Route Planning for East USA
Feb 25th, 2017, 01:09 AM
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Route Planning for East USA
Hi,
My wife ,our baby girl and I will travel from 31 of March to 16 of April 2017 in some of Eastern United States.our baby girl is one year old .
Firstly we will visit NYC-Mahnhattan until 05 of April and then we plan to rent a car and travel about 10 days outside of the city .
It is not our first time in North East USA , our last visit was 2 years ago and we visit NYC for 4 days and then traveled to Hudson valley - seven lakes area , Connecticut and Boston,MA.
We both love nature , landscapes, day trips, lakes, rivers and also learn about USA history and visit unique places .
I made a plan to visit attractive places :
Trenton Farmers Market >> Longwood gardens >> Aquarium and Port in Baltimore >> downtown Annapolis Maryland >> Washington >> Mount Vernon >> Shenandoah >> Laurie Cave >> Junction of Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers >> Museum and Field battle of Gettysburg >> Amish >>Delaware Water Gap / Pocono Mountain >> Leedsburg corner premium outlet >> Harriman state park >> Bear mountain >> Piermont Village NY.
Here are three consecutive mappings
https://goo.gl/maps/1drLrYEG7TN2
https://goo.gl/maps/mmHkNNrov8L2
https://goo.gl/maps/WytCwF5TtUo
Whaat do you think about the plan ? can you recommend about more attractive places at those routes?
Thanks!
My wife ,our baby girl and I will travel from 31 of March to 16 of April 2017 in some of Eastern United States.our baby girl is one year old .
Firstly we will visit NYC-Mahnhattan until 05 of April and then we plan to rent a car and travel about 10 days outside of the city .
It is not our first time in North East USA , our last visit was 2 years ago and we visit NYC for 4 days and then traveled to Hudson valley - seven lakes area , Connecticut and Boston,MA.
We both love nature , landscapes, day trips, lakes, rivers and also learn about USA history and visit unique places .
I made a plan to visit attractive places :
Trenton Farmers Market >> Longwood gardens >> Aquarium and Port in Baltimore >> downtown Annapolis Maryland >> Washington >> Mount Vernon >> Shenandoah >> Laurie Cave >> Junction of Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers >> Museum and Field battle of Gettysburg >> Amish >>Delaware Water Gap / Pocono Mountain >> Leedsburg corner premium outlet >> Harriman state park >> Bear mountain >> Piermont Village NY.
Here are three consecutive mappings
https://goo.gl/maps/1drLrYEG7TN2
https://goo.gl/maps/mmHkNNrov8L2
https://goo.gl/maps/WytCwF5TtUo
Whaat do you think about the plan ? can you recommend about more attractive places at those routes?
Thanks!
Feb 25th, 2017, 02:57 AM
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Well, you have certainly found attractive places, but ten days will be tough.
Take the train from NYC to Philadelphia or Wilmongton. Rent the car there.
It is just a bit early to see Longwood Gardens at their best, but there will be plenty in bloom. Almost next door is Winterthur, a house composed of historic rooms from other houses by a DuPont.
Take US highway 301 from the Wilmington area to Annapolis. It begins in congestion but becomes a beautiful drive through gentle green country. Some of the villages near Chesapeake Bay are lovely places to stroll around. You can spend the night at the Holiday Inn Express in Kent Narrows, Maryland. Ask for a Bay view room. You are just a short stroll away from Harris Crab House, where you can eat seafood while you watch boat unload tomorrow's dinner.
Spend the morning next day in Annapolis before driving towatd Washington on US 50. I would recommend that you stay in Alexandria near a metro stop. You can visit Washington by Metro but have your car handy for Mount Vernon. I would spend two full days in Washington and half a day at Mount Vernon before leaving for Harper's Ferry. I might go beyond Harper's Ferry to spend the night. You can get a head start to Gettysburg and perhaps stay there, but the first part of this day is very congested, so you may be ready to stop earlier.
After Gettysburg, you can drive through the Amish Country, stopping perhaps in Lancaster or wherever your guidebook leads you. From there, the Delaware Water Gap is achievable, and the park area is very beautiful. Congratulations on finding it!
Beyond this, I am not experienced and you may well be short on time, depending on what you see on the way.
You have left out Philadelphia, Baltimore, and the Shenandoah. Save those and another visit to Washington or your next trip. You can fly direct to Philadelphia and do these cities by train, getting a car for Charlottesville and Monticello and the Shenandoah and Virginia!
Take the train from NYC to Philadelphia or Wilmongton. Rent the car there.
It is just a bit early to see Longwood Gardens at their best, but there will be plenty in bloom. Almost next door is Winterthur, a house composed of historic rooms from other houses by a DuPont.
Take US highway 301 from the Wilmington area to Annapolis. It begins in congestion but becomes a beautiful drive through gentle green country. Some of the villages near Chesapeake Bay are lovely places to stroll around. You can spend the night at the Holiday Inn Express in Kent Narrows, Maryland. Ask for a Bay view room. You are just a short stroll away from Harris Crab House, where you can eat seafood while you watch boat unload tomorrow's dinner.
Spend the morning next day in Annapolis before driving towatd Washington on US 50. I would recommend that you stay in Alexandria near a metro stop. You can visit Washington by Metro but have your car handy for Mount Vernon. I would spend two full days in Washington and half a day at Mount Vernon before leaving for Harper's Ferry. I might go beyond Harper's Ferry to spend the night. You can get a head start to Gettysburg and perhaps stay there, but the first part of this day is very congested, so you may be ready to stop earlier.
After Gettysburg, you can drive through the Amish Country, stopping perhaps in Lancaster or wherever your guidebook leads you. From there, the Delaware Water Gap is achievable, and the park area is very beautiful. Congratulations on finding it!
Beyond this, I am not experienced and you may well be short on time, depending on what you see on the way.
You have left out Philadelphia, Baltimore, and the Shenandoah. Save those and another visit to Washington or your next trip. You can fly direct to Philadelphia and do these cities by train, getting a car for Charlottesville and Monticello and the Shenandoah and Virginia!
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Good luck with this.
You cannot travel with a baby the same way you'd travel with you and the wife. You'll realize this soon after you leave NYC.
Hub and spoke - pick 2 places to stay for multiple nights in the areas you wish to explore, take short day trips from the lodgings.
You cannot travel with a baby the same way you'd travel with you and the wife. You'll realize this soon after you leave NYC.
Hub and spoke - pick 2 places to stay for multiple nights in the areas you wish to explore, take short day trips from the lodgings.
Mar 10th, 2017, 12:55 AM
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Hi , Thanks for the recommendations. it help a lot !
I think i will avoid Trenton Farmers Market,and also probably Harriman state park,Bear mountain and Piermont Village NY.
What you recommend to do in Philadelphia in one day ?
I think i will avoid Trenton Farmers Market,and also probably Harriman state park,Bear mountain and Piermont Village NY.
What you recommend to do in Philadelphia in one day ?
Mar 10th, 2017, 03:20 AM
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1. Visit Independence Hall, where our Declaration of Independence was worked out by a group of prominent and mostly wealthy men, every single one of whom would have been hanged and had his family's entire fortune confiscated had the American Revolution not been successful. It was an act of incredible bravery.
2. Visit the Barnes Collection, one of the great collections of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art in the world, eccentrically hung. If you can't get in, the Philadelphia Museum of Art has a world-class collection.
3. Visit Fairmount Park, the equal of Central Park in NY, with the advantage that the Schuylkill River runs beside/through it so that you can watch people rowing just as they did in the paintings of Thomas Eakins.
2. Visit the Barnes Collection, one of the great collections of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art in the world, eccentrically hung. If you can't get in, the Philadelphia Museum of Art has a world-class collection.
3. Visit Fairmount Park, the equal of Central Park in NY, with the advantage that the Schuylkill River runs beside/through it so that you can watch people rowing just as they did in the paintings of Thomas Eakins.
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Trenton Farmer's Market?!?!? Is that a joke?
You can take that right off the list....it's a dump in a very gritty, unattractive part of NJ.
I work a few miles away and wouldn't send anyone there for anything.
You can take that right off the list....it's a dump in a very gritty, unattractive part of NJ.
I work a few miles away and wouldn't send anyone there for anything.
