Friday, August 11, 2017

Around Massachusetts in 16 Days

*This trip is planned from Milan, TN*

Day 1:

7am - Leave Home

30 Minute Pit Stops: 10-10:30, 1:30-2

4:45pm-Camp - Breedan Bottom Campground

Day 2:

7am - Leave Camp

30 Minute Pit Stops: 10-10:30, 1:30-2

4pm-Camp - Kettletown State Park Campground

Day 3:

8am - Leave Camp

9:15am-12pm - Springfield Armory National Historic Site
-JR Program -visitor center -self-guided tour

1:45pm-5pm - Battleship Cove
-USS Massachusetts -USS Lionfish -USS Joseph P Kennedy Jr -PT Boats -museum

5:30pm-Camp - Horseneck Beach State Reservation

Day 4:

8:30am - Leave Camp

9am-12pm - New Bedford Whaling National Historic Park
-JR Program -whaling museum -Seaman's Bethal -visitor center(waterfront and park)

1:30pm-7pm - Cape Cod National Seashore
-JR Program -Salt Pond Visitor Center/film/museum -trails -beaches -overlooks -Pilgrim Monument -Providencetown Museum

7:30pm-Camp - Nickerson State Park

Day 5:

8am - Leave Camp

9am-11:30am - Plimoth Plantation

11:45am-1:30pm - Pilgrim Memorial State Park
-Mayflower II -Plymouth Rock -Forefather's Monument

1:35pm-3:30pm - Pilgrim Hall Museum

4:15pm-Camp - Wompatuck State Park

Day 6:

10:30am - Leave Camp

11am-12pm - Church of the Presidents
-United 1st Parish Church
Burial Sites:
-John Adams and wife
-John Quincy Adams and wife

12pm-3pm - Adams National Historical Park
-JR Program -visitor center/film -trolley tour -Quincy Homestead -Old House at Peace Field

3:30pm-Camp - Wompatuck State Park

Day 7:

8:30am - Leave Camp

9:30am-11am - Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
-Jr Program -visitor center/film -home tour

11:15am-2:30pm - JFK National Historic Site
-JR Program -home tour -town tour -visitor center/film/exhibits

3:15pm-Camp - Harold Park State Forest
-Lorraine Park Campground

Day 8:

8:45am - Leave Camp

9:30am-12pm - Longfellow House Washington Headquarters National Historic Site
-JR Program -house tour -visitor center -walking tours

12:30pm-2:30pm - Boston African American National Historic Site
-JR Program -visitor center -Black Heritage Trail (blue trail)

2:45pm-4:30pm - Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum

5pm-Camp - Lorraine Park Campground

Day 9:

8:15am - Leave Camp

8:45am-1pm - Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
-JR Program -Bostons Lights Tour (3.5hours) -welcome center/visitor center

1:15pm-4:45pm - Boston National Historic Park
-JR Program
Walking Tour -Freedom Trail(red)
-Boston Common VC
-Boston Common
-Mass. State House
-Granary Burning Ground
-Old South Meeting House
-Ben Franklin Statue

Camp - Lorraine Park Campground

Day 10:

9am-6pm - continue Boston National Historic Park
-Old State House
-Boston Massacre Site
-Fanevil Hall/VC
-Paul Revere House
-Old North Church
-Printing Office Edes&Gill
-Copp's Hill Burying Ground
-Bunker Hill Monument/Museum
-USS Constitution/Museum

6:30pm-Camp - Lorraine Park Campground

Day 11:

8:30am - Leave Camp

9am-11am - Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
-JR Prog. -Ironworks House tour -vc/film -museum -Industrial site tour -nature trail

11:30am-12pm - Old Burial Cemetery

12:15pm-1pm - Witch Trails Memorial

1pm-3pm - Salem Maritime National Historic Site
-JR Prog. -vc/film -Derby Wharf -ship tours -walking tours

3pm-4pm - Salem Witch Museum

4:30pm-Camp - Lorraine Park Campground

Day 12:

9am - Leave Camp

9:30am-10am - Salem Witchcraft Victims Memorial

10:30am-11am - Gloucester's Fishermans Memorial

11:45am-2pm - Lexington Battle Green

2:30pm-5:30pm - Salem Smugglers Tour

6pm-Camp - Lorraine Park Campground

Day 13:

8:30am - Leave Camp

9am-1pm - Minuteman National Historic Park
-JR Prog. -Lexington VC -Battle Road Trail
-Minuteman VC -Concord VC -North Bridge VC

1:30pm-5pm - Lowell National Historical Park
-JR Program
-vc/exhibits/film -Mill and Trolley tour(2:30p) -Boott Cotton Mills Museum -Mill Girls and Immigrants Exhibit -canal boat tours -canal walkway

5:30pm-Camp - Lorraine Park Campground

Day 14:

9am - Leave Camp

10:15am-12:30pm - Moore State Park
-historic saw mill

1:30pm-2:30pm - Dr Suess National Memorial Sculpture Garden

3:45pm-Camp - Kettletown State Park

Day 15:

7am - Leave Camp

30 Minute Pit Stops: 10-10:30, 1:30-2

4pm-Camp - Breeden Bottom Campground

Day 16:

7am - Leave Camp

30 Minute Pit Stops: 10-10:30, 1:30-2

5pm - Home


Other Interests:
Bar Seen in Cheers
Cheers Bar Replica
"Cry Innocent" Witch Trial
Salem Witch Museum


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