It’s not exactly a quick stop off the highway, but it’s an incredibly fun way to spend a day.

When you go be sure to ride the Thunderbolt, a wooden roller coaster that’s been in operation since 1941. The park is spread out across 235 acres and when you buy a pass to the park, you get to go to the waterpark as well.

Six Flags New England is a pretty remarkable amusement park because it actually dates back to 1870, and has the distinction of being the oldest Six Flags park. BONUS: If you happen to visit during Thanksgiving, they have an out-of-this-world buffet. In fact, autumn is the perfect time to visit to get gorgeous photos while the village is blanketed in stunning fall foliage. The best time to visit to avoid crowds is spring, and fall. There are over 40 original buildings, and the staff is always in costume, and focused on 100% authenticity. Here you can experience what life was like in the late-1700s to mid-1800s. What separates this outdoor living history museum is that it happens to be the Northeast’s largest living history museum. As for hotels in Boston, the Liberty Hotel is a former jail with tons of subtle nods to the building’s past.įrom Boston, stop at Old Sturbridge Village in Sturbridge, MA where you can literally step back in time to the 1830s. If you’re starting in Boston, there are loads of places to check out from the New England Aquarium, to Faneuil Hall (where you can choose from dozens of different food vendors for a taste of Boston), to the Freedom Trail and Museum of Science. Whether you’re taking it all the way or just for a few miles, these are a few of the best I-90 road trip stops. In the east, I-90 begins right by Boston’s Logan Airport, passes through the Continental Divide by Butte, Montana and ends in Seattle, near Safeco and CenturyLink Field. I-90 is a whopping 3,020 miles long, after all. Unless you’ve only traveled around the southern portion of America, you’ve probably hopped on and off I-90 at some point, whether you boarded around Boston, Chicago or Seattle. Interstate 90 (AKA I-90), is a coast-to-coast, transcontinental freeway, and it just so happens to be America’s longest Interstate Highway. Or, if you did not stop on the way up, break the journey in Concord.Over 3,000 miles of asphalt and adventure along I-90.

This should take two hours, depending on traffic. You can drive the I-93 all the way south to Boston. Set within 65 acres, it comes complete with an indoor pool and tennis courts and has two-bedroom studios starting at $176 per night. Where to stay: Deer Park Resort in Lincoln is an ideal base for a family staying in the forest. Somewhat quirkily, you can drive to the summit via a broad toll road (car and adult $24 additional adult $6.50 children, five to 12, $5) where you can peer across the roof of New England and, on clear days, see the Atlantic. Mount Washington pokes its head into the clouds at 6,288 ft. It also shelters the tallest mountain in the northeast of the US. This vast expanse (some 1,225 square miles) is the prime natural attraction in New Hampshire and is ideal for hiking, biking and lungfuls of fresh air. You could feasibly drive straight through Concord on day six and head right into the arms of White Mountain National Forest.

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