# Road trips in Massachusetts > 6 road trips and 11 hand-picked places in Massachusetts, with routes, stops and practical tips for driving and camping. Source: https://camping-spirit.com/roadtrips/massachusetts/ 6 road trips and 11 hand-picked places in Massachusetts, with routes, stops and practical tips for driving and camping. ## Road trips through Massachusetts - [Cape Cod](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/cape-cod/): Plymouth, the Old King’s Highway, Chatham and the dunes of Provincetown. - [The Mohawk Trail and the Berkshires](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b10-mohawk-berkshires/): A flower bridge, a mill full of contemporary art, Massachusetts’ highest peak and Norman Rockwell’s Stockbridge. - [Lexington and Concord to Cape Ann and Newburyport](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b20-concord-cape-ann/): Where the Revolution began at Lexington and Concord, then Walden Pond, Salem and the fishing harbors and granite shores of Cape Ann. - [East Coast curiosities](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/coastal-curiosities/): Witch-trial history, a wooden elephant and wild horses on the beach. - [Fall color: the Kancamagus to Acadia](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/new-england-fall/): Waterfalls in the White Mountains, then sunrise on the Maine coast. - [Connecticut’s Litchfield Hills: covered bridges and Kent Falls](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b20-litchfield-hills/): The quiet hills of northwest Connecticut: the green at Litchfield, Lake Waramaug, two covered bridges over the Housatonic and the cascades of Kent Falls. ## Places worth the detour in Massachusetts - [Bridge of Flowers](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b10-bridge-of-flowers/): An old trolley bridge turned into a garden walk across the Deerfield River. Nearby, glacial potholes are carved into the riverbed below the falls. - [Mount Greylock](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b10-mount-greylock/): Massachusetts’ highest peak, topped by a war memorial tower, with views into four states. The summit road is closed from late fall to spring. - [Old North Bridge](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b20-old-north-bridge/): A replica of the bridge where militia fired the “shot heard round the world” in 1775, with Daniel Chester French’s Minute Man statue. Free parking on Monument Street; the visitor center is up the hill. - [Salem Witch Museum](https://camping-spirit.com/places/salem-witch/): Life-size dioramas tell the story of the 1692 witch trials. October brings huge crowds. - [Cape Cod National Seashore](https://camping-spirit.com/places/cape-cod-seashore/): Forty miles of beaches, dunes and ponds on the outer Cape, with lighthouses along the way. - [MASS MoCA](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b10-mass-moca/): A huge contemporary art museum in a 19th-century mill complex, with room-sized installations. Plan at least half a day. - [The Mount](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b10-the-mount/): Novelist Edith Wharton’s house and formal gardens, which she designed herself in 1902. - [Norman Rockwell Museum](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b10-norman-rockwell-museum/): The largest collection of Rockwell’s original paintings, and his studio moved to the grounds. Stockbridge’s Main Street, the scene of one of his paintings, is close by. - [Minute Man National Historical Park, Battle Road](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b20-minute-man-nhp/): The road where colonial militia fought British troops on 19 April 1775, now a 5-mile trail between Lexington and Concord past restored houses. Free; start at the Minute Man Visitor Center off MA-2A. - [Walden Pond State Reservation](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b20-walden-pond/): The pond where Henry David Thoreau lived in a small cabin in 1845–47, with a replica cabin and a 1.7-mile path around the shore. Parking fee; the lot closes when full on summer days. - [Halibut Point State Park](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b20-halibut-point/): A flooded granite quarry and rocky ocean ledges at the northern tip of Cape Ann, with views to New Hampshire and Maine on clear days. Parking fee in season; the path to the ledges is rough. ## FAQs **What are the best road trips in Massachusetts?** Popular routes include Cape Cod, The Mohawk Trail and the Berkshires, Lexington and Concord to Cape Ann and Newburyport and East Coast curiosities. CampingSpirit has 6 trip guides that pass through Massachusetts, each with a stop-by-stop itinerary and a route map. **Which places in Massachusetts are worth a detour?** Our editors recommend Bridge of Flowers, Mount Greylock and Old North Bridge.