Ideas for 2014 in New Hampshire/Vermont area?

NH...Seacoast, Lake Winnipesaukee, White Mountain National Forest.

Meredith Woods, C/G...Danforth Bay C/G just a couple good ones.

Vermont...Lake Champlain, Burlington, Green Mountains, Queechee Gorge, Woodstock, Bennington area in South west VT. (on your way back to IN). Great mountains all over Vt,

Quechee Gorge. We stayed at the Quechee-Pine Valley KOA.
Cabot Cheese factory Cabot, VT.
Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream South Burlington VT

X2 on Danforth Bay in NH, large spread out campground, lots of large wooded sites...some with full hookups. The only down side is it's some what out of the way...about 45 min from many of NH's White Mountain attractions.

Mike

One thing to remember is that the period from roughly Mother's Day to Father's day is the dreaded black fly season up there. They are more anoying than mosquitoes and a bit smaller. Unlike mosquitoes that breed and hatch in stil water, black flies breed and hatch in running water. Both love the wooded areas.

Other than that, anyplace in Vermont and New Hampshire is great.

We loved Lake Champagne Campground in Randolph Center, VT. An excellent base for exploring VT in any direction. Quiet, clean, and beautiful.

Thanks, all, for the great info. I checked out Danforth Bay and really liked what I saw, although the minimum is a week on season while we'll be looking for something more along the lines of four or five nights. Will definitely check out the Quechee-Pine Valley KOA and Lake Champagne Campground as well. Any other suggestions, ideas, whatever, are most welcome.

Question about the black flies. Are they a nuisance, or do the have the potential to ruin a trip? Are they repelled by DEET?

They probably will not ruin a trip but they are VERRY anoying. DEET seems to keep them away a bit. Open breezy areas are not too bad but deep into the trees you will wish you were elsewhere. One time tent camping I tried citronella candles .... but they hovered around the candles on the table for warmth on a cool morning.

Several years ago we did a stop at Danforth Bay during the height of Black fly season, as we were walking around the campground the first day the black flies were not to bad but noticed several people wearing those face/head nets, I didn't think much of it. The next day we went to the store asking for hiking directions and saw those nets for sale... I decided to cheap it out for the hike. What a mistake that was, on our hike we were attacked and none of the bug repellent that we had worked. lesson learned!...next time I will spend the money!

Mike

Love Danforth Bay. It's a great base camp for the White Mountains and N. Conway. CG is well-run, has lots of amenities and does have some really nice wooded sites.

Prouty Lakeside Campground, Newport, VT. Wonderful views at the edge of Lake Memphremagog. FHU. We stayed there for a week this past month.