First trip to NH for Fall Foliage Oct.21, need help please!!

I will fly to Boston and will drive to NH and VT during the week of Oct.21. Where is my best bet to catch the beautiful fall color? Which route should I take? Where should I stay? Any suggestions will be muchhh appreciated.

First trip to NH for Fall Foliage Oct.21, need help please!!

jubjang - check out these website to show you foliage forecast for areas you will be:

www.yankeemagazine.com/foliage/index.php

http://www.visitnh.gov/

www.travel-vermont.com/seasons/fall.asp

I know last web site has suggestions for driving tours. You really won%26#39;t go wrong with any place you go...New England is not big (like Texas) and you can move from place to place with ease.

First trip to NH for Fall Foliage Oct.21, need help please!!

By then, Northern areas will be past peak. So. NH is very nice, Monadnock region. Route 101 and the back roads in SW NH are very nice. Also, try the Keene Pumpkin Festival on the 22nd (Sat.) all day. After dark, there will be almost 30,000 lit pumpkins....

Good routes to drive: 114, 9-202, 101. Further north, Route 112 (Kancamagus) is nice and Route 320 (White Mts.) is super, but that area might be past peak by then.

You can cruise most of NH in a weekend if you keep driving. And there aren%26#39;t too many tourists in you way...

I agree that the Monadnock area may be your best bet. However, the rivers around Keene flooded badly this past weekend, so there will be detours on route 12 north of Keene and route 119 into Brattleboro, VT. Of course, you will see gorgeous foliage on detours or not.

Foliage is late this year. I expect the weekend of the 15th to be the real peak, but the next weekend of the 22nd will probably see the golden oaks in full color, although the red maple leaves may have fallen. It will still be golden and very pretty.

Yeah, I mean, you%26#39;ll still see some color on the trees up north, but your best bet for two weekends from now is southern VT/NH and the MA from the Berkshires thru central and northern MA. Rt. 2 west would be great, and probably very busy if the masses of leaf peepers have put off White Mtns viewing this rainy weekend.

I%26#39;m pretty certain that there are trees EVERYWHERE, unless you live in Nevada. Look on a map, pick an area and just follow a state route.....

Hillsborough is a very scenic spot for foliage touring in the fall. We have the little known Hillsborough Center, one of the few protected historic villages in NH. There is a pewter smith that works out of his barn in Hillsborough Center, Gibson Pewter. He makes pewter the old fashioned way, all by hand. His peices are beautiful, some modern (he has the only modern piece of pewter in the MFA) but most from antique patterns and there���s an amazing view from his barn looking south over the hills towards Mt. Monadnock.

Hillsborough is also know for it%26#39;s 200 yr old dry set (no mortar or cement used)stone arch bridges one of which was hard hit by the recent floods.

We have a German Bakery that would rival anything in the big cities and several decent restaurants too. Antiquing can be fun and fruitful, or hiking in the 1400 acre Fox State Forest.

Down the road about 30 minutes from Hillsborough is Peterborough, formerly know as Grovers Corners (the setting for ';Our Town';). Very picturesque.

Depot square is quaint with little shops and a beautiful view of the river.

Twelve Pine is a great place to eat. I dream of their Tomato Cheddar Soup!

In fact, I%26#39;m going to talk my Mom into a road trip Sunday and get some!! :)

Have fun!