Maps of travel routes and campgrounds.
With our road trip to Connecticut and Rhode Island, we have now visited all 48 contiguous states of the US.
Here’s Jenn adding last state pin:
These states are so tiny, the pins in the state capitals overlap:
All 48 states:
Here’s the full pin board. Alaska and Hawaii are the only two remaining, which will require special efforts:
Here I’m adding the last state sticker of the 48 to the outside of our coach:
The completed contiguious states map:
An exciting milestone.
We stayed at Normandy Farms Family Camping Resort in Foxboro, Massachusetts. (Campground Reviews listing.)
Established way back in 1759 as a farm, and made into a campground in the late 1960’s, this campground has been around a while, and has the amenities to show for it, if you’re into such things. Very popular with weekenders. Though we did visit on the Fourth of July weekend, so it might have been more busy than normal.
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Our review on Campground Reviews:
Great base for New England exploration
We’re not really “campground activities” kind of people, but if you are, this is the place to go and do that. For us, it was a great home base for exploring Boston, Cape Cod, and a daytrip into CT and RI, so we didn’t spend a lot of time at the campground itself. I really enjoyed having a massage therapist on site, however. What an awesome perk that I wish more campgrounds had. While the amenities offered definitely live up to the “resort” name, the sites themselves were a bit on the basic side, with gravel roads, pads that weren’t entirely level, and no garbage pickup. The utilities all worked well, however, and they do accept packages. We’d be happy to stay here again when we’re in the area. We camped at Normandy Farms Family Camping Resort in a Motorhome.
Campground map:
An interactive map:
Our site:
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Playground:
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Horses:
We’d be happy to stay here again.
We drove our coach 324 miles, about six hours of driving, from Trenton, Maine to Foxboro, Massachusetts.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading southwest — the start of our westward journey, which will culminate in reaching our Washington home base in September:
An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:
The 360° camera magnetically mounted on the rear of the truck, for a different angle:
I-395 West:
Rest area:
I-295:
Toll plaza:
Service plaza:
Look familiar? Same one we visited on the previous travel day:
Popeyes and Dunkin for lunch this time:
Back to the coach:
Exit to I-95:
Toll plaza:
I-95 and Maine Turnpike:
“Welcome to New Hampshire”:
Fuel stop:
Toll plaza:
“Massachusetts Welcomes You”:
Exit to I-495 South:
Interesting food trailer:
Exit signs are now mile-based, but have old sequential exit numbers too:
Arriving at Nomandy Farms Campground:
Check in lanes:
Office:
Security gate:
Our site:
We drove to the Schoodic Peninsula in Acadia National Park in Maine, including the Rockefeller Welcome Center in historic Rockefeller Hall and Schoodic Point.
Here’s an interactive map of our route:
The welcome center in Schoodic Education and Research Center:
There’s only one part of Acadia National Park that requires a timed entry ticket, and that’s the Cadillac Mountain summit road. It is a popular place to visit, especially for dawn, as it is (for part of the year) the first place in the US to see the sunrise. We managed to snag one of the limited sunrise tickets, and got up at 3 AM to experience it.
Here’s an interactive map of our route:
We drove the west-side loop in Acadia National Park in Maine, including Carroll Family Homestead, the Seawall area, and the iconic Bass Harbor Head Light Station.
Here’s an interactive map of our route, with some alternative stops marked:
Southwest Harbor:
We drove around the main park loop in Acadia National Park in Maine, including the main visitor center, a nature center, Thunder Hole, and Jordan Pond.
Here’s an interactive map of our route:
The Wild Gardens of Acadia:
Thunder Hole Gift Shop:
Thunder Hole:
We went to Jordan Pond House for dinner:
Jordan Pond:
We stayed at Narrows Too Camping Resort in Trenton, Maine. (Campground Reviews listing.)
A Thousand Trails campground in the northeastern corner of the US, convenient to Arcadia National Park.
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Our review on Campground Reviews:
Good base for Acadia NP
We were initially assigned a short, very narrow site crammed in between two trailers, even though the park was mostly empty. We went to the office and asked if we could move to another site that would be a better fit (and not wedged between other campers), and the very friendly and helpful young lady was able to move us across the road into one of the front-in sites, which was much nicer and even gave us a peek of the water from our windows. The site was level and plenty long for our 40′ motorhome and tow vehicle. The utilities all worked well. They also accept mail/packages with no charge. We camped at Narrows Too Camping Resort in a Motorhome.
Tip for Other Campers: Walk across the street to Gateway Lunts Lobster Pound for excellent lobster rolls and fish. Sugar Bakery is also good, but they are only open early in the day and only accept cash.
Campground map:
An interactive map:
Our site:
A glimpse of water from our site:
Adding the Arcadia National Park sticker to our slide from the inside, since this slide was broken:
There’s a local airport near the campground, so occasionally have planes flying over:
Activity center:
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Area used by nesting bald eagles:
Waterfront:
We’d be happy to stay here again, though are unlikely to go to that area of the country again.
We drove our coach 197 miles, about four hours of driving, from Wells to Trenton, Maine.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading northeast:
An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:
A nice farm stand:
Narrow roadworks:
Toll plaza:
Downtown Portland… Maine, that is:
Classic cars:
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Service plaza:
BK and Dunkin for lunch:
Toll plaza:
Rest area:
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Arriving at Narrows Too Campground:
Office:
We were assigned this short and narrow site, despite the campground being mostly empty:
So we went back to the office and asked if we could move, and ended up in a much better site; sometimes it pays to ask:
We drove north from Salem along the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway.
An interactive map of our route:
A few scenes from our drive….
Beverly, Massachusetts:
Gloucester Fisherman’s Memorial:
Gloucester, Massachusetts waterfront:
Island with two lighthouses:
Big houses:
Rockport, Massachusetts:
“Rotary”… an interesting name for a roundabout:
Welcome to Gloucester:
