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Summer Vacations: ideas by region

By Teresa Plowright, About.com

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Summer Vacations: Northeast & Mid-Atlantic

Smuggler's Notch - pool

Photo courtesy of Smugglers Notch.



  • Ten Summer Vacation Ideas for New England- national park to theme park and lots in between
  • New England Cottage Rentals - A time-honored type of summer vacation: settle in by a lake or beach with your own home base, kitchen and all.
  • Northeast Summer Camps -for the whole family

    • Family Resorts, Inns

  • VT: Tyler Place - all-inclusive; many kids' programs
  • VT: Smugglers' Notch - kids programs, many activities
  • VT: Wildflower Inn - program for tots
  • NY: Rocking Horse Ranch Resort- all-inclusive, many activities

    • Resorts w/ Kids Welcome

  • NY: Otesaga Resort Hotel- grand old hotel in historic Cooperstown (Baseball Hall of Fame)
  • NY: Mohonk Mountain House-Victorian castle; great outdoors
  • Catskills Family Resorts- 100 miles from NYC
  • more New England resorts

    • Theme Parks

  • CT: Lake Compounce, Connecticut:theme park with Garfield
  • Boston With Kids - & Go Boston Card for attractions
  • MA: Six Flags New England - theme park + water park

    • Cape Cod

  • MA: Cape Cod's Red Jacket Beach Resort
  • MA: Cape Codder Resort - with mini-waterpark

    • Pennsylvania

  • Hershey, PA: "Chocolate Town" with theme park, classy hotel, lodge
  • Skytop Lodge, PA: stone lodge, 5500 acres
  • Poconos Resorts for families- drive from NYC, Phillie, DC
  • Nemacolin Woodlands Resort: upscale resort with 2800 wooded acres and many outdoor activities
  • more Pennsylvania resorts

    • More Summer Vacations -NE and Mid-Atlantic

  • New England Pow-wows
  • Moose Tours - NH and Maine
  • K-9: Getaways with Pooch
  • VA: Shenandoah National Park visitors can camp and enjoy million-dollar views
  • West Virginia: White-water Rafting

    *photo (c) Teresa Plowright

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