Everything You Need to Know About New England

I have lived in upstate New York for a good portion of my life. A lot of people don’t consider New York a part of New England. However, I do, especially because geographically it is so close to the traditional New England cities. I have visited the top New England cities so many times in Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Maine. Thus, in this article I will talk about my top/favorite New England cities to visit.

In this article, you will learn all about New England, New England cities, New England clam chowder, New England colonies, Boston, Portland, Newport, Burlington, Salem, and more.

This post is all about New England.

New England :

The New England Colonies : Where/How the Region Started

They were the first colonies that made up America, hence the region name, New England. With Virginia being the first colony in America ruled by Great Britain at the time. Shortly after, Connecticut, Georgia, Rhode Island, North Carolina, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York, Maryland, and South Carolina became colonies as well. Currently, New England is made up of six different states in the US, which are, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. These states are America’s “older” states and hold a lot of different history to our nation. 

New England Today

Today, a lot of the same colonies/states still makeup New England. Some new later add-ons were Vermont and Maine (honorary mention is New York, in my opinion). New England is known for their many quaint, small towns. Let me tell you, there are MANY small towns in New England. There are some very big towns in New England as well. But first let’s start with the smaller towns that I recommend visiting, then we can work up to the bigger cities. 

1. Mystic, CT
2. Wellfleet & Provincetown, MA
3. Concord, MA & NH
4. Manchester, VT & NH
5. Lincoln, NH
6. Newport, RI
7. Westport, CT
8. Bangor, ME
9. Lexington, MA
10. Norwich, CT
11. Salem, MA
12. Burlington, VT
13. Plymouth, MA & NH
14. Meriden, CT
15. Somerville, MA
16. Nashua, NH
17. Norwalk, CT
18. Fall River, MA
19. Quincy, MA
20. Stamford, CT
21. New Haven (Yale), CT
22. Bridgeport, CT
23. Providence, RI
24. Boston, MA

The Best New England Mountains

Along with great cities, New England has amazing outdoors, specifically mountains. From the Green Mountains in Vermont to the Taconic Mountains and the incredible White Mountains of New Hampshire, you are sure to get your hiking and camping fix from these amazing landscapes. Personally, my favorite are the White and Green Mountains. The White Mountains are truly stunning, especially the 48s, all the peaks are above 4,000ft and let’s not forget about Mount Washington, the tallest mountain in the east. It’s safe to say that the White Mountains hold some of the prettiest peaks in the US. Here are a list of some of my favorite mountain ranges.

1. Green Mountains
2. White Mountains
3. Taconic Mountains
4. Berkshire Mountains
5. Adirondack Mountains (honorary mention they are located in New York)

This wraps up our article all about New England. I hope this article was helping in letting you know what areas makeup New England and all the awesome things to see and visit. Thank you so much for reading and I hope you visit some of these fun cities.