Road Trip to Mount Washington and Portland - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

HeadBanger · 09-14-2014, 07:38 PM

Hey guys! Hoping I could get a little bit of help. I'm trying to plan a road trip to go up the Mount Washington Auto Road, as well as Portland.

I live in a Small town right between Ottawa and Montreal. This is my first "major" road trip so any and all help is appreciated. I'm trying to make this a 2 day trip, maybe three. It's going to be next Monday and Tuesday, the 22nd and 23rd, I could possibly leave on the Sunday though.

I'd like some route suggestions, as well as attractions to visit. Not so much tourist traps, but fun stuff. For the route, I'd like to avoid boring highways as much as possible. My idea was to head to Portland starting Monday morning, making stops along the way, and staying someplace in or around Portland that night. Then Tuesday head up to Mount Washington and head home.

I don't really have a fixed budget, but I would like to keep the trip as cheap as possible while seeing and doing as much as I can. For example I'm not paying for a $200 hotel room.

Any and all ideas are welcome, and thank you in advance

CoupedUpSubie · 09-14-2014, 08:01 PM

In Portland(I'm assuming Maine), will probably be the most expensive. There are a few decent motor lodges in the area. I'm about 40 minutes up the coast from Portland. As far as attractions go, they are all tourist traps. Luckily this time of the year the amount of tourists is going down.

If you don't want to do highways I'd suggest using roads like rt5 in NH, then down to 3 to the Concord area. From their cross into Maine in the Portsmouth/Kittery area. Portland isn't far via 95, but you can jump on rt1 if you want. As far as your day goes I'd be surprised if you did more then that. I'm guessing that's an 8 hour drive.

paul2014 · 09-15-2014, 09:39 PM

make sure you take your brz on the Kancamagus Highway by mt. washington. Never been on it myself but will definitely drive it the next time I'm in the area!

HeadBanger · 09-15-2014, 10:24 PM

Thanks for the tips!
Keep em coming

09-14-2014, 07:38 PM	#1
HeadBanger Senior Member Join Date: May 2014 Drives: '14 Subaru BRZ Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 979 Thanks: 204 Thanked 409 Times in 260 Posts Mentioned: 21 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Road Trip to Mount Washington and Portland Hey guys! Hoping I could get a little bit of help. I'm trying to plan a road trip to go up the Mount Washington Auto Road, as well as Portland. I live in a Small town right between Ottawa and Montreal. This is my first "major" road trip so any and all help is appreciated. I'm trying to make this a 2 day trip, maybe three. It's going to be next Monday and Tuesday, the 22nd and 23rd, I could possibly leave on the Sunday though. I'd like some route suggestions, as well as attractions to visit. Not so much tourist traps, but fun stuff. For the route, I'd like to avoid boring highways as much as possible. My idea was to head to Portland starting Monday morning, making stops along the way, and staying someplace in or around Portland that night. Then Tuesday head up to Mount Washington and head home. I don't really have a fixed budget, but I would like to keep the trip as cheap as possible while seeing and doing as much as I can. For example I'm not paying for a $200 hotel room. Any and all ideas are welcome, and thank you in advance __________________ Life's too short to drive a boring car

09-14-2014, 08:01 PM	#2
CoupedUpSubie Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Drives: 2013 BRZ Limited Location: United States Posts: 299 Thanks: 11 Thanked 118 Times in 91 Posts Mentioned: 5 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	In Portland(I'm assuming Maine), will probably be the most expensive. There are a few decent motor lodges in the area. I'm about 40 minutes up the coast from Portland. As far as attractions go, they are all tourist traps. Luckily this time of the year the amount of tourists is going down. If you don't want to do highways I'd suggest using roads like rt5 in NH, then down to 3 to the Concord area. From their cross into Maine in the Portsmouth/Kittery area. Portland isn't far via 95, but you can jump on rt1 if you want. As far as your day goes I'd be surprised if you did more then that. I'm guessing that's an 8 hour drive. __________________ 2013 BRZ Limited 6MT 2014 Ram 1500 Quad Cab Black Ram - 8 speed with 3.21 gears 1994 Honda VFR750 - Two brothers 4-1 left side exit exhaust 1993 Honda CB750 Nighthawk Last edited by CoupedUpSubie; 09-14-2014 at 08:17 PM.

09-15-2014, 10:24 PM	#4
HeadBanger Senior Member Join Date: May 2014 Drives: '14 Subaru BRZ Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 979 Thanks: 204 Thanked 409 Times in 260 Posts Mentioned: 21 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Thanks for the tips! Keep em coming __________________ Life's too short to drive a boring car

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paul2014 Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Drives: 2014 BRZ Premium SSM Location: Southern NH Posts: 21 Thanks: 3 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	make sure you take your brz on the Kancamagus Highway by mt. washington. Never been on it myself but will definitely drive it the next time I'm in the area!

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