Facts About New England

THE SIX STATES of New England form the most compact and most accessible region in the United States. It's easy to see all six states on one vacation, but you can also spend a week in just one place. One state, Rhode Island, can fit in your coat pocket; the others -- Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine -- can fit inside Oklahoma and still leave room to stretch out.

It's variety, too. New England's identities are many. It's the arty and culturally rejuvenated city of Providence. It's the serenity of the Cape Cod National Seashore. It's the skyscraping granite peaks of New Hampshire's White Mountains. It's the booming biotech world of Boston. It's the jagged rocky coast of Andrew Wyeth's Maine. It's Irish. It's Italian. It's Vietnamese. It's Haitian. It's Cambodian. It's Portuguese.

Visitors come to New England looking for that elusive sense of place, for a way to belong to something well rooted and well tended.

• Rhode Island : Newport - Newport has been called America's first resort.
• Connecticut: Mystic - Here, jammed within the borders of this region of southeastern Connecticut, lies the center of the country's nautical past.
• Massachusetts: Boston - Boston is a blend of the old and new, history and modernity.
• Vermont: Lake Champlain Valley - Clinging to the shores of North America's sixth-largest lake, with the Adirondack Mountains at its doorstep, the area packs a punch for those looking to explore northern New England's outdoor life
• New Hampshire: The White Mountains of New Hampshire - They cut diagonally across the state, rugged granite peaks that offer some of the best views in the Northeast.
• Maine: Mount Desert Island - where miles of the most dramatic and varied geography on the East Coast await.

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