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Sun-Moon

(95 posts)
Sun Jun 30, 2024, 07:57 PM Jun 2024

Hello Massachusetts!

I will be heading to Cape Cod in early October and then driving north. Are the whales still around in October? Is Salem a good place to visit?
Any suggestion on areas that will have beautiful colors by the coast?

Thank you for your recommendations.

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Hello Massachusetts! (Original Post) Sun-Moon Jun 2024 OP
If you do visit Salem... Think. Again. Jun 2024 #1
Thank you Sun-Moon Jul 2024 #5
Usonian again! I lived in MA some 30 years. usonian Jun 2024 #2
Usonian- you are amazing Sun-Moon Jul 2024 #4
Go to Marblehead. On the town hall's Wall is the painting, "Spirit of 76." 3Hotdogs Jun 2024 #3
Thank you! Sun-Moon Jul 2024 #6
Salem Visit: Paper Roses Jul 2024 #7
Thank you Paper Roses Sun-Moon Jul 2024 #8
The Peabody Essex Museum TommyT139 Jul 2024 #9
Thank you very much! Sun-Moon Jul 2024 #10

usonian

(13,772 posts)
2. Usonian again! I lived in MA some 30 years.
Sun Jun 30, 2024, 10:45 PM
Jun 2024

I used to do foliage touring, mostly in Vermont because of the mix of colors, around that time. But that may all have shifted in time due to you know what.

So, try to check in advance when foliage peaks, and good luck.

In New Hampshire (pronounced Na Hampsha) there's the Kankamagus Highway, where I took great foliage photos.

https://newhampshireway.com/kancamagus-highway/

Forgot the names of places we stopped in Vermont.


MA? Nothing more beautiful than the Italian North End of Boston. 🇮🇹

Should be a parade around ( you guessed it) Columbus Day. I was stationed a while at Coast Guard Base Boston, and stopped at my Dad's cousin's bakery on the way home. They gave us the ends of the Anise Biscotti, which were the best part, that people wouldn't buy.

We Coasties would sometimes stop at No Name Restaurant for lunch, at 15 1/2 Fish Pier. It closed after 109 years of operation.

That's about it for now. FWIW my cousin lives in (you guessed it) Salem.




3Hotdogs

(13,392 posts)
3. Go to Marblehead. On the town hall's Wall is the painting, "Spirit of 76."
Sun Jun 30, 2024, 11:00 PM
Jun 2024

Chatham and Wellfleet are beautiful. Especially Chatham Light.

Paper Roses

(7,505 posts)
7. Salem Visit:
Wed Jul 3, 2024, 04:20 PM
Jul 2024

Welcome to my neck of the woods. In regard to Salem, it is a zoo in the month of October. Unless you arrive with a hotel reservation(with parking) you will want to leave town.
Hundreds of thousands(not kidding) visit close to Halloween.
If you are coming during the first of the month, there are great places to visit. Near Halloween, all of us who live nearby find a route that takes us in another direction to get where we want to go. Salem is a zoo in October.
Happy travels.

Sun-Moon

(95 posts)
8. Thank you Paper Roses
Wed Jul 3, 2024, 04:36 PM
Jul 2024

It’s definitely going to be a first week of October day visit to Salem. Any must see suggestions?
Thanks again

TommyT139

(697 posts)
9. The Peabody Essex Museum
Wed Jul 24, 2024, 06:33 PM
Jul 2024

The Peabody Essex Museum is a gem, and would be outstanding even if it were located in larger cities.

Luckily for you, it's right in the central area of Salem, in the pedestrian zone at the center of town. Besides being a great museum, with well-funded permanent and topical collections, it'll be a nice space to get out of the crowds for a bit and, dare I say it, access nice restrooms!

https://www.pem.org/

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