Trip Ideas
Change Forum
My girlfriends and I are going to have two days to see Portland, if I wanted to take them on a scenic drive north of portland to see the folliage and maybe look around a nice little town, where would you send me?
Book Your Next Trip
Check hotel rates and airfares around the world.
Find a great deal?
Tell us about it.
Hotels
Flights
Packages
Cars
Cruises
Each website you select will open a new window in your browser.
Portland Maine - scenic short drive north
4 Replies | Jump to last reply
|4 Replies |Back to top
|Sign in to comment.
Recent Activity
View all United States activity »
- 1 Hotels For Fiesta Bowl
- 2 The Terra Cotta What?
- 3 High end hotel in Honolulu
- 4 NY - Decent Midtown Bars
- 5 hotel in central manhattan for less than $200 per night
- 6 Christmas dinner in Vegas?
- 7 San Diego and points north: need a good sea side resort
- 8 8 Hours in LAX, help please!
- 9 Dead of August-Utah Bound
- 10 Swedish St Lucia Day NY/NJ/PA
- 11 San Fran restaurants, we're foodies, brother and wife are not, hmmmm
- 12 Don't laugh! I'm from Boston, but have never been to the North End...
- 13 Hotels in Boston & NYC
- 14 Car/Driver in LA
- 15 Houston Northwest Family friendly restaurant advice
- 16 Staying outside of New York City
- 17 California need itinerary
- 18 Colorado, Utah, other in summer
- 19 MIDTOWN NEW YORK
- 20 New York Hotel with a family room
- 21 hotel or vacation rental
- 22 affinia shelbourne hotel nyc
- 23 Please recommend a good hair stylist in the Fort Myers Beach area
- 24 restaurant dress code
- 25 Downtown NY in 1 week while working
It would help if you identified time of year and whether you want to see foliage or seacoast, etc. If you only have 2 days you might just want to poke around the coastal routes of Cape Elizabeth and Scarborough, stopping at the lighthouses, maybe walking on the beach, etc. And for 3 women not to want to go shopping in Freeport is pretty unusual!
I know can you believe it? But they have outlets where they live so no interest. We are coming this weekend and I'd like to know how far north of Portland we'd have to go to see some foliage? And since we'll get plenty of seacoast stuff in portland, I'd rather be inland
NH's White Mountains are only an hour West of Portland but expect heavy traffic. Also, the Fryeburg ME fair is near the Conway NH area and will contribute to traffic. Check out the foliage map on Yankee Magazine's website.
Head up Route 302 through the gorgeous Sebago Lakes area. Cut right at Route 117 up around to 26 South, head through the Poland springs area and down for a stop at Shaker Village. 26 will take you back into Portland eventually. The whole trip will be 75-90 miles probably.