and rocky headlands of Gloucester and Rockport.
2 days · Frankenmuth → Bay City
Frankenmuth and Bay City
A Bavarian-themed town inland, and, about 35 minutes north, a river city and a coastal wetland state park on Saginaw Bay.
2 days · Brown County (Nashville, Indiana) → Bloomington
Brown County and Bloomington
Hills, a state park and Nashville's village, and, about 20 minutes west, a university city of a wooded lake and a limestone first park.
2 days · Santa Fe → Albuquerque
Santa Fe and Albuquerque
The oldest U.S. capital, a historic plaza and foothill trails, and, about an hour south, a Rio Grande city of a bosque trail, a petroglyph monument and the Sandia Mountains.
2 days · Portland → Hood River
Portland and Hood River
A river city of a 5,200-acre forest park and a wildlife refuge, and, about an hour east, the Columbia River Gorge, Crown Point and a waterfront town.
2 days · Estes Park → Boulder
Estes Park and Boulder
The east gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park, with a river walk and a seasonal high road, and, about 45 minutes south, a Front Range city of the Flatirons, Chautauqua and a creek path.