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Great Lakes p60
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Trisha Ping, Ali Lemer, Charles Rawlings-Way, Regis St Louis,

Mara Vorhees, Isabel Albiston, Mark Baker, Amy C Balfour, Robert
Balkovich, Ray Bartlett, Jade Bremner, Gregor Clark, Ashley Harrell,
Adam Karlin, Brian Kluepfel, Vesna Maric, Virginia Maxwell, Hugh
McNaughtan, MaSovaida Morgan, Lorna Parkes, Kevin Raub, Simon
Richmond, Benedict Walker, Greg Ward, Karla Zimmerman
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YOUR TRIP
Welcome to Eastern USA. . . 4
Eastern USA Map . . . . . . . . 6
Eastern USA’s Top 25. . . . . . 8
Need to Know. . . . . . . . . . . 20
What’s New . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Accommodations. . . . . . . . 24
If You Like…. . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Month by Month. . . . . . . . 30
Itineraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Road Trips &
Scenic Drives . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Outdoor Activities . . . . . . 46
Eat & Drink Like a Local. . . 50
Family Travel. . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Regions at a Glance. . . . . . 57
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ON THE ROAD
NEW YORK,
NEW JERSEY &
PENNSYLVANIA. . . . . 60
New York City . . . . . . . . . . 61
New York State. . . . . . . . 123
Long Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Hudson Valley. . . . . . . . . . . 129
Catskills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Finger Lakes . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
The Adirondacks . . . . . . . . 137
Thousand Islands. . . . . . . . 141
New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Hoboken. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Princeton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Jersey Shore. . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . 153
Philadelphia . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Pennsylvania
Dutch Country . . . . . . . . . . 164
Pennsylvania Wilds . . . . . . 165
Pittsburgh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
NEW ENGLAND. . . . . 170
Massachusetts . . . . . . . . 171
Boston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Cape Cod. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
The Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Pioneer Valley. . . . . . . . . . 203
The Berkshires. . . . . . . . . 205
Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . 208
Providence. . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Newport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
East Bay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . 214
Hartford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Litchfield Hills. . . . . . . . . . . 216
Connecticut Coast. . . . . . . 217
Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
New Hampshire. . . . . . . 232
Lakes Region. . . . . . . . . . . 234
White Mountains . . . . . . . 236
Hanover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Ogunquit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Portland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
WASHINGTON, DC
& THE CAPITAL
REGION . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Washington, DC . . . . . . . 251
Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Baltimore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Annapolis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Eastern Shore. . . . . . . . . . 289
Ocean City. . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Delaware . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Wilmington &
Brandywine Valley . . . . . . 296
Dover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Historic Triangle. . . . . . . . 304
Norfolk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Virginia Beach. . . . . . . . . . 308
The Piedmont. . . . . . . . . . 309
Shenandoah Valley. . . . . . . 315
Blue Ridge Highlands
& Southwest Virginia. . . . . 319
West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . 322
Eastern Panhandle. . . . . . 323
Monongahela
National Forest. . . . . . . . . 325
New River &
Greenbrier Valley . . . . . . . 327
THE SOUTH. . . . . . . . 332
North Carolina . . . . . . . . 333
The Triangle. . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Charlotte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Great Smoky Mountains
National Park . . . . . . . . . . 354
South Carolina . . . . . . . . 355
Charleston. . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Lowcountry. . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Myrtle Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Greenville
& the Upcountry. . . . . . . . . 365
Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . 366

Memphis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Nashville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Louisville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Bluegrass Country. . . . . . . 391
Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Atlanta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
Birmingham . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
Montgomery. . . . . . . . . . . . 416
Selma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
Mobile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418
Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . 419
Oxford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
Mississippi Delta . . . . . . . . 420
Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422
Natchez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
Gulf Coast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
Arkansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
Little Rock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
Hot Springs. . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Tri-Peaks Region. . . . . . . . . 428
Ozark Mountains . . . . . . . . 430
Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
New Orleans . . . . . . . . . . . . 433
St Francisville. . . . . . . . . . . 447
Cajun Country. . . . . . . . . . 448
Cajun Wetlands. . . . . . . . . . 449
FLORIDA . . . . . . . . . . 452
South Florida . . . . . . . . . 453
Miami. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453
Fort Lauderdale . . . . . . . . . 470
Palm Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . 474
The Everglades. . . . . . . . . . 478
Florida Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . 482
Atlantic Coast. . . . . . . . . 488
Space Coast . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
Daytona Beach. . . . . . . . . 490
St Augustine. . . . . . . . . . . . 491
Jacksonville. . . . . . . . . . . . . 493
Amelia Island . . . . . . . . . . . 495
Southwest Florida . . . . . 496
Contents
UNDERSTAND
Tampa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497 History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616
St Petersburg . . . . . . . . . . . 499 The Way of Life. . . . . . . 626
Sarasota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 Arts & Architecture . . . 630
Sanibel & Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633
Captiva Islands. . . . . . . . . . 501
Landscapes
Naples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 & Wildlife. . . . . . . . . . . . 636
Central Florida . . . . . . . . 504
Orlando . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504
Walt Disney
World® Resort. . . . . . . . . . . 506
SURVIVAL
Universal
GUIDE
Orlando Resort. . . . . . . . . . 508
Florida Panhandle . . . . . 511
Directory A–Z . . . . . . . . 642
Tallahassee . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511 Transportation . . . . . . . 649
Pensacola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 659
Map Legend. . . . . . . . . . 669
GREAT LAKES. . . . . . 516
Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517
Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517
Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552
Indianapolis. . . . . . . . . . . . . 552
Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560
Cleveland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561
Erie Lakeshore
& Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564
Ohio Amish Country . . . . . 565
Columbus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566
Yellow Springs. . . . . . . . . . 567
Dayton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568
Cincinnati . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568
Southeastern Ohio. . . . . . . 571
Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572
Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572
Dearborn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579
Ann Arbor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 SPECIAL
Central Michigan . . . . . . . . 580
FEATURES
Gold Coast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583
Straits of Mackinac . . . . . . 587 Road Trips &
Scenic Drives . . . . . . . . . . 39
Upper Peninsula. . . . . . . . . 588
Outdoor Activities. . . . . . 46
Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . 591
Milwaukee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591 Family Travel. . . . . . . . . . . 54
Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . 602 Central Park in 3D. . . . . 84
Minneapolis. . . . . . . . . . . . . 602 National Mall in 3D . . . 260
St Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608
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Itineraries
CANADA MAINE

VERMONT • Portland
#
NEW
Gulf of
HAMPSHIRE

É
Maine

• Portsmouth
#

É
• Salem
#
Concord
#
• # Provincetown
NEW Bennington #
• É É • #
•
YORK Boston
É • Cape Cod
#
MASSACHUSETTS
É

CONNECTICUT RHODE
ISLAND

É
• Montauk
# A T L A N T I C
É
É O C E A N
PENNSYLVANIA New York #•
City
NEW
JERSEY

2 KS Up the Coast
WEE

Get your big-city fill in the biggest city of all, then mosey into New England for small-
town pleasures.
The great dynamo of art, fashion and culture, New York City is America at its most
urbane. Spend three days blending touristy must-dos – Top of the Rock viewpoint,
­Upper East Side art museums, Central Park rambling – with vibrant nightlife and dining
adventures, perhaps in the East Village. After big-city culture, catch your breath at the
pretty beaches and enticing charms of Montauk on Long Island. Back in NYC, catch the
train to Boston for two days, visiting historic sights, dining in the North End and pub-
hopping in Cambridge. Rent a car and drive to Cape Cod, with its idyllic dunes, forests
and pretty shores. Leave time for Provincetown, the Cape’s liveliest settlement. Then
set off for a three-day jaunt taking in New England’s back roads, covered bridges, pictur-
esque towns and beautiful scenery, staying at heritage B&Bs en route. Highlights include
Salem and Concord in Massachusetts; Bennington in Vermont; and Portsmouth in
New Hampshire. If time allows, head onward to Maine for lobster feasts amid beauti-
fully rugged coastlines – Portland is a fine place to start.
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# New York City
•
PENNSYLVANIA
Amish

É
Lancaster NEW JERSEY
Chicago •
#
Country #
•
#
•
#
• #
• É Philadelphia

É
É
OHIO Pittsburgh MD DELAWARE
# WASHINGTON, DC
_
INDIANA

É
ILLINOIS Jamestown/
WEST
PL A N YO U R TRI P I t i n e r a r i e s

VIRGINIA VIRGINIA # Williamsburg

•

É
É
KENTUCKY
# Durham/
•
NORTH Chapel Hill
CAROLINA
É

TENNESSEE
SOUTH AT L A N TI C

É
Memphis • # CAROLINA
OCEAN
ARKANSAS
Clarksdale •
# # Charleston
•
GEORGIA
ALABAMA #
•
É Savannah
#
•
Vicksburg •
# Montgomery
É

# MISSISSIPPI
Natchez •
#
•
Mobile
É

LOUISIANA # New Orleans

• FLORIDA

4KS Eastern Grand Tour

WEE

This road trip loops around the East through towns large and small, as blues joints, pie
shops and civil-rights sights flash by.
Start in New York City (but hire a car more cheaply in New Jersey) and hit the road
for week one. Head west toward Lancaster to explore the idyllic back roads of Pennsyl-
vania Dutch Country. Next is Pittsburgh, a surprising town of picturesque bridges and
cutting-edge museums. Enter Ohio by interstate, but quickly step back in time amid the
horses, buggies and byways of Amish Country. See the skyscrapers rising on the hori-
zon? That’s big-shouldered Chicago. Hang out for a few days to marvel at famous art-
works and steely architecture, and chow through the city’s celebrated restaurant scene.
For week two, motor south from Chicago on old Route 66, at least for a few time-warped,
pie-filled miles. Memphis is the next destination, a draw for Elvis fans, barbecue connois-
seurs, civil-rights students and blues-music buffs alike. Follow the Great River Rd south
from here through juke-jointed Clarksdale, the Civil War battlegrounds of Vicksburg and
the antebellum mansions of Natchez. It’s not far now to New Orleans, where you can hear
live jazz, consult with a voodoo priestess and spoon into thick, spicy-rich gumbo.
Begin journeying back east for week three. Wheel along the Gulf Coast to the azalea-
lined boulevards of Mobile, then inland to Montgomery, to see the world-renowned
Memorial for Peace and Justice, a tribute to the victims of lynching. Fall under the spell
of live oaks in Savannah and pastel architecture and decadent food in Charleston.
Take your pick of Durham or Chapel Hill, side-by-side university towns offering
groovy nightlife.
Begin week four brushing up on your history in Virginia. Visit Jamestown, where
Pocahontas helped the New World’s first English settlement survive, then wander
through the 18th century at nearby Williamsburg. A pair of big cities completes the
route: Washington, DC, is a museum free-for-all, while Philadelphia fires up the Lib-
erty Bell, Ben Franklin and the mighty, meaty cheesesteak. Finally, it’s back to the neon
lights of NYC.
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neW # Boston
•
CanaDa MassaCHUsetts
YOrK
rHODe IsLanD

É
WIsCOnsIn
MInnesOta COnneCtICUt
MICHIGan
# New York City
•
PennsYLVanIa neW JerseY
#
•
Chicago #• Philadelphia

É
DeLaWare
OHIO # WASHINGTON, DC
_

PL A N YO U R TRI P I t i n e r a r i e s
InDIana
ILLInOIs West MarYLanD
VIrGInIa
VIrGInIa

KentUCKY
nOrtH
CarOLIna
tennessee
É A T L A N T I C
arKansas

É
sOUtH
O C E A N
CarOLIna

MIssIssIPPI GeOrGIa

aLaBaMa
É

LOUIsIana #•
New FLOrIDa
Orleans

Everglades ÷ # Miami
#•
National Park

3 KS Bright Lights, Big Cities

WEE

For big, brawny, bold metropolises, the East is your place. These are the cities that
never sleep.
Begin with a few days in history-rich Boston. Walk the Freedom Trail past Paul
­ evere’s house. Hang out in Harvard Sq’s cafes and bookshops, and chow down in North
R
End trattorias and oyster houses. Then catch the train to New York City. With four
days, you can indulge in iconic Manhattan and beyond. Stroll Central Park, walk the
canyons of Wall St, go bohemian in Greenwich Village and catch a ferry to the Statue of
Liberty. For a more local scene, join residents on the High Line, in Nolita’s stylish shops
and in Queens’ creative microbreweries and galleries.
Next hop on board a train to Philadelphia, which is practically down the block from
NYC. Philly was the birthplace of American independence, and has the Liberty Bell and
Declaration of Independence artifacts to prove it. Spend a few days touring the historic
sites and indulging in foodie delights like the Italian Market. Don’t leave the Northeast
without spending a few days in Washington, DC, a quick trip by bus or train. Beyond
the staggering number of free museums and monuments – the Air and Space Museum
and Lincoln Memorial among them – the US capital has rich dining and drinking scenes
in Logan Circle, Shaw and along U St. Who knows what politico might be swirling a
whisky next to you?
It’s a long haul to Miami (flying is the easy way to go), so allocate four days to get
your money’s worth exploring the exotic museums and galleries, the art deco district,
Little Havana and sexy, sultry South Beach. For a change of pace, day-trip to the Ever-
glades and commune with alligators. Keep the Southern thing going in jazz-loving New
Orleans, with a soundtrack of smokin’-hot funk/brass bands and the sizzle of Cajun and
Creole food. Three days of heavy eating with locals in Uptown, the Central Business Dis-
trict, Marigny and the Bywater should do it.
Last, but not least, Chicago leaps up; the City of New Orleans train is a scenic way to
arrive. Bike to the beach, see mod art in Millennium Park and plug into the blues.
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PennsYLVanIa neW
JerseY

OHIO MarYLanD
#Rehoboth Beach
•

# Assateague Island
•
PL A N YO U R TRI P I t i n e r a r i e s

InDIana Monongahela
National Forest ÷
# ÷
# Shenandoah
National Park
West

É
VIrGInIa

É
New River Gorge ÷#
National River VIrGInIa

KentUCKY
• Outer Banks
#
É # Cape Hatteras
•
É #
•
Ocracoke Island
É
nOrtH CarOLIna
#
•
Great Smoky ÷# Gatlinburg
Mountains
tennessee National Park

sOUtH AT L A N TI C
CarOLIna
OCEAN
GeOrGIa

2 KS The Great Outdoors

WEE

This trip is for those who like their nature ancient and wild. Timbered mountains, rag-
ing rivers and sheltered islands are all on tap.
Shenandoah National Park rolls out the welcome mat: this sliver of gorgeousness
straddles the Blue Ridge Mountains, so-named for their color when glimpsed in the hazy
cerulean distance. Besides scenic drives, hiking is the big to-do here. Five hundred miles
of paths – including 100 miles of the Appalachian Trail – wind by spring wildflowers,
summer waterfalls and fiery autumn leaves. More activities await a few hours west at
Monongahela National Forest, where you can strap on ropes for Seneca Rocks or a
bicycle helmet for the Greenbrier River Trail. Adventure-sports enthusiasts will find their
wet-and-wild bliss nearby at New River Gorge National River. Outfitters provide
white-water rafting gear for the infamous Class V rapids.
Next up: Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Though it’s the USA’s most popu-
lar patch of parkland, you can leave most of the crowds behind if you’re willing to hike or
paddle – studies have shown that 95% of tourists here never venture more than 100 yards
from their cars! After a day spent in the wilderness surrounded by lush, heather-colored
peaks, there’s nothing quite like arriving in Gatlinburg, the park’s kitschy base. Prepare
for fudge shops, Ripley’s Believe It or Not oddities and moonshine distilleries.
So goes the first week. Now it’s time to fuel up for the twisty drive through the moun-
tains and across to the coast, where the Outer Banks pay off big. Laid-back beach
towns full of locally owned ice-cream shops and mom-and-pop motels dot the wind-
swept barrier islands. Check out Cape Hatteras, with its unspoiled dunes, marshes
and woodlands, or catch the ferry to remote Ocracoke Island, where the wild ponies
run. Speaking of which: more wild horses roam Assateague Island, which floats to
the north between Virginia and Maryland. It too offers brilliant, secluded beaches and a
landscape ripe for birding, kayaking, crabbing and fishing. Still craving surf and sand?
Family-friendly, gay-friendly Rehoboth Beach bestows traditional gingerbread houses,
kiddie amusements and a big ol’ boardwalk along the oceanfront.
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Isabel Albiston
Thanks to everyone in Massachusetts who an-
swered my questions so patiently and treated me
so kindly, especially to all the museum guides who
showed me around along the way. Thanks also to
Leah, Julie and Andrea for your warm hospitality
and to Trisha for commissioning me for such a
great project. Lastly, huge thanks to Ellie, Alan and
Liz for traveling out to join me at the end of my trip.
Mark Baker
So many people came out of the woodwork to
help me carry out research in Minnesota and Wis-
consin. A partial list would include, in Minnesota:
Monte Hanson, Alex Friedrich, Leif Pettersen, Liz
Puhl, Zach Peterson, Stacey Mae McGowan Olson
and Robert Olson. In Wisconsin, I’d like to thank
Sarah Lewison, Richard Ryan and Joan Menefee,
among many others. I’d also like to thank Trisha
Ping, the Lonely Planet Destination Editor who
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Amy C Balfour
For Mississippi insights, thank you Jim Foley, Eone
Moore, Lake Andrews, Sarah Nobles, Kevin Webb
and Erik Arnold. Team Tennessee includes Jeff and
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Watson, Chad Graddy and David Wells. Melissa
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include Celtic Crossing! Thank you to co-writers
Karla Zimmerman, Adam Karlin, and the Destina-
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Thank you to my family – my mother, father and
sister – and friends for their love and support.
Special thanks to Michael, Raghnild, Elizabeth
and Ming for their hospitality and wealth of tips,
and to Matthew for your friendship on the road.
And thank you to Trisha Ping for this opportunity,
and many others.
Ray Bartlett
Huge thanks to Trisha and Evan, the rest of the
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Swanee; Jason and Sam; and, of course, Kiko the
Mermaid. Can’t wait to be back again soon.
Jade Bremner
Thanks to knowledgeable Destination Editor Trisha
Ping for all her wisdom on the Southern States.
Plus, the hardworking Georgia and North Caro-

lina barbecue chefs for cooking all that mind-­
blowingly good smoky meat and sauce that
fueled my entire trip around the South. Thanks
to North Carolina locals Norm and Skye for their
top tips and local advice. Last, but definitely not
least, thanks to everyone working hard behind
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my writing cohorts. To Marc in Atlantic City,
Brooke in Montauk, and Tom K in Hoboken for
local knowledge. To Joe Dawson, Laura Tafuri
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Thanks to the many fellow Vermonters who
shared their favorite spots in the Green Moun-
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Shawn O’Neil, Margo Whitcomb, Victoria St
John, Jim Lockridge and Joy Cohen – and to
Gaen, Meigan and Chloe for a lifetime of com-
panionship on our family adventures in this
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Ashley Harrell
Thanks to Erin Morris for welcoming me to your
state; Kourtnay King and Paul Haynes for taking
me in and enabling me; Chandler Routman for
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your help and expertise; and Chris Dorsel for
still being amazing.
Adam Karlin
Thank you: Trisha for commissioning this re-
cent edition, Evan for taking over, and my road
trip friends and co-authors extraordinaire Amy
and Karla. Thank you to the staff, students
and faculty of the University of New Orleans
CWW for helping me find my voice when it
comes to writing about the South. Thank you
mom and dad for all you do, and thank you my
favorite traveling companions: Rachel, Sanda
and Isaac.
BE H I N D TH E SC E N E S
dations. And to all the lovely toll-takers on the
Garden State Parkway, some of whom I now
know on a first-name basis.
Ali Lemer
Many thanks to Will Coley, Nicole Marsella,
Adam Michaels, Regis St Louis and Trisha Ping,
and to Professor Kenneth Jackson, who taught
me more about NYC history than anyone. My
work is dedicated to the memory of my father,
Albert Lemer, a first-generation New Yorker who
inspired my enthusiasm for international travel
as much as he kindled my love of our shared
hometown – the greatest city in the world.
Vesna Maric
Thanks to Trisha Ping and Evan Godt for commis-
sioning me; to Alicia Estefania and Susana Felices;
and a huge thanks to Marta Vila for her generosity.
Thank you to Atena Sherry for fun times.
Virginia Maxwell
Thanks to DC locals Barbara Balman and Bob
Bresnahan for their convivial company and in-
sider tips; to Trisha Ping for giving me the gig
and supplying interesting leads; to DC expert
Karla Zimmerman; and to traveling compan-
ions Eveline Zoutendijk, George Grundy and
Ryan Ver Berkmoes. At home in Australia,
thanks and much love to Peter Handsaker,
who coped with apartment-renovation chaos
and didn’t blame me for my absence (well, not
too much).

THIS BOOK ­ organ, Lorna Parkes, Kevin

This 5th edition of Lonely
­Planet’s Eastern USA guide-
book was curated by Trisha
Ping, Ali Lemer, Martine Power,
Charles Rawlings-Way, Regis
St Louis and Mara Vorhees. It
was researched and written by
Trisha Ping, Ali Lemer, Regis
St Louis, Mara Vorhees, Isabel
Albiston, Mark Baker, Amy
C Balfour, Robert Balkovich,
Ray Bartlett, Jade Bremner,
Gregor Clark, Ashley Harrell,
Adam Karlin, Brian Kluepfel,
Vesna Maric, Virginia Maxwell,
Hugh McNaughtan, MaSovaida
M
Raub, Simon Richmond,
­Benedict Walker, Greg Ward
and Karla Zimmerman. This
guidebook was produced by
the following:
Destination Editors Evan
Godt, Trisha Ping
Senior Product Editors
­Martine Power, Vicky Smith
Regional Senior
­Cartographer Alison Lyall
Product Editor Carolyn Boicos
Book Designer Gwen Cotter
Assisting Editors Sarah
Bailey, James Bainbridge,
Imogen Bannister, Michelle
Bennett, Nigel Chin, Samantha
Cook, Lucy Cowie, Andrea
Dobbin, Emma Gibbs, Carly
Hall, Victoria Harrison, Jennifer
Hattam, Gabrielle Innes, Helen
Koehne, Kellie Langdon, Lou
McGregor, Rosie Nicholson,
Kristin Odijk, Monique Perrin,
Mani Ramaswamy, Sarah
Reid, Fionnuala Twomey, Sam
Wheeler
Cartographer Rachel Imeson
Cover Researcher Meri
Blazevski
Thanks to Sain Alizada,
Fergal Condon, Joel Cotterell,
Sasha Drew, Bruce Evans,
Charlotte Orr
658
MaSovaida Morgan
Thank you to the lovely souls in Savannah and
beyond who provided tips, guidance and feed-
back for this project. In particular, many thanks
to Chad Faries and Emily Jones, Robert Firth,
and Trisha Ping for bringing me on. Special
thanks and love to Ny, Ty and Haj.
BE H I N D TH E SC E N E S
Barbara Noe Kennedy
I can’t thank enough the endless line of Wash-
ingtonians who always point me in the right
direction, keeping me up to date with the latest
and greatest happenings. But no one can
surpass the tireless devotion of Kate Gibbs at
Destination DC, who’s always there to answer
my next question or let me know about the next
exhibition – thanks! I also would like to thank
my husband, David Kennedy, who is always
game to experience all that DC has to offer –
so much fun!
Lorna Parkes
Thank you to the residents of New York for your
friendliness, as well as your endearing day-
to-day sidewalk and subway rage; the latter I
expected, but the former not so much. Thanks
to Kat and Heather who at various points joined
me to rate the best cocktail mixologists and
live-music dives. Thanks most of all to Austin
and Lily who waited patiently for me to return
home, and to Rob and my in-laws for holding
family life together in my absence.
Trisha Ping
Thanks to Alicia Johnson for the sports intel,
Bailey Freeman for the local edit and Martine
and Sasha for signing me on!
Kevin Raub
Thanks to Trisha Ping and all my fellow partners
in crime at Lonely Planet. On the road, Jordan
Mazzoni, Erika Dahl, Ali Lechlitner, Anita and
Kevin Welch, Jana and Bill Swigart, Tom and
Alice Erlandson, Erika Dahl, Marla Cichowski,
Gina Speckman, Jessica Waytenick, Jeff Berg,
Luanne Mattson, Sarah Prasil, Erin Hawkins,
Erin White, Tyra Miller and Morgan Snyder.
Simon Richmond
Many thanks to the following people who gen-
erously shared their time and knowledge about
Philadelphia: Jerry Silverman, Lindsay Ryan,
Tish Byrne, Mason Wray and Rajeev Shankar.
Regis St Louis
I am grateful to countless innkeepers, park
rangers, baristas, shop owners and folks ‘from
away’ who provided shared Maine insight.
Special thanks to Brother Arnold for a fabu-
lous meal at Sabbathday Shaker Village, Scott
­Cowger for the tips and barn tour in Hallowell,
Jack Burke and Julie Van De Graaf for their
kindness in Castine, and Gregor Clark and
Diane Plauche for general Maine suggestions.
Special thanks to my family, who make coming
home the best part of travel.
Mara Vorhees
To the server at a Gloucester restaurant, who
recommended that I spend my afternoon at
a certain delightful beach (which is not in this
book). Thanks for sharing your secret spot. I
won’t tell.
Benedict Walker
A special thanks to Cheryl Cowie and Keri
Berthelot for their guidance, support and
Reiki II’s on the road. As always, to Trish Walker
for countless hours in the prayer chair, and
a big shout-out to family; Andy, Sally and P
for making sure I didn’t overdo the lobster! In
memory of Kevin Hennessy, Ainsley Crabbe and
Ben Carey, my fellow adventurers who passed
away in other lands while I was researching this
title. A little part of you remains in Rhode Island
for me, always. You’ll like it there!
Greg Ward
Thanks to the many wonderful people who
helped me on the road, especially at Historic
Stagville Plantation, Price’s Chicken Coop,
­Bryson City Bicycles and the Orange County
Visitor Center. Thanks too to my editor Trisha
Ping for giving me this opportunity, and to my
dear wife Sam for everything else.
Karla Zimmerman
Many thanks to Paula Andruss, Lisa Beran, Lisa
DiChiera, Ruggero Fatica, Chuck Palmer, Keith
Pandolfi and Bob Sanders for taking the time to
share their favorite local spots. Thanks most to
Eric Markowitz, the world’s best partner-for-life
and road trip companion. You top my Best List
every time.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Climate map data adapted from Peel MC,
Finlayson BL & McMahon TA (2007) ‘Updat-
ed World Map of the Köppen-Geiger Climate
Classification’, Hydrology and Earth System
Sciences, 11, 1633–44.
Cover photograph: South Beach, Miami; John
Coletti/AWL Images ©
Illustrations pp84–5, pp260–1 by Javier
Zarracina.

Index
10,000 Islands 481
606 531
A animals 636-40, see also
Abingdon 321
Acadia National Park 10,
247-8, 331, 10, 330
accessible travel 122, 642
accommodations 24-5, 54,
55-6, see also individual
locations
activities 28, 30-4, 46-9, see
also individual activities
Adirondacks, the 137-41
air travel 649-50, 651-2
Alabama 414-19
Albany 138-9
alcohol 645, see also beer,
bourbon
Alexandria 299-302
Alexandria Bay 141-2
Ali, Muhammad 387
alligators 639
Amelia Island 495-6
Amherst 204-5
Amish communities 16, 164,
559, 565-6, 16
amusement & water parks
27-8
Anakeesta 385-6
Busch Gardens 497
Casino Pier 150
Cedar Point Amusement
Park 564
Dinosaur Kingdom II 318
Dollywood 385
ICON Orlando 504
Luna Park 87
Rapids Water Park 476
SeaWorld 504-5
Steel Pier 150
Trimpers Rides 290
Universal Orlando Resort
508-11
Valleyfair 602
Map Pages 000
Photo Pages 000
©Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd
Walt Disney World® Resort
19, 506-8, 19
Wisconsin Dells 596
ancient mounds 552, 572, 619
individual species
Ann Arbor 580
Annapolis 287-9
Antietam National ­Battlefield
292
Apalachicola National
Forest 512
Apostle Islands 600-2
Appalachian Trail 19, 47,
316, 19
Appomattox 314-15
aquariums
Florida Aquarium 497
Georgia Aquarium 395
National Aquarium 281-2
Shedd Aquarium 523
South Carolina ­Aquarium
357
South Florida Science
Center & Aquarium 476
Tennessee Aquarium 383
Virginia Aquarium &
Marine Science Center
308
architecture 26-7, 632
area codes 647
Arkansas 425-32
Arlington 299
Arrington 377
Art Basel Miami Beach 34
art museums & galleries
Albright-Knox Art Gallery
143
American Visionary Art
Museum 283
Andy Warhol Museum 166
Art Institute of Chicago 520
Bakehouse Art Complex
462
Baker Museum 503
Barnes Foundation 153
Birmingham Museum of
Art 415
Broad Art Museum 580-1
Bushwick Collective 87-8
Carnegie Museum of
Art 167
Chazen Museum of Art
596-7
Chicago Cultural Center 521
Chrysler Museum of
Art 307
Clark Art Institute 207
Cleveland Museum of
Art 561
Cummer Museum of Art &
Gardens 493-4
Currier Museum of Art
232-3
Delaware Art Museum 296
Detroit Institute of Arts 573
Dia:Beacon 129
District of Columbia Arts
Center 266
Dr Evermor’s Sculpture
Park 596
Eric Carle Museum of
Picture Book Art 205
Farnsworth Art Museum
246
Florida Museum of
­Photographic Arts 497
Frick Art & Historical
Center 166
Frick Collection 78
Frist Center for the Visual
Arts 376
Gagosian 69
Galerie F 528-9
Georgia Museum of Art 406
Gibbes Museum of Art 356
Guggenheim Museum 78
Harvard Art Museums
183, 185
Herbert F Johnson
Museum of Art 136
High Museum of Art 395
Hirshhorn Museum 259
Hood Museum of Art 240
Hunter Museum of Ameri-
can Art 383
Hyde Collection Art
Museum 139
Indianapolis Museum of
Art 553
Institute of Contemporary
Art (Boston) 179
6 59
Institute of Contemporary
Art (Miami) 461
Intuit: The Center for
Intuitive & Outsider
Art 528
Isabella Stewart Gardner
Museum 183
Jepson Center for the Arts
408-9
Lexington Art League at
Loudoun House 391
Margulies Collection at
the Warehouse 462
MASS MoCA 207
Mennello Museum of
American Art 504
Met Breuer 79, 82
Metropolitan Museum of
Art 78
Milwaukee Art Museum
592
Minneapolis Institute of
Art 603
MoMA PS1 88
Museum of Contemporary
Art (Chicago) 527
Museum of Contemporary
Art Detroit 573, 575
Museum of Contemporary
Art Jacksonville 494
Museum of Contemporary
Art North Miami 463
Museum of Contemporary
Photography 523
Museum of Fine Arts
(Boston) 183
Museum of Modern Art 73
National Gallery of Art 255
National Museum of
Mexican Art 523
New Museum of
­Contemporary Art 69-70
New Orleans Museum of
Art 438
Noguchi Museum 88
Norman Rockwell Museum
206
North Carolina Museum of
Art 343
Norton Museum of Art 476
NSU Art Museum Fort
Lauderdale 471
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art museums & galleries
continued
Ogden Museum of
Southern Art 439
Opus 40 Sculpture Park
& Museum 135
Orlando Museum of
Art 504
I N D E X A - B
Asbury Park 148-9
Asheville 351-4
Assateague Island 290
Athens (Georgia) 406-8
Athens (Ohio) 571
Atlanta 394-404, 396-7
Atlantic City 150-1
Berkeley Springs 324-5 Pictured Rocks National
Berkshires, the 205-8 Lakeshore 589
Berlin 565 Washington, DC 268
Bethel 249 Bogue Banks 340
bicycling 47, 652 Boldt Castle 141
Bonnaroo Music & Arts
Abingdon 321
Boston 185 Festival 32, 381
booking services 25

Parrish Art Museum 125
Paula Cooper Gallery 69
Pérez Art Museum Miami
457, 459
Philadelphia Museum of
Art 23, 154
Phillips Collection 266
Pizzuti Collection 566
Portland Museum of
Art 243
Provincetown Art
­Association & Museum
199
Renwick Gallery 264
Reynolds Center for
American Art &
Portraiture 265
Ringling Museum
­Complex 500
RISD Museum of Art 209
Rodin Museum 155
Rubin Museum of Art 68
Salvador Dalí Museum
499
SCAD Museum of Art 408
Smith College Museum
of Art 204
Southeast Museum of
Photography 490
Speed Art Museum 387-8
Taubman Museum of
Art 320
Torpedo Factory Art
Center 301
Virginia Museum of Fine
Arts 310
Void Projects 459
Wadsworth Atheneum 215
Walker Art Center 603
Walters Art Museum 282-3
Weisman Art Museum 603
Whitney Museum of
American Art 67
Williams College M ­ useum
of Art 207
Wolfsonian-FIU 456
Wynwood Walls 461
Yale Center for British
Art 219
Yale University Art
Gallery 219-20
arts 630-2, see also
individual arts
Map Pages 000
Photo Pages 000
Atlantic Coast 488-96 Cape Cod Rail Trail 195
Chicago 531 books 630-1, 632, 636
ATMs 645
Cumberland 293 Boone 350-1
Auburn 560
Detroit 575 Boothbay Harbor 245-6
Aurora 136
Duluth 610 border crossings 650
Falmouth 194 Boston 18, 174-92, 176-7,
B Fayetteville 329 180-1
B&Bs 24 accommodations 186-7
Franconia Notch State
Baltimore 280-7 Park 238 activities 185
Bar Harbor 248-9, 330 Indiana Dunes 559 children, travel with 179
Barataria Preserve 446 Miami 463, 465 drinking & nightlife
Barnegat Peninsula 149-50 Minuteman Commuter 189-90
baseball 628 Bikeway 192 entertainment 190
basketball 629 New York City 88 festivals & events 186
Bath 245 Northampton 204 food 187-9
Palm Beach 475 itineraries 175
bathrooms 647
Battle Green 192 Provincetown 199 LGBTIQ+ travelers 189
beaches 29 Richmond 311 shopping 190-1
Acadia National Park 248 Sleeping Bear Dunes sights 174-85
Bahia Honda State ­National Lakeshore tourist offices 191
585
Park 485 tours 185
Tallahassee 512
Belleayre 133 travel to/from 191
Washington, DC 268
Canaveral National travel within 191-2
Seashore 489 birds 640 walking tour 184, 184
Captiva Island 501 bird-watching Boston Tea Party 182, 617
Chicago 531-2 Cape May 152 Boundary Waters 613
Fire Island National Grafton Notch State bourbon 16, 388
Seashore 124 Park 249
Brandywine Valley 296
Folly Beach 361 Lake Martin 450
Brattleboro 222-3
Fort Lauderdale 471 Laura Quinn Wild Bird
Sanctuary 483 Bretton Woods 238-9
Gulf Islands National
Seashore 514 Merritt Island National breweries 23, see also
distilleries
Hammonasset Beach 219 Wildlife Refuge
488-9 Asheville 351, 353
Kiawah Island 361
Pea Island National Boston 189-90
Martha’s Vineyard 202
Wildlife Refuge 336 Brew Ridge Trail 314
Miami 456, 457, 42 Pelee Island 565 Burlington 231
Muskegon 584 Birmingham 414-16 Cape Cod 196
Myrtle Beach 363-4
black bears 637-8, 13 Charleston 360
Naples 503 Chicago 23, 541, 542, 543
Block Island 212
Ocean City 290 Cleveland 562, 563
Bloomington 556
Ocracoke Beach 339 Grand Rapids 581-2
Blowing Rock 349-50
Ogunquit 241 Mad River Valley 227
blue crabs 288
Orient 128 Milwaukee 592
Blue Ridge Highlands
Saugatuck 584 319-22 Minneapolis 607
St Augustine 492 Blue Ridge Pkwy 16, 39-40, Muskegon 584
Virginia Beach 308 320, 349, 16 Nantucket 201-2
Beaufort (North Carolina) Bluegrass Country 391-2 New York 112-13
340
bluegrass music 43, 321 Pittsburgh 168
Beaufort (South Carolina)
blues music 421, 527, 633 Portland 244
362-3
boat travel 651, 652 Stowe 228
Beckley 328-9
boat trips Washington, DC 275, 276
Beecher Stowe, Harriet 215
Chesapeake Bay 289 Bronze Fonz 592
beer 276, see also breweries
Fort Lauderdale 471-2 Brooklyn Bridge 86
Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream
Factory 228 Islamorada 484 Brooklyn Heights
Bennington 223-4 Key Largo 483 ­Promenade 86

Brown University 209
Brunswick 412-14
budgeting 21, 24, 52, 54
Buffalo 142-4
Buffalo National River
429, 432
Burlington 229-32
Charlotte 346-8
Charlottesville 312-14
Charm 565
Chatham 196-8
Chattanooga 382-4
Chelsea Market 67-8
Chesapeake Bay 281,
Civil Rights movement 621-2
Martin Luther King Jr
398-9, 416
landmarks 417-18
memorials 416-17
museums 367, 394-5,
414, 418, 422, 569
trails 15, 415
66 1
Dexter Avenue Parsonage
416
Dickinson, Emily 205
disabilities, travelers with
122, 642
distilleries, see also
breweries
Firefly Distillery 362

bus travel 651, 652-3
bushwalking, see hiking
Bushwick Collective 87-8
business hours 646
C drinking & nightlife 541-3
Cadillac Mountain 248
Cahawba 418
Cahokia Mounds State
Historic Site 552
Cajun Country 448-9
Cajun culture 433
Cajun Prairie 450-1
Cajun Wetlands 449-51
Cambridge 183, 185, 189
camping 24
Canada, travel to/from 650
Cannon Mountain 237-8
canoeing, see kayaking &
canoeing
Cape Cod 194-200, 197
Cape Cod National
­Seashore 198
Cape Hatteras National
Seashore 336
Cape May 152-3
Capital Region 58, 250-329,
252-3
accommodations 250
climate 250
food 250
highlights 252-3
travel seasons 250
Capitol Hill 262-4
Captiva Island 501-2
car travel 651, 653-5, see
also scenic drives
Carrboro 345-6
Cash, Johnny 376
cathedrals, see churches &
cathedrals
Catskills 13, 132-5, 13
caves 315, 331, 394, 430,
558, 330-1
CBD 22
cell phones 646-7
cemeteries 299, 310-11,
408, 439
Central Park 79, 84-5, 80-1,
84-5, 84-5
Chapel Hill 345-6
Charleston 356-61
Charleston County Sea
Islands 361-2
Charlevoix 587
I N D E X B - E
288, 289
Chicago 10, 23, 517-48, Civil War 301, 619-20 Jack Daniel’s Distillery
367
522, 524-5 Clarksdale 421-2
Cleveland 561-4 Kentucky 388
accommodations 533-7
climate 20, 30, 31, 32, 33, Maker’s Mark 393
activities 531-2
34, see also individual Ole Smoky Moonshine
children, travel with 532
regions 386
CNN Center 395 Siesta Key Rum 501
entertainment 543-6 Wigle Whiskey 167
Coca-Cola 395
festivals & events 533 diving 48-9, 340-1, 486
cold exposure 644
food 537-41 dogsledding 613
Columbus (Indiana) 557-8
history 517, 520 Dolly Sods Wilderness 325
Columbus (Ohio) 566-7
itineraries 520 dolphins 640
Concord 192-3
LGBTIQ+ travelers 545 Door County 599-600
Coney Island 87
shopping 546-7 Douglas 584-5
Connecticut 214-21
sights 520-31 Dover 296-8
consulates 643
tours 532-3 drinks, see beer, bourbon
cooking classes 53
travel to/from 547 driving, see car travel,
Coral Castle 479
travel within 547-8 scenic drives
Cornucopia 601
walking tour 530, 530 drugs 645
Corolla 333, 336, 29
children, travel with 24-5, Duke University 344
54-6 costs 21, 24, 52, 54
country music 375, 634
Duluth 610-11
Atlanta 395 Duquesne Incline 166
Boston 179 coyotes 639
Durham 344-5
Chicago 532 Crawford Notch 238-9
Dylan, Bob 611
Miami 463 credit cards 645
New Orleans 435 Creole culture 433
Chimney Rock 351 Crisfield 281 E
Chrysler Building 76 crocodiles 639, 11 earthquakes 637
churches & cathedrals Crooked Road 321 East Bay 213-14
16th Street Baptist Crystal Coast 340-1 East Lansing 580-1
Church 414 culture 626-9 Eastern Panhandle 323-5
Anthony Chapel 428 Cumberland 293 Eastern Shore 289-90
Cathedral Church of St Cumberland Island N ­ ational Eastern State Penitentiary
John the Divine 86 Seashore 413 156-7
First Ebenezer Baptist currency 20 Eau Claire 598
Church 399 customs regulations 642-3 Edgar Allan Poe National
Full Gospel Tabernacle Cutchogue 127 Historic Site 157-8
Church 369 cycling, see bicycling Edisto Island 361
Old North Church 178 Edmund Pettus Bridge
St Andrew’s Dune Church 417-18
125-6 D electricity 643
St John’s Episcopal Dahlonega 405 Ellis Island 61
Church 310 dangers, see safety embassies 643
St Louis Cathedral 434 Daniel Boone National Emerald Mound 424
St Patrick’s Cathedral Forest 393-4 emergencies 21
77 Dardanelle 429 Empire State Building 71-3
Thorncrown Chapel 431 Dartmouth College 240 Empire State Plaza 138
Trinity Church (Boston) Dayton 568
Endless Bridge 603
182-3 Daytona Beach 490-1 Erie Islands 564-5
Trinity Church (New York Dean, James 555
City) 65 Essex 218-19
Dearborn 579-80 etiquette 53, 642
Washington National
deer 639 Eunice 450-1
Cathedral 267
DeLand 511 Eureka Springs 431-2
Churchill Downs 387
Delaware 293-8 events 30-4, see also
Cincinnati 568-71
Delaware Water Gap 147 individual events,
cinema 622, 631-2
Detroit 12, 572-9, 574, 12 locations
662
Everglades 478-9
Everglades City 481-2
Everglades National Park 11,
331, 478-9, 2, 11
exchange rates 21
Exorcist Stairs 267
I N D E X E - H
F Front Royal 315-16
Fairmount 555
Falmouth 194-5
family travel, see children,
travel with
Fayetteville 328-9
Fenway Park 183
festivals 30-4, 50, see also
individual festivals,
locations
Fifth Avenue 77
films 622, 631-2
Finger Lakes 135-7
Fire Island National
Seashore 124
fish 640
Flatiron Building 70
Florida 58, 452-515, 454-5
accommodations 452
climate 452
food 452
highlights 454-5
travel seasons 452
Florida City 479-80
Florida Hwy 1 44-5
Florida Keys 17, 482-8
Florida Panhandle 511-15
Floyd 321-2
Flume Gorge 238, 14
folk music 634
food 26, 50-3, see also
individual locations
barbecue 51
cooking classes 53
costs 52
etiquette 53
festivals 50
fish fry 593
Philadelphia ­
cheesesteak 51, 162, 2
pizza 539
seafood 50-1, 288, 53
supper clubs 593
vegetarian & vegan
travelers 52
football 628-9
Fort Lauderdale 470-4
forts
Castillo de San Marcos
National Monument 492
Fort Adams 211
Map Pages 000
Photo Pages 000
Fort Mackinac 588
Fort Macon 340
Franconia Notch 237-8
Franklin 377
Franklin, Benjamin 155
Frederick 292-3
Fredericksburg 302-4
Freedom Trail 184, 185
Funks Grove 551
G Fredericksburg &
Galax 322
Galena 549-50
galleries, see art museums
& galleries
gardens, see parks &
gardens
Gatlinburg 385-6
gay travelers, see LGBTIQ+
travelers
Gemini Giant 551
geography 636
Georgetown 245
Georgetown University 267
Georgia 394-414
giardiasis 644
Gold Coast 14, 583-7, 14
Golden Isles 412-14
Graceland 367
Grand Haven 583, 14
Grand Ole Opry 376, 380, 17
Grand Rapids 581-3
Grandfather Mountain
349-50
Great Barrington 205-6
Great Lakes 58, 516-614,
518-19
accommodations 516
climate 516
food 51-2, 516
highlights 518
itineraries 535
travel seasons 516
Great River Road 40-1
Great Smoky Mountains
National Park 13, 23,
331, 354-5, 13, 330
Green Bay 598-9
Green County 595
Greenbrier Valley 327-9
Greenport 127-8
Greenville 365-6
Gulf Coast 425
Gulf Islands National
Seashore 514
Gullah culture 358
H Dexter Avenue ­Parsonage
Hamptons, the 125-6
hang-gliding 337, 15
Hanover 240
Harbor Country 585
Harpers Ferry 323-4
Hartford 214-16
Harvard University 183
Hatteras Island 333
health 643-4
heat exhaustion 644
Hemingway, Ernest 486,
487, 587
High Country 349-51
hiking 46, see also walks
Abingdon 321
Appalachian Trail 19, 47,
316, 19
Big Bluff 432
Blackwater Falls State
Park 325
Blue Ridge Pkwy 320
C&O Canal National
Historic Park 293
Crawford Notch State
Park 238
Franconia Notch State
Park 238
Great Smoky Mountains
National Park 354
Monongahela National
Forest 325
Monument Mountain 205
Mt Magazine State
Park 429
Mt Nebo State Park 429
New River Gorge National
River 327
Petit Jean State Park 429
Shenandoah National
Park 316
Sleeping Bear Dunes
­National Lakeshore 585
Superior Hiking Trail 612
Tamiami Trail 480-1
Tuckerman Ravine 239
Hilton Head 362-3
hip-hop music 635
historic buildings & sites
Audubon State Historic
Site 447
Battleship North C ­ arolina
341
Big Pink 135
Biltmore Estate 351
Breakers, the 211
Cahokia Mounds State
Historic Site 552
Carillon Historical Park
568
Chrysler Building 76
Colonial Michilimackinac
588
Dana Thomas House 550
416
Ellwood Manor 302-3
Historic Triangle 304-7
Elms, the 211
Embassy Row 266
Empire State Building
71-3
Faneuil Hall 175, 178
Flatiron Building 70
Fort Raleigh National
Historic Site 336
Fort Sumter National
Monument 357
Franklin D Roosevelt
Home 131
Spotsylvania National
Military Park 303
Graycliff Estate 143
Hildene 224
Historic RCA Studio B
376
Independence Hall 153
Lincoln Home National
Historic Site 550
Little Rock Central High
School 426
Martin House Complex
142-3
Martin Luther King Jr
Birthplace 398-9, 15
Martin Luther King Jr
National Historic
Site 398
Maryland State House
287
Monticello 312
Montpelier 313
Mount Vernon 300
New York State Capitol
138
Old Exchange & Provost
Dungeon 356
Old South Meeting
House 175
Old State House 1­ 75
Parthenon 376
Pentagon 299
Petersen House 265
Pope-Leighey House 300
Radio City Music Hall 77
Robie House 529
Rockefeller Center 73, 76
Rough Point 211
Supreme Court 263
Ulysses S Grant Home
549
US Capitol 262-3
Vicksburg National
Military Park 422
Virginia State Capitol 310
Washington Irving’s
Sunnyside 130
White House 264
Winterthur 296
Wormsloe Historic Site
408

history 28, 616-25, see also
Civil Rights movement
Boston Tea Party 182, 617
British colonialism 617-18
Civil War 301, 619-20
Great Depression 620
Louisiana Purchase 619
Native Americans 262,
616, 617, 619
Obama presidency 622-4
prehistoric cultures 616
Revolutionary War 618
slavery 619-20
Trump presidency 624-5
Vietnam War 621-2
World War II 620-1
hitchhiking 655
Hoboken 146
holidays 646
Homestead 479-80
Hopewell people 572
horseback riding 391, 472
horses 391
hostels 24
Hot Springs 427-8
hotels 24
Hudson Valley 129-32
Hudson Yards 23
Huntsville 415
hurricanes 637
Hyannis 195-6
I Key Largo 482-3
ice skating 89, 155, 531
Illinois 517-52
immigration 626, 649
Independence Day 33
Indiana 552-60
Indiana Dunes 558-9
Indiana University 556
Indianapolis 552-5
Indianola 421
inns 24
Institute Woods 146-7
insurance 643-4, 654
internet access 25, 644
internet resources 21, 23,
56, 628, 645
Islamorada 483-4, 17
Isle of Palms 361
Isle Royale 639
Ithaca 136-7
itineraries 35-8, see also
individual locations
J Lancaster County 164, 16
Jackson 422-3
Jacksonville 493-5
James Island 361
Jamesport 127
Jamestown 305-6
jazz 633-4
Jekyll Island 413-14
Jersey Shore 148-53
Johns Hopkins University
284
K Lexington (Shenandoah
Kancamagus Hwy 236
kayaking & canoeing 47
Amelia Island 495-6
Apostle Islands 601
Boundary Waters 613
Buffalo National River
432
Charlotte 347
Chicago 531-2
Cincinnati 569
Clarksdale 421
Everglades 480, 481
Key Largo 483
Lexington 318
Little Rock 426
Logan 571-2
Ocracoke Island 339
Pictured Rocks National
Lakeshore 589
St Simons Island 412
Tarpon Bay 502
Kelleys Island 564-5
Kentucky 16, 386-94
Kentucky Derby 389
Keweenaw Peninsula 590
Key West 485-8
Kiawah Island 361
Kidron 565
Kill Devil Hills 333
Killington 226
King, BB 421
King, Martin Luther Jr 15,
255, 367, 398-9, 416
Kinzua Bridge Skywalk 165-6
kiteboarding 337
Kitty Hawk 333
Knoxville 384-5
L Saugerties Lighthouse 135
Lafayette 448-9
Lake George 139-40
Lake Martin 450
Lake of the Clouds 591
Lake Placid 140-1
Lake Pontchartrain 446
Lakes Region 234
Lake Superior 611
languages 20
Lansing 580-1
Leesburg 303
legal matters 644-5
lemurs 344
66 3
Lenox 206-7 Louisiana 432-51
lesbian travelers, see Louisiana floods 637
LGBTIQ+ travelers Louisiana Purchase 619
Lewes 294 Louisville 387-90
Lexington (Kentucky) 391-2 Lowcountry 361-3
Lexington (New England) Lower Hudson Valley
192 129-30
I N D E X H - M
Lower Keys 485
Valley) 317-19 Luray 315-16
LGBTIQ+ travelers 645 Lyme disease 644
Atlanta 403
Boston 189
Chicago 545 M
Fort Lauderdale 473 Mackinac Island 588
Miami 469 Mackinaw City 588
Minneapolis 606 Mad River Valley 226-7
New Orleans 444 Madison 596-7
Washington, DC 277 Maine 240-9, 242
Mammoth Cave National
Liberty Bell Center 155, 12
Park 331, 394, 330-1
libraries
Mamou 450
Boston Public Library 183
Manassas National
Folger Shakespeare
Library 264 ­Battlefield Park 301
Latter Library 435 manatees 497-8, 640
Library of Congress 263 Manchester 232-3
New York Public Library Manitou Islands 585
73 Manteo 333
Newberry Library 527 Marathon 484-5
Providence Athenaeum Mardi Gras 31, 439
209 markets
Woodrow Wilson Ann Arbor 580
­Presidential Library Boston 190-1
317
Burlington 229-30
lighthouses
Chatham 197-8
Bodie Island Lighthouse
Chicago 528
336
Detroit 573
Cape Hatteras
­Lighthouse 337 Madison 596
New Orleans 438
Cape May Lighthouse 152
New York City 67-8,
Fire Island Lighthouse 124
71, 100
Horton Point Lighthouse
128 Marquette 590
Martha’s Vineyard
Montauk Lighthouse 127
202-3, 197
Ocracoke Lighthouse 339
Martin Luther King Jr
Portland Head Light 243
Birthplace 15, 398-9, 15
Rockland Breakwater
Lighthouse 246 Martin Luther King Jr
Sandy Hook 150 ­National Historic Site
398
Maryland 280-93
Split Rock Lighthouse 612
Mashomack Nature
Lincoln (New England) 237 Preserve 128
Lincoln, Abraham 251, Massachusetts 171-208
550, 558
Massachusetts Institute of
Lincoln Center 83 Technology 185
Lincoln Hwy 41-3 Massachusetts State
Lincoln Memorial 251, 9 House 174
Litchfield Hills 216-17 Mayflower II 194
literature 630-1, 632 medical services 644
Little Rock 425-7 memorials, see monuments
lobsters 50-1, 53 & memorials
Logan 571-2 Memphis 366-73, 368, 370
Long Island 123-9 Mercer-Williams House
Lookout Mountain 383 408, 27
66 4
Miami 13, 22, 453-70, 458, Jefferson Memorial 258-9
460, 13, 42 Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley
accommodations 466-7 Memorial 287
activities 463-5 Lincoln Memorial 251, 9
children, travel with 463 Lost at Sea Memorial 127
drinking & nightlife 468-9 Martin Luther King Jr
Memorial 255
entertainment 469-70
National Memorial for
I N D E X M
festivals & events 465-6
food 467-8 Peace & Justice 416-17
history 453 National September 11
Memorial 65
itineraries 457
National WWII Memorial
LGBTIQ+ travelers 469 259
safety 470
Pilgrim Monument 199
sights 453-63
Stonewall National
tourist offices 470 Monument 69
tours 465
Strawberry Fields 83
travel to/from 470 Vietnam Veterans
travel within 470 ­Memorial 254-5
walking tour 464, 464 Washington Monument
Michigan 572-91 (Baltimore) 283
Middleburg 303 Washington Monument
(Washington, DC) 255
Millersburg 565
Wright Brothers National
Milwaukee 591-4 Memorial 336
Minneapolis 602-8, 604-5
moose 636-7, 639
Minnesota 602-14
Morehead City 340
Minute Man National
Morrilton 429
Historic Park 192
motels 24
Mississippi 419-25
motorcycle travel 651, 653-5
Mississippi Delta 420-2
Mount Desert Island 248
Mitchell, Margaret 398
Mount Vernon 300
Mobile 418-19
Mountain View 430-1
mobile phones 646-7
Mt Airy 292-3
Mohonk Preserve 130
Mt Baldhead 584
monasteries 135
Mt Monadnock 233
money 20, 21, 24, 52, 54,
Mt Tremper 133-4
643, 645-6
Mt Washington 238, 239
Monongahela Incline 166
Mummers Parade 30,
Monongahela National
158-9, 31
Forest 325-7
museums 27, see also art
Montauk 126-7
museums & galleries,
Montgomery 416-17 sports museums
Montpelier 227-8 4-H Tidelands Nature
monuments & memorials Center 413
African American Civil Acadian Village 448
War Memorial 265-6 Adler Planetarium 523
Bennington Battle Air Mobility Command
Monument 223-4 Museum 297
Bunker Hill Monument
Amazing World of Dr
179 Seuss 204
Civil Rights Memorial American Black
Center 417 ­Holocaust Museum
Fort McHenry National 592
Monument & Historic American Civil War
Shrine 283 ­Museum – ­Appomattox
Franklin Delano ­Roosevelt 315
Memorial 262 American Museum of
George Washington Natural History 82-3
Masonic National American Revolution
Memorial 301
Museum at Yorktown
306
Art Deco Museum 456
Map Pages 000 Auburn Cord D ­ uesenberg
Photo Pages 000 Museum 560
Automotive Hall of Ford Rouge Factory Tour
Fame 579 579-80
Backstreet Cultural Ford’s Theatre Center
Museum 434-5 for Education &
BB King Museum & Delta ­Leadership 265
Interpretive Center 421 Fort William Henry
Museum 139
Benjamin Franklin
Museum 155 Frank Lloyd Wright Home
Birmingham Civil Rights & Studio 548
Institute 414 Franklin D Roosevelt
Home 131
Bennington Museum 224
Boston Tea Party Ships & Freedom House Museum
300-1
Museum 182, 18
Brooklyn Museum 87 Freer | Sackler 262
Busy Beaver Button Gerald R Ford Museum
581
Museum 529
Cabildo 434 Gilmore Car Museum
579
Carnegie Museum of
Natural History 167 Gold Coast Railroad
Museum 463
Center for Civil & Human
Rights 394-5 Grand Ole Opry House
Center for PostNatural 376, 380, 17
History 167 Graveyard of the Atlantic
Center for Puppetry Museum 337
Arts 395 Great Lakes Science
Charleston Museum 357 Center 561
Chatham Shark Center Greenfield Village 579
196-7 Gulf Coast Exploreum
418-19
Chicago Architecture
Hammond Harwood
Center 521
House 287
Chicago Children’s
Museum 532 Harley-Davidson Museum
Chicago History Museum 592
528 Harriet Beecher Stowe
Center 215
Children’s Museum of
Hemingway House 486
Indianapolis 553
Henry Ford Museum 579
Concord Museum 193
Historic New Orleans
Connecticut Science
Collection 434
Center 215
Historic Tredegar 310
COSI 566
Historic Village at Allaire
Country Music Hall of
148
Fame & Museum 375
HistoryMiami 457
Delta Blues Museum 421
Illinois Holocaust
Driehaus Museum 526
Museum 548
Dumbarton Oaks 267
Immigration Museum 61
DuSable Museum of
African American International Spy
History 529 Museum 265
East Hampton Town James Monroe Museum
Marine Museum 125 & Memorial Library
Emily Dickinson Museum 303
205 Jewish Museum 78-9
Empire State Railway John Dickinson
Museum 133 ­Plantation 297
Eudora Welty House John F Kennedy Hyannis
423 Museum 195
Johnny Cash Museum &
Evergreen Museum 284
Store 376
Fernbank Museum of
Kennedy Space Center
Natural History 395
488
Field Museum of Natural
Kurt Vonnegut Museum
History 523, 10
& Library 553
Flagler Museum 474
Landis Valley Museum 165
Florida Keys History of
Diving Museum 484 Levine Museum of the
New South 347
Ford Piquette Avenue
Plant 575 Lightner Museum 492

Lincoln Presidential
Library & Museum 550
Little Traverse History
Museum 587
Louisiana Children’s
Museum 435
Lower East Side
­Tenement Museum 69
Lower Mississippi River
Museum 422
Lowndes County
­Interpretive Center 418
Maine Maritime Museum
245
Margaret Mitchell House
& Museum 398
Mark Twain House &
Museum 215
Martin Luther King Jr
National Historic
Site 398
Maryland Historical
Society 283
Maryland Science Center
282
Memphis Rock ’n’ Soul
Museum 367
Met Cloisters 83
Mexican Cultural
­Institute 266
Miami Children’s
Museum 463
Millyard Museum 232
Mint Museum Randolph
347
Mississippi Civil Rights
Museum 422
Motown Historical
Museum 575
Muhammad Ali Center
387
Museum of Art & History
at the Custom House
485
Museum of Discovery &
Science 471
Museum of Mississippi
History 423
Museum of Science 178
Museum of Science &
Industry 529
Museum of the American
Revolution 154
Museum of the Bizarre
341
Museum of the
­Everglades 481
Mütter Museum 154-5
Mystic Seaport Museum
217
Nantucket Whaling
Museum 201
National Air & Space
Museum 251, 254, 27
National Archives 264-5
National Automotive &
Truck Museum 560
National Civil Rights Peabody Essex Museum
Museum 367 193
National Geographic Peggy Notebaert Nature
Museum 266 Museum 532
National Great Blacks in Penn Center 363
Wax Museum 282 Plimoth Plantation 193-4
National Museum of Poe Museum 310
­African American Pollock-Krasner House
­History & Culture 255 125
National Museum of Port Discovery 282
American History 258
Prairie Acadian Cultural
National Museum of Civil Center 451
War Medicine 292
Railroad Museum of
National Museum of Pennsylvania 164
­Natural History 255,
258 RE Olds Transportation
Museum 579
National Museum of the
American Indian 262 Ripley’s Believe it or Not!
150-1
National Museum of the
US Air Force 568 River Road African
­American Museum 447
National Mustard
Museum 596 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
& Museum 561
National Naval Aviation
Museum 514 Sag Harbor Whaling &
Historical Museum 125
National Railroad
Museum 599 Scott & Zelda Fitzgerald
Museum 417
National September 11
Memorial Museum 65 Selma Interpretive
Center 418
National Toy Train
Museum 164-5 Shaker Village of
­Pleasant Hill 393
National Underground
Railroad Freedom Shelburne Museum 230
Center 569 Shore Line Trolley
Museum 220
National Women’s Hall of
Fame 137 Slave Haven U ­ nderground
Railroad Museum/
National WWII Museum
Burkle Estate 369
439
Nauticus 307 Songbirds 382-3
South Florida Science
Naval Station Norfolk
307 Center & Aquarium
476
New York State Museum
138 Southampton History
Museum 125
Newseum 265
Spam Museum 609
North Carolina Maritime
Museum 340 Stax Museum of
­American Soul Music
North Carolina Museum 367
of History 343
Steven F Udvar-Hazy
North Carolina Museum Center 254
of Natural Sciences
343 Strawbery Banke
Museum 233
O. Winston Link Museum
319-20 Studebaker National
Museum 560
Ocean City Life-Saving
Station Museum 290 Tallahassee Automobile
& Collectibles Museum
Old Fort Niagara 145 511-12
Old Rhinebeck
Tallahassee Museum 511
­Aerodrome 132
Telfair Academy 408
Old Slave Mart Museum
356 Tennessee State Museum
376
Osborn-Jackson House
125 Titanic Museum 386
Oscar Getz Museum of Titanic: the Artifact
Whiskey History 388 Exhibition 505
Parris Island Museum Tudor Place 267
363 United States Holocaust
Memorial Museum 263
Patricia & Phillip Frost
US Space & Rocket
Museum of Science 459
Center 415
66 5
USS Alabama 418
USS Constitution
Museum 179
Vermilionville 448
Villa Zorayda Museum
492
Vizcaya Museum &
Gardens 462
I N D E X M - N
White House Visitor
Center 264
William J Clinton
­Presidential Center
426
Willie Dixon’s Blues
Heaven 527
Willie Nelson & Friends
Museum Showcase
376-7
Women’s Rights
National Historical
Park 137
World of Coca-Cola 395
Wright Museum 235
Ybor City Museum State
Park 497
music 43, 321, 578, 633-5
Muskegon 584
Myrtle Beach 363-5
Mystic 217-18
N
Nags Head 333, 15
Nantucket 200-2, 197
Naples 502-4
NASCAR Racing E­ xperience
490
Nashville (Indiana) 556-7
Nashville (Tennessee) 17,
373-82, 374-5
Natchez 424-5
Natchez Trace Pkwy 43-4,
424
national & state parks 26,
48, 331, 638, see also
parks & gardens
Acadia National Park 10,
247-8, 331, 10, 330
Appomattox Court House
National Historic
Park 314
Assateague State Park
290
Bahia Honda State
Park 485
Barataria Preserve 446
Berkeley Springs State
Park 324-5
Bill Baggs Cape Florida
State Park 463
Biscayne National Park
479
Blackwater Falls State
Park 325
Brandywine Creek State
Park 296
666
national & state parks
continued
Canaveral National
Seashore 489
Cape Henlopen State
Park 294
Cape May Point State
Park 152
I N D E X N - P
Cherry Springs State
Park 165
Chicot State Park 450-1
C&O Canal National
Historic Park 293
Colt State Park 214
Congaree National Park
364
Crawford Notch State
Park 238
Cumberland Falls State
Resort Park 393
Cuyahoga Valley National
Park 563
Dry Tortugas National
Park 49
Everglades National Park
11, 331, 478-9, 2, 11
Fakahatchee Strand
Preserve 480
Fort Adams State Park
211
Fort Clinch State Park
495
Fort Macon State Park 340
Franconia Notch State
Park 237-8
Grafton Notch State
Park 249
Great Smoky Mountains
National Park 13, 23,
331, 354-5, 13, 330
Hammonasset Beach
State Park 219
Hawks Nest State Park
328
Hocking Hills State
Park 571
Hopewell Culture
National Historical
Park 572
Hot Springs National
Park 427
Hunting Island State
Park 363
Indiana Dunes National
Park 559 National Archives 264-5
Island Beach State Park National Cherry Blossom
149-50
Isle Royale National
National Mall 9, 251, 254-5,
Park 590
Jamaica State Park 48
John Pennekamp Coral
National September 11
Reef State Park 483
Native Americans 262, 616,
Map Pages 000 natural disasters 637
Photo Pages 000 Navy Pier 523, 5
Kelleys Islands State New England 57, 170-249,
Park 564-5
Lake Dardanelle State
Park 429
Leonard Harrison State
Park 165
Mammoth Cave National
Park 331, 394, 330-1
Marsh-Billings-­
Rockefeller National New Hampshire 232-40, 223
Historical Park 225 New Haven 219-21
Minute Man National New Jersey 57, 145-53, 62-3
Historic Park 192
New London 218
Montauk Point State
New Orleans 11, 433-46,
Park 127
Mt Magazine State
New Paltz 130-1
Park 429
Mt Monadnock State New River 327-9, 19
Park 233 New River Gorge National
Mt Nebo State Park 429
Natural Bridge State New York City 9, 23, ­57,
Park 318
Natural Bridge State
Resort Park 394
Newport State Park 600
Ozark Folk Center State
Park 430
Petit Jean State Park
429
Porcupine Mountains
Wilderness State
Park 591
Robert H Treman State
Park 136
Robert Moses State
Park 124
Shenandoah National
Park 316, 331, 331
Split Rock Lighthouse
State Park 612
Stonewall National
Monument 69
Table Rock State Park
365
Unicoi State Park 407
Vogel State Park 407
Voyageurs National Park
613-14
Whirlpool State Park 145
White River State Park
553
Windley Key Fossil Reef
Geological State
Site 484
Festival 31, 269, 31
258-62, 260-1, 9,
260-1
Memorial 65
617, 619
172-3
accommodations 170
climate 170
food 50-1, 170
highlights 172-3
history 171
travel seasons 170
436-7, 440, 11
River 327-8
­61-123, 64, 74-5, 8-9
accommodations 91-6
activities 88-90
Bronx, the 88, 112-13, 121
Brooklyn 86-8, 95-6,
105-7, 111-12, 120-1
Chelsea 65, 67-9, 92-3,
98-9, 108-9, 117, 74-5
Chinatown 65, 92, 97-8,
108, 117, 66-7
drinking & nightlife 107-13
East Village 69-70, 93, 99-
101, 109, 117-18, 70-1
entertainment 113-16
festivals & events 91
Financial District 61, 91-2,
96-7, 107-8, 116-17
food 50, 96-107
Gramercy 70-1, 93, 101-2,
109-10, 118
Harlem 83, 86, 95, 105,
111, 120
Lower East Side 69-70,
93, 99-101, 109, 117-18
Lower Manhattan 61, 65,
91-2, 96-7, 107-8,
116-17, 66-7
Meatpacking District
65, 67-9, 92-3, 98-9,
108-9, 117
Midtown 71-3, 76-8, 93-4,
102-3, 110, 118-19, 74-5
Queens 88, 112, 121
safety 121
shopping 116-21
sights 61-88
SoHo 65, 92, 97-8, 108, 117
tourist offices 121
tours 89
travel to/from 121-3
travel within 123
Union Square 70-1, 93,
101-2, 109-10, 118
Upper East Side 78-9,
82, 94-5, 103-4, 110,
119, 80-1
Upper Manhattan 83, 86,
105, 111, 120
Upper West Side 82-3,
95, 104-5, 110-11,
­119-20, 80-1
walking tour 90, 90
West Village 65, 67-9, 92-3,
98-9, 108-9, 117, 70-1
New York State 57, 123-45,
62-3
Newport 211-13
Niagara Falls 18, 144-5, 18
nightlife 28
Norfolk 307-8
North Adams 207
North Carolina 333-55
North Carolina Mountains
348-54
North Fork 127-8
North Shore 611-13
North Woodstock 237
Northampton 203-4
O
Oak Park 548
Obama, Barack 531, 622-4
Ocean City 290-1
Ocean Grove 148-9
Ocracoke Island 339-40
Ogunquit 241
Ohio 560-72
Ohio River 558
Old Cahawba
­Archaeological Park 418
Old North Bridge 192-3
One World Observatory
61, 65
Opelousas 450-1
opening hours 646
Orlando 504-6, 508
Outer Banks 14, 333, 336-9
Oxford 419-20
Ozark Mountains 430-2
P
painting 630
Paisley Park 603
Palm Beach 474-7
panthers 638
Paris 429
parks & gardens, see also
national & state parks
Airlie Gardens 341
Atlanta Botanical Garden
395
Battery & White Point
Garden 356
Belle Isle Park 573
Brookgreen Gardens
364
 66 7
Brooklyn Botanic State Botanical Garden plants 636 Savannah 408-12, 410
Garden 87 of Georgia 406 Plymouth 193-4 scenic drives 39-45, 41
Brooklyn Bridge Park 86 Tompkins Square Park 70 podcasts 23 Acadia National Park 248
Bryant Park 77 Vulcan Park 414-15 population 23, 626-7 Blue Ridge Pkwy 16,
Campus Martius Park Washington Square Park Portland 241, 243-5 39-40, 320, 349, 16
573, 12 68-9 Portsmouth 233-4 Brockway Mountain
Cave Point County Park Parton, Dolly 385 postal services 646 Drive 590
599-600 passports 647, 649

I N D E X P - S
Poughkeepsie 131-2 Crooked Road 321
Central Park 79, 84-5, Peaks of Otter 320 Florida Hwy 1 44-5
Presley, Elvis 367, 369, 634
80-1, 84-5, 84-5 Peanut Island 476 Foothills Pkwy 354
Prince 603
Chimney Rock Park 351 Pelee Island 565 Great River Road 40-1
Princeton 146-7
City Park (New Orleans) Pennsylvania 57, 153-69, Highland Scenic Hwy 326
Princeton University 147
435 62-3 Providence 209-11 Hwy 13 601
Coolidge Park 383 Pennsylvania Dutch
Provincetown 198-200 Hwy 61 612
Cornell Botanic Gardens ­Country 16, 164-5, 16
136 public holidays 646 Kancamagus Hwy 236
Pennsylvania Wilds 165-6 Lincoln Hwy 41-3
Crescent Park 438 Pensacola 513-15
Dumbarton Oaks 267 Mt Magazine Scenic
Pentagon 299 Q Byway 429
Fairchild Tropical Garden Petoskey 587 Quechee 225-6
462 Mt Washington Auto
Philadelphia 12, 153-64, Road 239
Forsyth Park 408
156-7, 160, 12 Natchez Trace Pkwy
Fort Williams Park 243
Phippsburg 245
R 43-4, 424
Frederik Meijer Gardens Racine 595
Phoenicia 133-4 Pensacola Scenic Bluffs
& Sculpture Park 581 Radio City Music Hall 77 Hwy 514
Garvan Woodland phonecards 647
rafting 47-8, 327, 328, 347, Skyline Dr 316
Gardens 428 Pictured Rocks National 429, 19
Lakeshore 589 Whiteface Veteran’s
Georgetown Waterfront railways 133, 219, 238, 563 ­Memorial Hwy 140
Park 267 Piedmont, the 309-15
Raleigh 343-4 sea turtles 413, 489, 639
High Line 65, 67 Pigeon Forge 385-6
Red Cliff 601 seafood 50-1, 288, 53
Hudson River Park 68 Pinkham Notch 239-40
Rehoboth Beach 295 Seaside Heights 149
Ijams Nature Center 384 Pioneer Valley 203-5
religion 626-7 Selma 417-18
Independence National Pittsburgh 166-9
resorts 24 Seneca Falls 137
Historical Park 153-4 planning
Rhinebeck 132 Seneca Rocks 325
Kentucky Horse Park 391 accommodations 24-5
Rhode Island 208-14 senior travelers 643
Lake Leatherwood City activities 46-9
Park 431 Richmond 310-12 Serpent Mound 572
budgeting 21
LeFrak Center at ridesharing 655 Shelburne Farms 229
calendar of events 30-4
­Lakeside 89 road trips, see scenic drives Shelter Island 127-8
Eastern USA basics 20-1
Lincoln Park 528 Roanoke 319-20, 618 Shenandoah Valley 315-19
Eastern USA’s regions
Louis Armstrong Park 435 57-8 Roanoke Island 333 Singer Castle 141-2
Madison Square Park 70-1 family travel 54-6 rock climbing 130, 325 skating 465
Mary Ann Brown food 50-3 rock music 367, 561, 634-5 skiing 49
­Preserve 447 internet resources 21 Rockefeller Center 73, 76 Belleayre Mountain 133
Máximo Gómez Park 461 itineraries 35-8 Rockland 246-7 Hunter Mountain 134
Millennium Park 521 repeat visitors 22-3 Rockwell, Norman 206 Killington Resort 226
Minneapolis Sculpture Route 66 45, 521, 551
road trips 39-45, 41 Mad River Glen 226
Garden 603 Rowan Oak 420
travel seasons 20, 30, 31, Porcupine Mountain Ski
Naples Botanical Russellville 429 Area 591
32, 33, 34
­Gardens 503
plantations Snowshoe Mountain
National Gallery of Art Resort 326
Sculpture Garden 255 Berkeley Plantation 306 S
Boone Hall Plantation 358 safety 654-5 Stowe 226, 228, 49
New York Botanical
Garden 88 Drayton Hall 357 Sag Harbor 125 Voyageurs National
Historic Stagville Park 614
Northerly Island 523 Salem 193
­Plantation 344 Sleeping Bear Dunes
Olbrich Botanical Sandwich 194
Laura Plantation 446-7 National Lakeshore
Gardens 596 Sandy Hook Gateway 585-6
Piedmont Park 398 Magnolia Plantation 357 National Recreation Sloss Furnaces 414
Prospect Park 86 McLeod Plantation 361 Area 150
Smith College 204
Public Garden (Boston) Middleton Place 357 Sanibel Island 501-2
Smith Island 281
174 Monticello 312 Saranac Lake 140
Smithsonian Castle 262
Rose Kennedy Montpelier 313 Sarasota 500-1
Greenway 175 smoking 642, 646
Myrtles Plantation 447 Saugatuck 584-5
Shelby Farms Park 369 Smugglers Notch 228
Oakley Plantation 447 Saugerties 135
Shofuso Japanese House snakes 639-40
Shirley Plantation 306 Sault Ste Marie 589
& Garden 155 snorkeling 479
Whitney Plantation 446
66 8
snowmobiling 614
soft drinks 53
South Bend 559-60
South Carolina 355-66
South Shore 124-5
South, the 58, 332-451,
334-5
I N D E X S -Z
accommodations 332
climate 332
food 51, 332
highlights 334-5
itineraries 337
travel seasons 332
Space Coast 488-90
Sperryville 303
sports 628-9
sports museums
Carolina Basketball
Museum 346
Chicago Sports Museum
527-8
College Football Hall of
Fame 395
Green Bay Packers Hall
of Fame 599
Indianapolis Motor
Speedway 553
Kentucky Derby Museum
387
Louisville Slugger
­Museum & Factory 387
NASCAR Hall of Fame
347
National Sporting
Museum 303
Women’s Basketball Hall
of Fame 384
Spring Green 597
Springfield (Illinois) 550-1
Springfield ­(Massachusetts)
204
St Augustine 491-3
St Francisville 447-8
St Helena Island 358
St Paul 608-9
St Petersburg 499-500
St Simons Island 412
Statue of Liberty 61
Staunton 316-17
Stillwater 609
Stockbridge 206
Stowe 226, 228-9, 49
Straits of Mackinac 587-8
Sugarcreek 565
Sullivan’s Island 361
Sun Studio 367
Sunken Forest 124
Super Bowl 629
surfing 48, 126, 465
Map Pages 000
Photo Pages 000
T volunteering 648
Taliesin 597
Tallahassee 511-13
Tallulah Gorge 407
Tamiami Trail 480-1
Tampa 497-9
Tanglewood Music Festival
206
Tannersville 134
taxes 646
taxis 655
telephone services 646-7
Tennessee 366-86
theater 28-9, 631
theme parks, see
­amusement &
­waterparks
Thousand Islands 141-2
time 647
Times Square 73
tipping 121, 646
toilets 647
Top of the Rock 77-8
tourist information 647
train travel 651, 655
travel to/from Canada 650
travel to/from Eastern USA
649-51
travel within Eastern USA
21, 651-5
Traverse City 586
trekking, see hiking
Triangle, the 342-6
Tri-Peaks Region 428-30
Tuckerman Ravine 239
TV 631-2
U water parks, see
Universal Orlando Resort
508-11
University of North C­ arolina
345
University of Virginia 312-13
Upcountry 365-6
Upper Peninsula 588-91
US Capitol 262-3
US Naval Academy 287
USS Constitution 179
V regions
vacations 646
vaccinations 644
vegetarian & vegan
travelers 52
Vermont 221-32, 223
Vicksburg 422
Ville Platte 450
vineyards 216, 309, 405, 586
Virginia 298-322
Virginia Beach 308-9
Virginia Military Institute 318
visas 647-8
Vonnegut, Kurt 553
W Chincoteague National
walks, see also hiking
Birmingham Civil Rights
Memorial Trail 415
Boston 184, 184
Chicago 530, 530
Cliff Walk 212
Cotton Valley Rail Trail
235
Miami 464, 464
New Orleans 440, 440
New River Gorge National
River 328
Walt Disney World® Resort
19, 506-8, 19
Washington, DC 23, 58,
251-80, 256-7
accommodations 269-71
activities 268
drinking & nightlife 275-8
entertainment 278-9
festivals & events 269
food 271-5
history 251
itineraries 254
LGBTIQ+ travelers 277
sights 9, 251-68
tourist offices 279
tours 268-9
travel to/from 279-80
travel within 280
Washington & Lee
­University 318
water, drinking 644
­amusement & water
parks
waterfalls
Amicalola Falls 405
Arethusa Falls 238
Kaaterskill Falls 134
Niagara Falls 18, 144-5, 18
Sabbaday Falls 236
WaterFire 209-10
weather 20, 30, 31, 32, 33,
34, see also individual
websites, see internet
resources
Weedon Island Preserve 499
Weirs Beach 234-5
Wellfleet 198
Welty, Eudora 423
West Nile Virus 644
West Palm Beach 476-7
West Virginia 19, 322-9
whales 199, 620, 640
White House 264
White Mountains 14, 236-40
Whiteface Mountain 140
wildlife 636-40
wildlife reserves
Bombay Hook National
Wildlife Refuge 297
Wildlife Refuge 290
Cypress Creek National
Wildlife Refuge 552
Duke Lemur Center 344
Everglades Outpost
479-80
Georgia Sea Turtle
Center 413
JN ‘Ding’ Darling National
Wildlife Refuge 502
Laura Quinn Wild Bird
Sanctuary 483
Louisiana Universities
­Marine Consortium 450
Manatee Viewing Center
497-8
Merritt Island National
Wildlife Refuge 488-9
Okefenokee National
Wildlife Refuge 47
Pea Island National
Wildlife Refuge 336
Wildwood 151-2
Williamsburg 304-5
Williamstown 207-8
Willis Tower 521
Wilmington (Delaware) 296
Wilmington (North
­Carolina) 341-2
Wingspread 595
Wisconsin 591-602
Wolfeboro 235-6
wolves 639
women travelers 648
Woodstock (New York
State) 134-5, 13
Woodstock (Vermont) 225-6
Woodstock Festival 621, 622
work 648
WWII 620-1
Wright brothers 336
Wright, Frank Lloyd
architecture 300, 529,
550, 595
homes 548, 597
trails 549
Wrigley Field 528
Y
Yale University 219
Yankee Stadium 88
Yellow Springs 567-8
Yorktown 306-7
Z
Zika virus 644
zoos 79, 88, 267-8, 282,
463, 602
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Map Legend
Sights Information Routes
Beach Bank Tollway
Bird Sanctuary Embassy/Consulate Freeway
Buddhist Hospital/Medical Primary
Castle/Palace Internet Secondary
Christian Police Tertiary
Confucian Post Office Lane
Hindu Telephone Unsealed road
Islamic Toilet Road under construction
Jain Tourist Information Plaza/Mall
Jewish Other Information Steps
Monument Tunnel
Museum/Gallery/Historic Building Geographic Pedestrian overpass
Ruin Beach Walking Tour
Shinto Gate Walking Tour detour
Sikh Hut/Shelter Path/Walking Trail
Taoist Lighthouse
Winery/Vineyard Lookout Boundaries
Zoo/Wildlife Sanctuary Mountain/Volcano International
Other Sight Oasis State/Province
Park Disputed
Activities, Pass Regional/Suburb
Courses & Tours Picnic Area Marine Park
Bodysurfing Waterfall Cliff
Diving Wall
Canoeing/Kayaking Population
Course/Tour Capital (National) Hydrography
Sento Hot Baths/Onsen Capital (State/Province) River, Creek
Skiing City/Large Town Intermittent River
Snorkeling Town/Village Canal
Surfing
Swimming/Pool Transport Water
Walking Airport Dry/Salt/Intermittent Lake
Windsurfing BART station
Reef
Other Activity Border crossing

Sleeping
Boston T station Areas
Bus
Airport/Runway
Sleeping Cable car/Funicular
Camping Cycling Beach/Desert
Hut/Shelter Ferry
Cemetery (Christian)
Metro/Muni station
Eating Monorail Cemetery (Other)
Eating Parking
Glacier
Petrol station
Drinking & Nightlife Subway/SkyTrain station Mudflat
Drinking & Nightlife Taxi
Park/Forest
Cafe Train station/Railway
Tram Sight (Building)
Entertainment Underground station
Sportsground
Entertainment Other Transport
Swamp/Mangrove
Shopping
Shopping Note: Not all symbols displayed above appear on the maps in this book
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interest – she has covered Spain, Italy, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia for
Lonely Planet – but she also covers Finland, Bali, Armenia, the Netherlands, the USA and Australia.
Follow her @maxwellvirginia on Instagram and Twitter.

Hugh McNaughtan
New York, New Jersey & Pennsylvania A former English lecturer, Hugh swapped grant applica-
tions for visa applications, and turned his love of travel into a full-time thing. Having done a bit of
­restaurant-reviewing in his home town (Melbourne) he’s now eaten his way across four continents.
He’s never happier than when on the road with his two daughters. Except perhaps on the cricket
field…

MaSovaida Morgan
The South MaSovaida is a Lonely Planet writer and multimedia storyteller whose wanderlust has
taken her to more than 35 countries across six continents. Prior to freelancing, she was Lonely
­Planet’s Destination Editor for South America for four years and worked as an editor for newspapers
and NGOs in the Middle East and United Kingdom. Follow her on Instagram @MaSovaida.

Lorna Parkes
New York City Londoner by birth, Melburnian by palate and former Lonely Planet staffer in both
cities, Lorna has contributed to numerous Lonely Planet books and magazines. She’s discovered
she writes best on planes, and is most content when researching food and booze. Wineries and the
tropics (not at the same time!) are her go-to happy places, but Yorkshire will always be special to her.
Follow her @Lorna_Explorer.

Kevin Raub
Great Lakes, The South Atlanta native Kevin started his career as a music journalist in New York,
working for Men’s Journal and Rolling Stone magazines. He ditched the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle for
travel writing and has written nearly 50 Lonely Planet guides, focused mainly on Brazil, Chile,
Colombia, USA, India, the Caribbean and Portugal. Along the way, the confessed hophead is in
constant search of wildly high IBUs in local beers. Follow him on
Twitter and Instagram (@RaubOnTheRoad).

Simon Richmond
Pennsylvania Journalist and photographer Simon has specialised as a travel writer since the early
1990s, covering countries including Australia, China, India, Iran, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia,
Myanmar (Burma), Russia, Singapore, South Africa and Turkey. He has lived in the UK, Japan and
Australia, and is now based back in the UK in Folkestone on the east Kent coast. His travel features
have been published in newspapers and magazines around the world, including in the UK’s Independ-
ent, Guardian, Times, Daily Telegraph and Royal Geographical Society Magazine, and in Australia’s
Sydney Morning Herald and Australian newspapers and Australian Financial Review magazine.

Benedict Walker
New England Born in Newcastle, Australia, Ben holds notions of the beach core to his idea of self,
though he’s traveled thousands of miles from the sandy shores of home to live in Leipzig, Germany.
Ben was given his first Lonely Planet guide when he was 12. Two decades later, he’d write chapters
for the same publication: a dream come true. A communications graduate and travel agent by trade,
Ben whittled away his twenties gallivanting around the globe. He thinks the best thing about travel
isn’t as much where you go as who you meet: living vicariously through the stories of kind strangers
enriches one’s own experience. Come along for the ride on Instagram @wordsandjourneys.

Greg Ward
The South Since whetting his appetite for travel by following the hippie trail to India, and later living in
northern Spain, Greg has written guides to destinations all over the world. As well as covering the USA
from the Southwest to Hawaii, he has ranged on recent assignments from Corsica to the Cotswolds,
and Japan to Corfu. See his website, www.gregward.info, for his favorite photos and memories.

Karla Zimmerman
Great Lakes, The South, Washington, DC Karla lives in Chicago, where she eats doughnuts and yells
at the Cubs, and writes stuff for books, magazines and websites when she’s not doing the first two
things. She has contributed to 70-plus guidebooks and travel anthologies covering destinations in
Europe, Asia, Africa, North America and the Caribbean. To learn more, follow her @karlazimmerman
on Instagram and Twitter.

Other contributors
Barbara Noe Kennedy contributed to the Washington, DC section. Lonely Planet Tennessee staff
Ben Buckner, Evan Godt, Alicia Johnson, Alexander Howard, Bailey Freeman and Sarah Stocking
contributed to the Nashville section. Charles Rawlings-Way curated the Great Lakes chapter, and
Martine Power curated the Florida chapter.
­ rganisations. Find him on Instagram and Twitter @markbakerprague, and his blog at www.mark
o
bakerprague.com.

Amy C Balfour
Capital Region, New England, The South Amy practiced law in Virginia before moving to Los Angeles
to try to break in as a screenwriter. After a stint as a writer’s assistant on Law & Order, she jumped
into freelance writing, focusing on travel, food and the outdoors. She has hiked, biked and paddled
across Southern California and the Southwest, and recently criss-crossed the Great Plains in search
of the region’s best burgers and barbecue. She has written many books for Lonely Planet and her
essays have appeared in the Los Angeles Times and Southern Living, and the travel anthologies Go
Your Own Way and The Thong Also Rises.

Robert Balkovich
New England, New York State Robert was born and raised in Oregon, but has called New York City
home for almost a decade. When he was a child and other families were going to theme parks and
grandma’s house, he went to Mexico City and toured Eastern Europe by train. He’s now a writer and
travel enthusiast seeking experiences that are ever so slightly out of the ordinary to report back on.
Follow on Instagram @oh_balky.

Ray Bartlett
Florida Ray has been travel writing for nearly two decades, bringing Japan, Korea, Mexico, Tan-
zania, Guatemala, Indonesia, and many parts of the USA to life in rich detail for publishers, news­
papers and magazines. Among other pursuits, he surfs regularly and is an accomplished Argentine
tango dancer. Follow him on Instagram and Twitter @kaisoradotcom.

Jade Bremner
The South Jade has been a journalist for more than a decade. Wherever she goes she finds action
sports to try, and it’s no coincidence many of her favorite places have some of the best waves in
the world. Jade has edited travel magazines and sections for Time Out and Radio Times and has
contributed to the Times, CNN and the Independent. She feels privileged to share tales from this
wonderful planet we call home and is always looking for the next adventure.

Gregor Clark
New England Gregor is a US-based writer whose love of foreign languages and curiosity about
what’s around the next bend have taken him to dozens of ­countries on five continents. Chronic
wanderlust has also led him to visit all 50 states and most Canadian provinces on countless road
trips through his native North America. Since 2000, Gregor has regularly contributed to Lonely
Planet guides, with a focus on Europe and the Americas.

Ashley Harrell
The South After a brief stint selling day spa coupons door-to-door in South Florida, Ashley decided
she’d rather be a writer. She went to journalism grad school, convinced a newspaper to hire her, and
starting covering wildlife, crime and tourism, sometimes all in the same story. Fueling her zest for
storytelling and the unknown, she traveled widely and moved often, from a tiny NYC apartment to a
vast California ranch to a jungle cabin in Costa Rica, where she started writing for Lonely Planet.

Adam Karlin
New England, Pennsylvania, The South Adam has contributed to dozens of Lonely Planet guidebooks,
covering an alphabetical spread that ranges from the Andaman Islands to the Zimbabwe border. As
a journalist, he has written on travel, crime, politics, archeology and the Sri Lankan Civil War, among
other topics. He has sent dispatches from every continent barring Antarctica (one day!) and his essays
and articles have featured on the BBC and NPR, and in multiple non-fiction anthologies. Adam is based
out of New Orleans. Learn more at http://walkonfine.com, or follow @adamwalkonfine on Instagram.

Brian Kluepfel
New England, New Jersey Brian had lived in three states and seven different residences by the time
he was nine, and just kept moving, making stops in Berkeley, Bolivia, the Bronx and the ‘burbs further
down the line. His journalistic work across the Americas has ranged from the Copa America soccer
tournament in Paraguay to an accordion festival in Québec. His titles for Lonely Planet include Costa
Rica, Bolivia and Ecuador. He writes a blog about Venezuelan baseball players and another regarding
birds of many nations called www.brianbirdwatching.blogspot.com.

Vesna Maric
Florida Vesna has been a Lonely Planet author for nearly two decades, covering places as far and
wide as Bolivia, Algeria, Sicily, Cyprus, Barcelona, London and Croatia, among others. Her latest
work has been updating Florida, Greece and North Macedonia.
Virginia Maxwell
Washington, DC, Virginia Although based in Australia, Virginia spends at least half of her year up-
dating Lonely Planet destination coverage across the globe. The Mediterranean is her major area of
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for the trip of a lifetime – across Europe and Asia overland to
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Trisha Ping
A year working abroad in Mulhouse, France, and a fascination with languages turned Trisha into a
lifelong traveler. Over her 15-year career as a writer and editor, she spent two years as a Destination
Editor at Lonely Planet and is now the publisher of BookPage. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee. Trisha
researched and curated the Plan Your Trip, Understand Eastern USA and Survival Guide chapters.

Ali Lemer
New York, New Jersey & Pennsylvania Ali has been a Lonely Planet writer and editor since 2007,
and has authored guidebooks and travel articles on Russia, NYC, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Bali,
Hawaii, Japan and Scotland. A native New Yorker and naturalized Melburnian, Ali has also lived in
Chicago, Prague and the UK, and has traveled extensively around Europe and North America.

Regis St Louis
New England, The South Regis grew up in a small town in the American Midwest – the kind of
place that fuels big dreams of travel – and he developed an early fascination with foreign dialects
and world cultures. He spent his formative years learning Russian and a handful of Romance
languages, which served him well on journeys across much of the globe. Regis has contributed to
more than 50 Lonely Planet titles, covering destinations across six continents. His travels have
taken him from the mountains of Kamchatka to remote island villages in Melanesia, and to many
grand urban landscapes. When not on the road, he lives in New Orleans.

Mara Vorhees
New England, Washington, DC & the Capital Region Mara writes about food, travel and family fun
around the world. Her work has been published by BBC Travel, Boston Globe, Delta Sky, the Van-
couver Sun and more. For Lonely Planet, she regularly writes about destinations in Central America
and Eastern Europe, as well as New England, where she lives. She often travels with her twin boys in
tow, earning her expertise in family travel. Follow their adventures at ­www.havetwinswilltravel.com.
Isabel Albiston
New England After six years working for the Daily Telegraph in London, Isabel left to spend more
time on the road. A job as a writer for a magazine in Sydney, Australia, was followed by a four-
month overland trip across Asia and five years living and working in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Isabel
started writing for Lonely Planet in 2014 and has contributed to more than a dozen guidebooks.
She’s currently based in Ireland.

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Great Lakes Mark is a freelance travel writer with a penchant for offbeat stories and forgotten
places. He’s originally from the United States, but now makes his home in the Czech capital,
Prague. He writes mainly on Eastern and Central Europe for Lonely Planet as well as other
leading travel publishers, but finds real satisfaction in digging up stories in places that are
too remote or quirky for the guides. Prior to becoming an author, he worked as a journalist
for the Economist, ­Bloomberg News and Radio Free Europe, among other
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