As summer time is gearing up, Jason and I’ve began to debate the place we’d prefer to highway journey with the youngsters this yr. I simply love having the entire household collectively within the automobile singing, enjoying video games, and exploring new sights. I’ve gathered 11 of our greatest highway journeys on the east coast from NYC for some final inspo.
State parks, scenic highway journeys, stunning locations to take a look at and mountain ranges all make up a good time spent within the automobile collectively as a household. Summer season is the right time to get away and discover a couple of of the sights you’ve at all times needed to see for a protracted weekend, whereas the youngsters are out of college! Discovering new locations is without doubt one of the greatest issues to do as a household! An awesome highway journey doesn’t need to essentially be an extended highway journey. It might probably completely be an hour drive or a fast drive out of city, I simply suppose it’s an awesome thought to do should you can!
Listed here are among the greatest summer time highway journeys to take from NYC:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A number of years in the past, Ryder and I took a highway journey from NYC to Philly and he’s nonetheless raving about it. Taking the Megabus from midtown allowed this journey to actually be easy. The lengthy bus journey is a good way to have a high quality catch up when carving out one on one time with certainly one of your children. As soon as there, we went to all the key sights and positively stuffed up on superb Philly cheese steaks. Philadelphia is a tremendous metropolis for teenagers of all ages, we at all times have the perfect time there!
Shelter Island, New York
Shelter Island is a summer time dream come true. The right distance from town to really feel such as you’ve had a household enjoyable highway journey however not lengthy sufficient to all go mad. Hehe. When you’ve arrived your children will get pleasure from a ferry journey, constructing sand castles on the stunning seashores, poolside snack breaks, and extra. Us adults relish within the recent seafood, stunning quaint structure, and the beautiful sunsets. I’ve been counting down the times till we get to return.
Kennebunkport, Maine
Solely 5 quick hours away from New York Metropolis is the quintessential city of Kennebunkport Maine. It is without doubt one of the greatest locations to take a look at in the summertime! Once we went final summer time I used to be really on a summer time cloud 9! We indulged in an abundance of lobster, salt water taffy, recent creamery ice cream, simply to call a couple of. Our days have been spent on the seaside, bike driving, and making s’mores at our lodge within the evenings. We actually had essentially the most superb Maine expertise.
Montauk, New York
Everyone knows my coronary heart belongs out East within the Hamptons, however Montauk is the cool laid again sister to the Hamptons. Native pancake homes, surf tradition, seaside cottages, and so forth. We simply love the seaside city vibe Montauk presents all yr spherical and I do know we’ll be again ahead of later.
Lake George, New York
Head north to Lake George for the final word summer time mountain escape. Our youngsters simply liked the scenic 4-hour highway journey from NYC. As quickly as we arrived we knew it might be a tremendous weekend. Lake George is undeniably a beautiful place to spend your summer time days. Whether or not you’re having fun with the lake kayaking or poolside with a e book you’re sure the have a tremendous metropolis escape.
Berkshires, Massachusetts
Very not often Jason and I carve out some alone time for mother/dad adventures. In 2017 we determined to take a highway journey to the Berkshires for some R&R. The Berkshires are peaceable & completely breathtaking. We spent our few quick days mountain climbing and consuming up all of the farm to desk fares. Simply the stress-free weekend we would have liked.
Washington, D.C
Washington D.C, the capital of america is a superb weekend escape for some historical past and sightseeing. We’ve been each as a household and on a women journey. As my youngsters develop and proceed to be taught, I discover them asking extra questions on our nation and the way issues have come to be. Washington is a superb perception into quite a lot of these questions and solutions. In NYC we now have quite a lot of artwork museums, so it’s good to go to the Spy Museum & the Smithsonian, which provide enjoyable interactive studying. Cease by Baked & Wired for a scrumptious deal with and burn off the sugar excessive wandering to all of the historic monuments. D.C is a superb possibility for doubling up on household time and a little bit of schooling.
Westchester, New York
Westchester is a shorter highway journey from town with tons of household enjoyable actions, which at all times makes for a superb time. We drove up final summer time for some enjoyable on the Hudson and to take a look at iFLY. It was an enormous hit, completely protected, and youngsters as younger as three years previous can partake. It was one of the best ways to spend the weekend! We additionally toured Stone Barns at Blue Hill Farm. The 80 picturesque acres embody a restaurant, restaurant, and loads of livestock to your littles to get pleasure from. You should definitely additionally take a look at Hudson River Cruise with Captain Mary Pat Driscoll and River Outpost Brewing Co was an enormous hit with children! Westchester presents a fast and handy nation escape.
Wildwood, New Jersey
Morey’s Piers in Wildwood New Jersey is the place I spent each summer time as a toddler. I bear in mind driving the rides, enjoying the video games, and consuming the carnival treats all whereas having sandy toes. When the youngsters have been youthful I had a enterprise alternative to return and it was a blast from the previous. The Jersey Shore has miles value of family-friendly enjoyable for the thrilling summer time months.
Lake Morey, Vermont
We love highway tripping right here as a result of not solely is it a scenic route, however it’s among the best drives solely as a result of it’s nice household time within the automobile. This spot makes for an epic summer time highway journey! Our keep at Lake Morey was full of recollections and a few household firsts. It is going to at all times be the place the place Ryder and Siella realized to paddleboard. My youngsters actually have such an appreciation for nation life, as a result of it’s one thing we don’t get to expertise that always. I really like how they’re open to new adventures, new eventualities, and have already requested to return for the winter sports activities actions. Lake Morey was positively a spot devoted to households.
Boston, Massachusetts
At just below a four-hour highway journey from NYC, Boston is right for teenagers as a result of it leaves simply sufficient time to be excited for the drive up, adopted by lengthy naps, which prepares them for the actions and enjoying tiny vacationers all weekend.
*This put up was initially revealed June tenth, 2019*
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