Where in New England should I visit in late October? Too late for fall foliage?

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Megz

October is the perfect time to see the fall foliage.

Newport, Rhode Island is a great place to visit. Cute little downtown and you can also tour the mansions...which is really fun and interesting. I have never been to Providence but it's supposed to be a great little city too.

Vermont is really beautiful in the fall too. Manchester, VT is about 3hrs from Boston...has some great outlet shopping. You can go apple-picking and hiking, etc. Even just driving through is nice ...and stopping at random little places along your ride. Check out this site for b&b's in vermont. http://www.vermontvacation.com/TravelPlanner/Search.aspx?catID=1

ShouldBeWorking

Southern New England will still have nice foliage around that time, so Newport and Providence are excellent ideas. However, as far as clubs and bars I would say try to spend your time in Boston. Great places all over the city really. My favorite is to spend time in Fanueil Hall. You can get a great meal, and then go to so many different bars and pubs it's fun. It is also a great time of year to obviously check out Salem, MA and all the witch museums, hay rides, festivals in that area.

Rachel

Come up to Portsmouth, NH (1 hr.) and then Portland, ME (45 min. further North). Both have nightlife and outdoor activities and great restaurants and fun downtowns.

J C

in southern new england the fall foliage is good in late october. if you go up to northern new england, like new hampshire or maine, the fall foliage has usually passed by then due to the leaves dying or the wind from fall storms blowing the leaves off of the trees. boston has a lot of good clubs, i recommend tequila rain on landsdowne street. if you get up to new hampshire, i would recommend the club 313 in manchester. if you're into halloween at all the town of salem is crazy in october, all kinds of halloween-related festivals going on. i'm not sure if there are any clubs there, but there are a lot of cool stores and not to mention interesting people in their halloween costumes - definitely a sight worth seeing. and salem is only about 20 minutes north of boston up route 1a.

Sundancer

Lake Winnipesaukee is beutiful in the fall and from there it is just an hours drive to the White Mountains. I can recommend Kancamagus Highway, Franconia Notch and the Mount washington region. If you`re into shopping: Conway, NH - as another poster mentioned, there is no sales tax in NH

Beatle fanatic

Salem, Ma. is the place to be in late October. Went there last Halloween and had a great time. Lots of spooky fun stuff to see and do with plenty of bars/clubs too.

*~June 13th ~*

I forget the town, but in southern New Hampshire they have a huge pumpkin festival. It has a huge jak o lantern tower, it's been on the travel channel a couple times. Quite a site to see.

Darushka

I don't think the foliage is going to be very good in RI this year. Not much rain this summer. So don't bank on seeing the colors during your trip.

However, I would recommend Newport. And October would be a great time to see it because its considered "off-season". Parking is free, and there won't be crowds of people. The street you want to walk is THAMES - not Thayer like someone said. Don't want you to get confused :)

Wild Sage

The foliage will be past peak but you should still be able to see some colorful leaves in the southern parts of the state; including the area around Foxboro stadium. It might be peak in parts of Cape Cod, though. I also second the people who recommended Salem!

anonyme

You could go to Salem--they fun witch and magic stuff year round, but they go crazy around Halloween! The atmosphere there is really cool. It gets pretty busy there in October, and I must admit, a lot of the stuff is pretty tacky, but it's still fun! Also Salem is only about half an hour from Boston--20 miles, but it's a fairly roundabout route. I hope this helps!

dandy

Newport is very nice but there's not much to do around there. Most of the 'cities' in New England (Providence, Portland, etc) are just miniature versions of Boston. If you do go to Providence, check out the schedule for WaterFire. The White Mountains (New Hampshire) is good area for foliage, hiking, and outlet shopping, plus there's no sales tax in NH) that's about 3 hours from Boston. Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun are not too far from there (those are indian casinos -- Mohegan is a very stylish place with lots of good entertainment and restaurants, while Foxwoods is more popular with hardcore gamblers and its the biggest casino in the world -- they are about 1 hour from Newport or 2 hours directly from Boston)

Kate

if you like to take nature walks come to new hampshire its beautiful in october

Bowling chick

Go to Salem, MA. It's the witch capitol of the world and end of October is just the right time to visit. There's lots of things to see and do and eat. :) It's a great time.

daisy

You still can see some foliage, but it's really limited to the southern parts of New england like RI and CT.....Providence and Newport are great to visit, very easy to navigate. Providence has great restaurants and cute little shops, especially on Thayer Street. There are sure to be some festivals for Halloween too....Newport has the mansions which are beautiful, and they have great little shops nearby too. There are little inns around Newport especially, but they only may be open seasonally, I'm not sure...You'd easily be able to rent a car in Providence or Newport and drive the distance....it's only like 40 minutes or so at the most...

elle

1.)Vermont
2.) Maine
3.)New Hampshire
4.)Connecticut

Michelle I

Just about everywhere in New England is good in October, though New Hampshire is the best, and some parts of southern Vermont or northern Massachusetts are pretty good. I live on teh South Shore of Mass, and whenever I wanna see wicked pretty leaves, we go up to NH

Emily

Hartford, CT is good. Portsmouth, New Hampshire and Wells and Kittery, Maine. =)

Hank

If there has not been late October storms of too much ferocity there should be good foliage remaining in lovely countryside in the eastern Connecticut hills north of New London to about the Putnam area.

Not much nightlife, though, except for what may be offered by the 2 casinos.

Providence is a very attractive and rejuvenated city and well worth a day or two.

babbles

I like J.C's answer above mine the best. Northern New England will have gone past the peak season for leaves and you'll just see bare trees. It'll be nice though if you head way up in the White Mountains, like North Conway since you might get a glimpse of snow capped mountains and N.Conway has lots of places to shop and party at night too. I'd try there, or head to Newport, RI. It'll still be warm enough to enjoy the ocean and bars there too. If you don't want to go very far...try Portsmouth, NH or Newburyport, MA which are both north of Boston up the coast. Portsmouth is for 30s and Newburyport for a bit older, but both cities are quaint New England towns.

Enjoy!

Joan R

Thanks for asking this question, as I live in Washington State I can't really answer, but I will be spending a week there in early October and will be able to use all the answers you got.

I also gave you a star for helping me out. :)

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