Ohio to Bar Harbor Maine via Vermont advice

travel4family wrote:
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so yes, this is purely to check VT off the list :) by getting coffee or a snack and then getting back on the road.
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I grew up in South Portland, ME and lived 17 years in Manchester, NH before coming to WA.

Assuming the above is all that you want to do in VT...

I-90 E to Chicopee, Mass to I-91 N
I-91 N to Vermont
5.5 miles into VT is the Guilford Welcome Center
Do the VT thing - snack, stretch legs, restroom break
continue I-91 N to exit 1, take exit 1
cross under the interstate, take on-ramp to I-91 S
I-91 S to Chicopee, Mass to I-90 E
I-90 E to I-495 N
I-495 N to I-95 N (just south of NH state line)

I-95 N to Maine (I-95 in NH is only 15 miles long)

Once in Maine you can decide whether to take the Maine Turnpike or the coastal route.

If time is of the essence, stay on the big roads in New England.

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Something to consider... In Sturbridge, Mass is Old Sturbridge Village. It is like stepping back in time and walking through history. My parents took the family there several times in my youth.

You'd literally be driving right past it. They have RV parking (no overnight parking though).

Old Sturbridge Village, the largest outdoor history museum in the Northeast, depicts a rural New England town of the 1830s. You are invited into more than 40 original buildings, including homes, meetinghouses, a district school, country store, bank, working farm, three water-powered mills, and trade shops - all situated on more than 200 scenic acres. Visitors can meet heritage breed farm animals and interact with authentically costumed staff.