New England at a glance
Tap through to the live Land-tour Atlas for every place’s card: how ships or tours use it, who goes and when.
Tour start cityOvernight stopDay highlightClassic route
Tours run mid-Sept to mid-Oct · best starts Sept 25–Oct 10
- Janfew or none
- Febfew or none
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Color peaks first in the north woods and high ground in late September and reaches the Maine coast two or three weeks later. The Indigenous Peoples' Day weekend (October 11, 2027) is the busiest of the fall, and Trafalgar's departure that weekend was its dearest.
Every New England place we map
10 land-tour stops, grouped as the itineraries use them. Places with a full Seabound guide link straight to it.
Day highlights 3
Overnight stops 6
The classic routes
The routes the tour companies sell most often here, drawn on the map above.
Boston → Saratoga Springs → Stowe → Franconia Notch → North Conway → Portland → Boston · 8 days
Run by Trafalgar
Boston → Burlington → North Conway → Bar Harbor → Portland → Boston · 9 days
Run by Trafalgar
Boston → Plymouth → Hyannis → Newport → Providence → Killington → North Conway → Boston · 10 days
Run by Trafalgar
Boston → Stowe → North Conway → Boothbay Harbor → Boston · 8 days
Run by Collette
Boston → Portland → Brunswick · About 3½ hours
Run by Amtrak
Tour companies that go here
The number is how many places on this map each one uses.
New England map questions
How many land-tour stops are on the New England map?
10: 3 day highlights, 6 overnight stops, 1 tour start cities. Each one opens a card on our interactive map.
When is the New England season?
Tours run mid-Sept to mid-Oct · best starts Sept 25–Oct 10. Color peaks first in the north woods and high ground in late September and reaches the Maine coast two or three weeks later. The Indigenous Peoples' Day weekend (October 11, 2027) is the busiest of the fall, and Trafalgar's departure that weekend was its dearest.
Who runs tours in New England?
Trafalgar, Tauck, Globus, Collette, Amtrak, Cosmos, plus 1 more use places on this map.
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