Niagra Falls to Arcadia NP Route Suggestions
In July we will travel from Niagara Fall/Buffalo to Arcadia NP/Bar Harbor. The computer gave me a route of I-90 to the Boston area and then various interstates up to Bar Harbor. Not a real fan of...
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I often go across the Adirondacks using NY 365 to NY 8 to 9N (north) to the bridge to Vermont 17. NY 8 has some rather steep and curvy bits through the mountains, especially towards the eastern terminus, but nothing too extreme. From there, 22A north to US7 to I-189/I-89 to US 2 at Montpelier would make sense. (You could take US2 instead of I-89 for much of that, but there's no good reason to do so in my opinion; the roads are pretty much parallel through that stretch, often immediately adjacent, and I-89 is easier going.)
Don't be tempted to follow VT 17 through to VT 100. It's a very pretty road, but going over the Appalachian Gap in an RV would not be any fun at all--it's quite steep and has numerous switchbacks and sharp corners.
By the way, it's Acadia (with no "r").
Edit: Some points of interest include various museums in Rochester (the George Eastman house, among others), the Shelburne Museum, the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, the Fairbanks Museum (and the fine little art gallery in the public library, or Athenaium, down the road), and of course lots of stuff in the Mt Washington area. If you do go go through the islands on Route 2, there's a neat antique tool museum at the Apple Island resort.
Don't be tempted to follow VT 17 through to VT 100. It's a very pretty road, but going over the Appalachian Gap in an RV would not be any fun at all--it's quite steep and has numerous switchbacks and sharp corners.
By the way, it's Acadia (with no "r").
Edit: Some points of interest include various museums in Rochester (the George Eastman house, among others), the Shelburne Museum, the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, the Fairbanks Museum (and the fine little art gallery in the public library, or Athenaium, down the road), and of course lots of stuff in the Mt Washington area. If you do go go through the islands on Route 2, there's a neat antique tool museum at the Apple Island resort.
