Northeast Hiking and Backpacking Travel Guide

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Baxter State Park		Hotels
Green Mountain National Forest		Hotels
Bear Mountain State Park		Hotels
Camel's Hump State Park		Hotels
Hudson Highlands State Park		Hotels
Mount Greylock State Reservation		Hotels
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I'M CHARGE OF THIS YEARS VACATION 3 KIDS 1 FEMALE 14 2 BOYS 12 AND 6 TWO ADULTS WE LIKE BEACH AND POOL WITH COVER FROM MID DAY SUN BOATING ? BUT HAVE NO LICESNE SOME FISHING MAYBE ALWAYS ENJOY CRABING EVERY SUMMER WHERE DO YOU SUGGEST WE GO NORTH / SOUTH 4 FIVE HOUR DRIVE ONLY 3 NIGHTS ANT IDEAS?
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My three sisters and I go on vacation together every year and we are in our 70's. Does anyone know of some good places to go. We're running out of ideas.
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What is a good place to take 7yearold and 6 year old around Thanksgiving? Looking for something in the Northeast - want to see snow hopefully, sledding, hayrides, apple picking, any fun stuff for kids - not interested in skiiing
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Feature Articles

Top Ten Active Baby-Boomer Vacations
Trekking in Maine
Getting Cozy in the Catskills
From rustic B&Bs to soaring over the Hudson Valley, from sinful desserts to lazy wanders under autumn’s vibrant canopy, New York’s Catskills offer the romantic traveler a landscape customized to their amorous appetites.
Time Out!: 5 Great USA Getaways
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Shore to Summit, Maine
Trail Mix
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Three variations on pain-free wilderness trekking... hut-to-hut hiking, mule packing, and base camping.
GORP - Adirondacks State Park, New York - Siamese Ponds Wilderness
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Trip Ideas

Backyard Playgrounds
Boston
Five Great Family Escapes
100-Mile Wilderness Trail, Maine
Play Around Lake Placid
Best of New York
At Home in the Wild
Civility and wilderness meet at Little Lyford Pond Sport Camps
Fall's Finest? Green Mountain National Forest, Vermont
GORP's Top 10 Autumn Escapes: Fall's Best Forests

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Practical Advice

Adventure Travel 101
GORPTravel’s Kate Tucker and Linda Long answer our burning questions about the tao of adventure travel
Day Hiking: A Packing List
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Backpacking: A Packing List
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GORP - Recovering from a Dislocated Joint - Dislocated Joints in the Backcountry
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GORP - Dislocated Knee - Dislocated Joints in the Backcountry
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GORPtravel Adventure Trips & Guided Tours

Appalachian Trail Adventures - a Vermont Hiking Spa
Appalachian Trail Adventures
from $183, 14 days
Appalachian Trail Adventures hand picked its hikes out of the 1,000 miles of trails in Vermont's Green Mountains. We have chosen trails with the best...
Biking in Vermont: Windham & Covered Bridges
Bike Vermont
from $1225, 5 days
The area of Vermont we visit on this tour is defined by small villages with white steeples rising above tree-lined streets, peaceful valleys, and...
Highlights of the East Coast
Intrepid Travel
from $792, 7 days
Over seven days, travel down the eastern side of the States through cities and towns that have been pivotal in the creation of the nation we know...
Vermont: Fall Foliage
Country Walkers
from $2398, 6 days
Free of billboards, sprawling malls, and crisscrossing highways, Vermont, in many ways, is the way things used to be. Vermonters are justly proud of...
Maine: Coastal & Island Exploring à la Carte
Country Walkers
from $2298, 5 days
The presence of the sea - its eternal, rhythmic crashing against a craggy shore - provides the staging for our Maine encounter. Perhaps nowhere else...

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Gear

Osprey Exos 46 Backpack
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Women's Hiking
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Therm-a-Rest ProLite 3 and Trekker Chair
The best sleeping pad and chair-maker
The Gear You Need: Mountain Trekking in Peru
Save for dense snow cover and crampon-required icefields, if you’re looking to outfit yourself for trekking in places like the Peruvian Andes, we’ve got the goods.
Complete Gear Archives: Day-Hiking, Backpacking, and Trekking
From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things hiking.

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Fitness

America's Best Cities: Charlotte, North Carolina
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No. 10
Adventure Never Felt So Good
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Rancho La Puerta
The Fit List -- cont.
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Attractions

Champney Falls Trail

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White Mountain National Forest, New Hampshire

Description: This is a heavily used trail offering a moderate hike to several beautiful overlooks and views of... Read More

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