Best route from Harrisburg, Pa to Bar Harbor

ACZL wrote:

loggenrock wrote:
Like DrewE - 81 to Binghampton, NY, then 88 to Albany. We take Rte 7 to Rte 9 across VT to Keene, NH - I now avoid Rte 84 west of Hartford, CT as much as I avoid NYC! 87 south of Albany is a pricey toll road IMHO. Running north towards Burlington, VT is much nicer ride - look at Rte 2 east across VT, NH, and ME as an alternative if you are not pressed for time.

That's a nice route if not pulling anything, but IMO, your gonna be on/off the gas/brake a lot towing a 5er. Diesel (if that's what you have) isn't commonly avail along here last I recall until at least 91 or near Keene. Not saying this is a bad road as we took it 4 years ago to go to Milton NH. Wasn't towing anything, but pretty drive and nice scenic overlook. Kept saying to DW tho, "Would hate to be towing anything along here".

That's a great route if you're not in a big hurry, great road and little traffic. It only adds 2 to 3 hours as opposed to the highways. For an even better route go further north and run the secondarys such as VT30, 100 etc. Lots of really nice state and ACOE campgrounds for an overnight or longer stop, albeit not many FHUs but that works for us, we hate FHUs.

The hills in New England are really nothing unless your inherently scared of such things. A lot of that is personal perception. Just to get to our local state park 25 miles away we have to cross two of the Allegheny ridges that will test your combo as much or more than anything driving secondarys crossing VT/NH.