N Falls, NY - Acadia Natl Park

Take 90 east to the Mass.Turnpike, then take 495 to 95, then 295 to 95 noth to Bangor, take Rt. 3 to Ellsworth and then into Acadia NP.
Enjoy your trip to a beautiful, and my favorite NP.

Time is no issue we did Boston a few years ago and are looking for other ideas as we will be in Acadia for week. Looking for nice family campgrounds with good hiking and nature trails.

Can't help on the route through VT, but I will suggest that if you can, plan your travel to avoid rush hours in the major cities. Once you hit Portsmouth you can go either north or south, but if you are choosing south to MA I might stay on 90, depending on where in MA you want to go. The Boston area has so much history so if that's your main focus I'd go there. If you want a beautiful national park, head up to Acadia in ME. How much time do you have? You can make the Boston area in a day-Maine would be more comfortable in two days. However, if you are leaving on Thursday p.m. you can drive a few hours and then stop somewhere along the way. That gives you two options for the next day: leave very early in the a.m. to get through the main cities OR wait until a little later on and go through them after rush hour.

Thank you for your input. We are in the beginning stages of planning our summer trip. I was told to go 90 - into Albany which then takes you to rt 7 past Green Mountain National Forset into rt 202 into Portsmouth NH. Has anyone traveled these routes? I am pulling a 35' travel trailer.

With the winter weather predicted for this weekend, I don't know if I would travel to Bar Harbor this weekend.

When we did the WNY to Maine trips it was NYS Thruway east past Albany and onto the Mass Turnpike. We did a northern loop before Boston and didn't hit I-95 until late in the trip. Tolls are terrible but what can you do?

Drive through Canada?

When are you thinking of coming and what do you want to do? If you are worried about traffic and tolls then you might want to rethink coming to New England altogether-it is what it is.