Top-left: Bennington Museum
Bottom-left: Colorful Fall, autumn trees in Vermont.
Top-right: Autumn in the Berkshires region of Massachusetts
Bottom-right: The small village of Granby, Massachusetts during peak autumn foliage season.
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• The state has 223 mountains over 2,000 feet in elevation.
• Vermont is the only one of the New England states that doesn’ t border the sea.
• In the 1850s, only about 35 percent of Vermont’ s land area was forest. Today, over 76 percent of the state is forestland.
• Vermont leads the U. S. in maple syrup production.
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Massachusetts
The Mohawk Trail meanders through 63 miles of New England’ s finest foliage exhibition. Running east and west, Route 2 from Orange to North Adams blends views of the changing forest vegetation along with spectacles of the water kind. Rivers, waterfalls, and historic bridges are the ingredients that attract thousands of nature enthusiasts year round, but especially during the fall. The Deerfield River offers white water rafting and kayaking. Campgrounds on and around this route provide a diversity for the RVer. A stop at Historic Deerfield, The Norman Rockwell Museum, and in Shelburne Falls the Bridge of Flowers are worthy stops. The Bridge of Flowers hosts over 500 varieties of flowers, vines and shrubs garnish- ing a 400-foot span of what was a trolley bridge.
From south to north, Route 7 travels through the Berkshire Region of western Massachusetts. From Sheffield to Williamstown, the distance between the state’ s upper and lower borders offers several state forests and parks. One of these is the October Mountain State Forest, the largest in Massachusetts, which features a campground with 47 campsites, perfect for pausing a few days to explore the vast forest. Pull the canoe off the tow vehicle and paddle the Housatonic River that is accessible near the campground.
Call 800-227-6277 for Massachusetts travel information.
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