9 STATES TOTALING

CONNECTICUT

[CT] The Constitution State

State Capital is Hartford.
Admitted to the Union on
January 9, 1788 as the 5th state.

Visited	Location
	Visit Gillette Castle State Park in East Haddam, CT.
	Visit Kent Falls State Park in Kent, CT.
	Visit Silver Sands State Park in Milford, CT.
👍	MUST TASTE - Pizza at Mystic Pizza in Mystic, CT
👍	MUST TASTE - White Clam Pizza at Frank Pepe's Pizzeria Napoletana
	Border Crossings - ✅CT2MA • ✅CT2RI • ✅CT2NY
	W ASTE away a day just relaxing
	E XPLORE an Atlas Obscura destination -
	LOCATE a geocache - GC4G6BK
⛺	OVERNIGHT in a State Park (NRS) - MOST BEAUTIFUL IN STATE AWARD Devil's Hopyard State Park $24.00 - 05/2019 Housatonic Meadows State Park $27.00 - 08/2020 Black Rock State Park $27.00 - 08/2020 - NO NATIONAL FORESTS
	VENTURE OUT on a hike or a bike
🔥	ENJOY a nighttime campfire
	DINE OUTDOORS - enjoy a meal outdoors
	INTRODUCE ourselves to a campground neighbor
	TAKE TIME to enjoy a sunrise/sunset/moonrise
	• CAMP in an Army Corps of Engineers Park
	• OVERNIGHT in a Walmart Parking Lot

(NRS) = $10 per night Non-Resident Surcharge as of 2020

MAINE

[ME] The Pine Tree State

State Capital is Augusta.
Admitted to the Union on
March 15, 1820 as the 23th state.

Visited	Location
	Acadia National Park - (2019) - Blackwoods Campground $15.00 - 06/2019
👍	MUST TASTE - Jordan Pond Popovers in Acadia National Park
	Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument


✅	Acadia Byway [All American Road]
✅	Schoodic Byway
👍	Easternmost Point of the Continental U.S. (West Quoddy Head Lighthouse)
	Visit Popham Beach State Park in Phippsburg, ME
	Visit Baxter State Park in Millinocket, ME
	MUST TASTE - Moxie Soda
👍	MUST TASTE - Birch Beer (non-alcoholic)
👍👍	MUST TASTE - Lobster Roll
👍	MUST TASTE - Whoopie Pie (the Official State Treat)
👍	MUST TASTE - Blueberry Soda
👍👍	MUST TASTE - Blueberry Pie (the Official State Pie)
	Border Crossing - ✅ME2NH
	W ASTE away a day just relaxing
	E XPLORE an Atlas Obscura destination -
	LOCATE a geocache - GC4JXQP
⛺	OVERNIGHT in a State Park (NRS) - Sebago Lake State Park $45.00 - 06/2019 Camden Hills State Park $45.00 - 06/2019 BEST IN STATE AWARD Cobscook Bay State Park $30.00 - 07/2019 and the National Forest - ❌ White Mountain National Forest
🚴	VENTURE OUT on a hike or a bike
🔥	ENJOY a nighttime campfire
	DINE OUTDOORS - enjoy a meal outdoors
	INTRODUCE ourselves to a campground neighbor
	TAKE TIME to enjoy a sunrise/sunset/moonrise
	• OVERNIGHT in a Walmart Parking Lot

(NRS) = $10 per night Non-Resident Surcharge as of 2020

MASSACHUSETTS

[MA] The Bay State

State Capital is Boston.
Admitted to the Union on
February 6, 1788 as the 6th state.

Visited	Location
	Cape Cod National Seashore - (2019)


✅	Visit the Pilgrim Monument & Museum in Provincetown, MA
	Visit the Plymouth Rock State Park in Plymouth, MA
	Visit Halibut Point State Park in Rockport, MA
	Visit Skinner State Park in Hadley, MA
✅	Ride on the Boston Subway System ("The T")
✅	Ride the CityView Trolley Tour in Boston
	✅ - Take a Harbor Cruise
	✅ - Walk the Freedom Trail
	✅ - Visit the Quincy Market and Faneuil Hall
	✅ - Ride on the Boston Swan Boats around the Public Garden's Lagoon
👎 👎	MUST TASTE - Switchel beverage
👍	MUST TASTE - The Original Boston Creme Pie at the Omni Parker House in Boston
👍 👍	MUST TASTE - New England Clam Chowder
👍 👍	MUST TASTE - Four Seas Ice Cream in Centerville, MA - 🍦🍦🍦🍦
	Border Crossings - ✅MA2VT • ✅MA2NH • ✅MA2RI • ✅MA2CT • ✅MA2NY
	W ASTE away a day just relaxing
	E XPLORE an Atlas Obscura destination -
	LOCATE a geocache - GC34E8T
⛺	OVERNIGHT in a State Park (NRS) - MOST BEAUTIFUL IN STATE AWARD Nickerson State Park $40.00 - 05/2019 Scusset Beach State Reservation $47.00 - 05/2019 BEST IN STATE AWARD Wompatuck State Park $33.00 - 06/2019 - NO NATIONAL FORESTS
🚴	VENTURE OUT on a hike or a bike
🔥	ENJOY a nighttime campfire
	DINE OUTDOORS - enjoy a meal outdoors
	INTRODUCE ourselves to a campground neighbor
	TAKE TIME to enjoy a sunrise/sunset/moonrise
	• OVERNIGHT in a Walmart Parking Lot

(NRS) = $12 to $48 per night Non-Resident Surcharge as of 2020

NEW HAMPSHIRE

[NH] The Granite State

State Capital is Concord.
Admitted to the Union on
June 21, 1788 as the 9th state.

Visited	Location
✅	Drive the Kancamagus Scenic Byway
	Drive the Mount Washington Auto Road to the summit at the State Park
	Ride the Mount Washington Cog Railway to the summit at the State Park
✅	Visit the summit of Mount Washington - NEW HAMPSHIRE Highpoint -
✅	Hike the Flume Gorge Trail in Franconia Notch State Park
👍	MUST TASTE - Pumpkin Muffin
👍	MUST TASTE - Poutine
	Border Crossings - ✅NH2ME • ✅NH2MA • ✅NH2VT
	W ASTE away a day just relaxing
	E XPLORE an Atlas Obscura destination -
	LOCATE a geocache - GC6J43H
⛺	OVERNIGHT in a State Park - Pawtuckaway State Park $30.00 - 06/2019 MOST BEAUTIFUL IN STATE AWARD BEST IN STATE AWARD Franconia Notch State Park $25.00 - 07/2019
THE NATIONAL FOREST IN NEW HAMPSHIRE HAS BEEN VISITED	V ISIT the National Forest - 🌲 White Mountain National Forest Russell Pond Campground $12.50 - 06/2020 Campton Campground $12.50 - 06/2020
🔥	ENJOY a nighttime campfire
	DINE OUTDOORS - enjoy a meal outdoors
	INTRODUCE ourselves to a campground neighbor
	TAKE TIME to enjoy a sunrise/sunset/moonrise
	• OVERNIGHT in a Walmart Parking Lot

NEW JERSEY

[NJ] The Garden State

State Capital is Trenton.
Admitted to the Union on
December 18, 1787 as the 3rd state.

Visited	Location
	Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island - (2019) (1 of only 19 World Heritage Sites in the Lower 48)
	Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area - (2020)


	Visit Liberty State Park
✅	Visit the New Jersey Veterans’ Memorial - NEW JERSEY Highpoint -
	MUST TASTE - Pork Roll Breakfast Sandwich (i.e. Taylor Ham) with Egg and Cheese (C)
	MUST TASTE - Boost! Soda (found in Burlington County, South Jersey)
👎	MUST TASTE - Disco Fries
	Border Crossings - ✅NJ2NY • ✅NJ2DE • ✅NJ2PA
	W ASTE away a day just relaxing
	E XPLORE an Atlas Obscura destination -
	LOCATE a geocache - GC7AXM2
THE TOP 5 STATE PARKS IN NEW JERSEY HAVE ALL BEEN VISITED	OVERNIGHT in the Top 5 State Parks (NRS) - BEST IN STATE AWARD Cheesequake State Park $25.00 - 04/2019 RESERVATIONS TWO PEAS' PICK FOR BEST OVERALL EXPERIENCE MOST BEAUTIFUL IN STATE AWARD High Point State Park Sawmill Campground $25.00 - 10/2024 RESERVATIONS BEST IN STATE AWARD Brendan T. Byrne State Forest $25.00 - 10/2024 RESERVATIONS - NO NATIONAL FORESTS
	VENTURE OUT on a hike
🔥	ENJOY a nighttime campfire
	DINE OUTDOORS - enjoy a meal outdoors
	INTRODUCE ourselves to a campground neighbor
	TAKE TIME to enjoy a sunrise/sunset/moonrise
	• OVERNIGHT in a Walmart Parking Lot - 10/09/2024 Walmart (not a Supercenter) Store #2041 Pennsville, NJ 08070 (856) 935-8200

(NRS) = $5 per night Non-Resident Surcharge as of 2024

NEW YORK

[NY] The Empire State

State Capital is Albany.
Admitted to the Union on
July 26, 1788 as the 11th state.

Visited	Location
	Fire Island National Seashore - (2019)


	African Burial Ground National Monument
	Castle Clinton National Monument - (2019)
	Fort Stanwix National Monument
	Governors Island National Monument - (2019)
	Stonewall National Monument


	Federal Hall National Memorial - (2019)
	General Grant National Memorial
	Hamilton Grange National Memorial


	Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
	Home of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site
	Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site
	Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
	Sagamore Hill Historic Site
	Saint Paul's Church Historic Site
	Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
	Saratoga National Historical Park


	Lakes to Locks Passage [All American Road]
✅	Visit the Empire State Building observation deck
✅	Visit the One World Tower observation deck
✅	Visit the 9/11 Memorial and Museum
✅	Ride on the Big Bus Tour (3 days)
✅	Ride on the Big Bus "New York by Night" Tour
✅	People watch in Times Square at night
✅	Eat a Nathan's Hotdog in Central Park
✅	Ride on the New York Subway System
✅	Ride on the Staten Island Ferry
	Visit Jones Beach State Park on Long Island
	Visit Niagara Falls State Park
	Visit Bear Mountain State Park
✅	Experience the Hot Air Balloon Ride over Letchworth State Park
	CAVE TOUR - Natural Stone Bridge & Caves
	CAVE TOUR - Secret Caverns
	CAVE TOUR - Howe Caverns
	MUST TASTE - Byrne Dairy's Mint Milk (every spring near Syracuse)
	MUST TASTE - Manhattan Special
	MUST TASTE - Egg Cream
	MUST TASTE - Doctor Brown's Cel-Ray Soda
👍	MUST TASTE - Buffalo Wings at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, NY
	MUST TASTE - Buffalo Wings at Duff's in Amherst, NY
👍 👍	MUST TASTE - Junior's Cheesecake in New York City, NY
	Border Crossings - ✅NY2VT • ✅NY2MA • ✅NY2CT • ✅NY2NJ • ✅NY2PA
	W ASTE away a day just relaxing
	E XPLORE an Atlas Obscura destination -
	L OCATE a geocache - ~~GC7R6PH~~
⛺	O VERNIGHT in a State Park (NRS) - Wildwood State Park $35.00 - 05/2019 Eagle Point State Forest Preserve $27.00 - 07/2019 Thacher State Park $22.00 - 08/2019 Watkins Glen State Park $30.00 - 08/2019 Schodack Island State Park $28.00 - 08/2020 Four Mile Creek State Park $30.00 - 09/2024 MOST BEAUTIFUL IN STATE AWARD Letchworth State Park $32.00 - 09/2024 Taughannock Falls State Park $30.00 - 09/2024
	V ISIT the National Forest - ❌ Finger Lakes National Forest
🔥	E NJOY a nighttime campfire
	D INE OUTDOORS - enjoy a meal outdoors
	I NTRODUCE ourselves to a campground neighbor
	T AKE TIME to enjoy a sunrise/sunset/moonrise
	• OVERNIGHT in a Walmart Parking Lot

(NRS) = $5 per night Non-Resident Surcharge as of 2024 - $4-$5 Surcharge for FRI-SAT-HOLIDAY nights

PENNSYLVANIA

[PA] The Keystone State

State Capital is Harrisburg.
Admitted to the Union on
December 12, 1787 as the 2nd state.

Visited	Location
	Flight 93 National Memorial - (2019)
	Johnstown Flood National Memorial
	Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial


	Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
	Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
	Eisenhower National Historic Site
	Friendship Hill National Historic Site
	Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
	Independence National Historic Site
	Steamtown National Historic Site
	Valley Forge National Historical Park


✅	Liberty Bell Center
	Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater (1 of only 19 World Heritage Sites in the Lower 48)
	Independence Hall (1 of only 19 World Heritage Sites in the Lower 48)
✅	Hershey's Chocolate World in Hershey, PA
	CAVE TOUR - Indian Echo Caverns
	CAVE TOUR - Lost River Caverns
	CAVE TOUR - Crystal Cave
	CAVE TOUR - Laurel Caverns
	CAVE TOUR - Penn's Cave
	CAVE TOUR - Lincoln Caverns
👍 👍	MUST TASTE - Philly Cheesesteak in Philadelphia, PA
	Border Crossings - ✅PA2NY • ✅PA2NJ • ✅PA2DE • ✅PA2MD • ✅PA2WV • ✅PA2OH
	W ASTE away a day just relaxing
	E XPLORE an Atlas Obscura destination -
	LOCATE a geocache - ~~GC1VEKJ~~
⛺	OVERNIGHT in a State Park (NRS) - BEST IN STATE AWARD Ohiopyle State Park $30.50 - 04/2019 Gifford Pinchot State Park $26.50 - 04/2019 MOST BEAUTIFUL IN STATE AWARD Ricketts Glen State Park Big Loop Campground $20.50 - 09/2024
THE NATIONAL FOREST IN PENNSYLVANIA HAS BEEN VISITED	V ISIT the National Forest - 🌲 Allegheny National Forest Willow Bay Rec Area Hemlock Loop $12.50 - 09/2024
🔥	ENJOY a nighttime campfire
	DINE OUTDOORS - enjoy a meal outdoors
	I NTRODUCE ourselves to a campground neighbor
	TAKE TIME to enjoy a sunrise/sunset/moonrise
	• CAMP in an Army Corps of Engineers Park - Tionesta Lake Tionesta Recreation Area Campground $17.50 - 08/2019 Raystown Lake Seven Points Campground $18.00 - 09/2020 Youghiogheny River Lake Outflow Campground $10.00 - 10/2020
	• OVERNIGHT in a Walmart Parking Lot

(NRS) = $5 per night Non-Resident Surcharge as of 2024 - Weekly and Senior (62+) discounts

RHODE ISLAND

[RI] The Ocean State

State Capital is Providence.
Admitted to the Union on
May 29, 1790 as the 13th state.

Visited	Location
	Roger Williams National Memorial - (2019)


	Visit Colt State Park on Narragansett Bay in Bristol, RI
👎👍	MUST TASTE - Johnnycakes
👍	MUST TASTE - Coffee Milk
👍	MUST TASTE - Del's Frozen Lemonade
	Border Crossings - ✅RI2MA • ✅RI2CT
	W ASTE away a day just relaxing
	E XPLORE an Atlas Obscura destination -
	LOCATE a geocache - ~~GC81AHF~~
⛺	OVERNIGHT in a State Park (NRS) - Fishermen's Memorial State Park $35.00 - 05/2019 - NO NATIONAL FORESTS
	VENTURE OUT on a hike
🔥	ENJOY a nighttime campfire
	DINE OUTDOORS - enjoy a meal outdoors
	INTRODUCE ourselves to a campground neighbor
	TAKE TIME to enjoy a sunrise/sunset/moonrise
	• OVERNIGHT in a Walmart Parking Lot

(NRS) = $18 to $27 per night Non-Resident Surcharge as of 2020

VERMONT

[VT] The Green Mountain State

State Capital is Montpelier.
Admitted to the Union on
March 4, 1791 as the 14th state.

Visited	Location
	Drive to the summit of Mount Philo State Park in Charlotte, VT
✅	Visit the Cold Hollow Cider Mill in Waterbury, VT
👍	MUST TASTE - Cider Donut
👍	MUST TASTE - Vermont Maple Syrup (the Official State Flavor)
	MUST TASTE - Cheddar Cheese Apple Pie (the Official State Pie)
	Border Crossings - ✅VT2NH • ✅VT2MA • ✅VT2NY
	W ASTE away a day just relaxing
	E XPLORE an Atlas Obscura destination -
	LOCATE a geocache - GC8B5NW
⛺	OVERNIGHT in a State Park (NRS) - Little River State Park $22.00 - 07/2019 Smugglers Notch State Park $21.00 - 07/2020 Grand Isle State Park $21.00 - 07/2020 Button Bay State Park $23.00 - 07/2020
THE NATIONAL FOREST IN VERMONT HAS BEEN VISITED	V ISIT the National Forest - 🌲 Green Mountain National Forest Hapgood Pond Rec Area $12.50 - 06/2020
🔥	ENJOY a nighttime campfire
	DINE OUTDOORS - enjoy a meal outdoors
	INTRODUCE ourselves to a campground neighbor
	TAKE TIME to enjoy a sunrise/sunset/moonrise
	• CAMP in an Army Corps of Engineers Park - Ball Mountain Lake Winhall Brook Campground $13.00 - 06/2020 $13.00 - 07/2020 x 2
	• OVERNIGHT in a Walmart Parking Lot

(NRS) = $2 per night Non-Resident Surcharge as of 2020

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CONNECTICUT

[CT] The Constitution State

MAINE

[ME] The Pine Tree State

MASSACHUSETTS

[MA] The Bay State

NEW HAMPSHIRE

[NH] The Granite State

[NJ] The Garden State

[NY] The Empire State

[PA] The Keystone State

RHODE ISLAND

[RI] The Ocean State

VERMONT

[VT] The Green Mountain State

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BUCKET LIST - NORTHEAST

CONNECTICUT

[CT] The Constitution State

MAINE

[ME] The Pine Tree State

MASSACHUSETTS

[MA] The Bay State

NEW HAMPSHIRE

[NH] The Granite State

[NJ] The Garden State

[NY] The Empire State

[PA] The Keystone State

RHODE ISLAND

[RI] The Ocean State

VERMONT

[VT] The Green Mountain State

UNITED STATES MAP - COLOR CHART LEGEND

NUMBER OF NIGHTS SPENT IN EACH STATE

NUMBER OF NIGHTS SPENT IN EACH REGION

CANADA MAP - COLOR CHART LEGEND

NUMBER OF NIGHTS SPENT IN EACH PROVINCE OR TERRITORY

NUMBER OF NIGHTS SPENT IN EACH REGION

FULLTIMEON THE ROAD FOR

LINK TO ALLNATIONAL PARK SERVICE CAMPGROUNDS

FULLTIME
ON THE ROAD FOR

LINK TO ALL
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
CAMPGROUNDS