Easy escapes you can do in a single day: nearby towns, islands, state parks and scenic drives, with what to see and how to fit it all in.
Plan a Capitol Reef day trip from Hanksville, Utah: the 37-mile drive and stops along Highway 24, petroglyphs, Fruita, pie and fruit picking, the Scenic Drive and $20 fee, the best short hikes, a one-day itinerary, stargazing, and Hanksville vs Torrey.
Plan a Goblin Valley day trip from Hanksville, Utah: paved directions and drive time, the $20 fee and hours, what to see, how long to stay, Little Wild Horse Canyon, best time to visit, kids, drones, camping and yurts, and stargazing.
Most people come to Salem for the witches. Then they find the harbor. Yes, this is where the 1692 witch trials happened, and the town leans into that story hard, especially in October. But Salem was also one of the richest ports in early America. Sea captains built grand houses here, ships sailed to China … Read more
There’s no bridge to Smith Island. No causeway, no car ferry, no traffic lights. You get there the way islanders have for nearly 400 years: on a boat, across about twelve miles of open Chesapeake Bay. What’s waiting on the other side is one of the most unusual places on the East Coast. Smith Island, … Read more
Ellicott City is the kind of town you can walk end to end in twenty minutes and still not finish in a day. You start at the river, next to the oldest surviving railroad station in America. Then Main Street tips uphill, and you climb past granite buildings from the 1700s and 1800s. Almost every … Read more
Some state parks are built around a trail. Janes Island is built around the tide. The park sits at the far southern end of Maryland’s Eastern Shore, right next to the old crab town of Crisfield. Across a narrow canal from the campground lies Janes Island itself: almost 3,000 acres of salt marsh, twisting creeks … Read more