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Travel New England

New England is a special place - with amazing scenery, quaint small towns each with their own unique personality, awesome recreation, a rich history, and unforgettable stories.  Over the last twenty-five years, Gribblenation has spent many days, nights, and weekends in New England on road trips, day trips, and long vacations.  

The Travel New England Gateway is our starting point for discovering this unique part of America.  We hope you enjoy your visit.

Recent Updates: 
January 6, 2026 - New Page on Rochester, Vermont
January 1, 2026 - New Page on Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site
March 11, 2025 - New Page on Jamaica, Vermont

Features:
    Connecticut:
       Covered Bridges:
                        Bulls Bridge
                        Comstock Covered Bridge
       Ferries:
                        Rocky Hill-Glastonbury Ferry
            Historic Bridges:
                        Bulkeley Bridge
                        Old Drake Hill Flower Bridge
            Points of Interest:
                        Frog Bridge - Willimantic
                        Meriden Traffic Control Tower
                        Merrit Parkway Tollbooth - Boothe Memorial Park
            Small Towns:
                        East Haddam
            State Parks:
                        Lover's Leap State Park & Falls Bridge
    Maine:
            Covered Bridges:
                        Babb's Covered Bridge
                        Bennett Covered Bridge
                        Hemlock Covered Bridge
                        Lovejoy Covered Bridge
                        Low's Covered Bridge
                        Porter-Parsonfield Covered Bridge
                        Robyville Covered Bridge
                        Sunday River Covered Bridge
            Great Drives:
                        Blackwood Scenic Byway - ME 182
                        High Peaks Scenic Byway - ME 27
                        Pine Tree Trail
                        Rangely Lakes Scenic Byway
            Historic Bridges:
                        Bailey Island Bridge
                        Deer Isle Bridge
                        Old US 2 - New Sharon
                        Wire Bridge - New Portland
            Lighthouses:
                        Pemaquid Point
            National Parks:
                        Acadia National Park
            Points of Interest:
                        America's First Mile - US 1 - Fort Kent
                        Fort Knox & Penobscot Narrows Bridge Observatory
                        Quill Hill
    Massachusetts:
            Covered Bridges:
                        Arthur A. Smith Covered Bridge
                        Bissell Covered Bridge
                        Old Pepperell Covered Bridge
                        Upper Sheffield Covered Bridge
            Great Drives:
                        The Mohawk Trail
            Hiking:
                        Abandoned Interstate 95 - Newburyport
                        Interstate 90 at the Appalachian Trail
            Historic Bridges:
                        Bardwell's Ferry Bridge
                        Choate Bridge
                        Rocks Village Bridge
            Historic Sites:
                        Savery Avenue - America's First Divided Highway
            Small Towns:
                        Deerfield Village
                        Shelburne Falls
    New Hampshire:
            Covered Bridges:
                        Albany Covered Bridge
                        Ashuelot Covered Bridge
                        Bath Covered Bridge
                        Bath-Haverhill Covered Bridge
                        Blair Covered Bridge
                        Cilleyville Covered Bridge (Bog Bridge)
                        Coombs Covered Bridge
                        Corbin Covered Bridge
                        Groveton Covered Bridge
                        Mechanic Street Covered Bridge - Lancaster
                        Meriden Covered Bridge
                        Mount Orne Covered Bridge
                        Pier Covered Railroad Bridge
                        Pittsburg-Clarksville (Bacon Bridge)
                        Prentiss Covered Bridge
                        Saco River Covered Bridge
                        Slate Covered Bridge
                        Squam River Covered Bridge
                        Thompson Covered Bridge
            Great Drives:
                        A Scenic Drive along NH 112
                        Franconia Notch Parkway
                        Kancamagus Highway - NH 112
                        Sandwich Notch Road
            Hiking:
                        Old NH 10 - Keene
            Historic Bridges:
                        General Sullivan Bridge
                        Gilsum Stone Arch
                        Pierce Bridge - Bethlehem
                        Russell Hill (Livermore) Bridge
            Small Towns:
                        Franconia
    Rhode Island:
            Historic Bridges:
                        Mount Hope Bridge
    Vermont:
            Covered Bridges:
                        Arlington Green Covered Bridge
                        Cambridge Junction Covered Bridge
                        Chiselville Covered Bridge
                        Columbia Covered Bridge
                        Downers (Upper Falls) Covered Bridge
                        East Shoreham Covered Railroad Bridge
                        Gold Brook Covered Bridge
                        Halpin Covered Bridge
                        Holmes Creek Covered Bridge
                        Maple Street Covered Bridge
                        Middle Covered Bridge
                        Mill and Cilley Covered Bridges
                        Mount Orne Covered Bridge
                        Paper Mill Village Covered Bridge
                        Power House Covered Bridge
                        Sanderson Covered Bridge
                        Taftsville Covered Bridge
                        West Dummerston Covered Bridge
            Great Drives:
                        Bayley-Hazen Military Road
                        Mount Equinox Skyline Drive
            Historic Bridges:
                        Brookfield Floating Bridge
                        Highgate Falls Parabolic Truss Bridge
                        Marble Bridge - Proctor
                        Medburyville Iron Bridge
            Natural Areas:
                        Quechee Gorge - Vermont's Little Grand Canyon
            Small Towns:
                        Jamaica
                        Peru
                        Quechee
                        Rochester
                        Woodstock
            State Historic Sites:
                        Calvin Coolidge Homestead

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