Things To Do
There's a lot to do both in Boston and on the North Shore including art museums, historical sites, hiking, and breweries! Here are a few suggestions but there is loads more to explore (including lots of witchy things in the area this time of year!)
Peabody Essex Museum
161 Essex Street, Salem, MA 01970, (978) 745-9500
Cape Ann Whale Watch
Gloucester, MA, 1-800-877-5110
There are several whale watches on the north shore but Gloucester and Cape Ann are beautiful to explore.
Halibut Point State Park
5 Gott Avenue, Rockport, MA 01966
Great water views and rock formations.
Topsfield Fair
207 Boston Street, Topsfield, MA 01983, (978) 887-5000
America's oldest agricultural fair! Open 10/4 - 10/14 this year.
Rockport
Rockport, MA
Cute town and artist's colony.
Mass Audubon's Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary
87 Perkins Row, Topsfield, MA 01983, (978) 887-9264
12 miles of trails for hiking as well as canoeing down the Ipswich River.
Notch Brewery & Tap Room
Derby Street, Salem, MA 01970, (978) 238-9060
Freedom Trail
Boston, MA 02108, (617) 451-1900
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
25 Evans Way, Boston, MA 02115, (617) 566-1401
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, (617) 267-9300
For all the days along the way