Your summer escape plans

Wildwood, NJ
Get high with a little help from the Wildwood International Kite Festival—and some wild rides—on Jersey’s girthiest beach.
BEST WEEKEND TO GO: May 22-25
DISTANCE: 157 mi – about 2 hours 50 mins

Philadelphia, PA
The Art Star Craft Bazaar proves cool exists outside of Brooklyn—really.
BEST WEEKEND TO GO: May 29-31
DISTANCE: 102 mi – about 1 hour 51 mins

Brattleboro, VT
You’ve escaped the city for real. Now take a whiff of dairy air.
BEST WEEKEND TO GO: June 5-7
DISTANCE: 201 mi – about 3 hours 34 mins (up to 4 hours 10 mins with traffic)

Beacon, NY
What art? We’re going for the strawberries.
BEST WEEKEND TO GO: June 12-14
DISTANCE: 62.1 mi – about 1 hour 23 mins (up to 2 hours with traffic)

New Haven, CT
We’d expect nothing less than braininess from the host city of the International Festival of Art & Ideas.
BEST WEEKEND TO GO: June 20-21
DISTANCE: 79.6 mi – about 1 hour 37 mins (up to 2 hours 10 mins with traffic)

Washington, D.C.
Our capital goes beyond pork barrels at Safeway’s National Capital Barbecue Battle.
BEST WEEKEND TO GO: June 27-28
DISTANCE: 227 mi – about 4 hours 2 mins (up to 5 hours with traffic)

Watkins Glen, NY
Race cars, fireworks and earplugs make your Independence Day complete.
BEST WEEKEND TO GO: July 3-5
DISTANCE: 255 mi – about 4 hours 30 mins (up to 5 hours 20 mins with traffic)

Palmyra, NY
A big-deal show brings godliness and crowdedness to this little town.
BEST WEEKEND TO GO: July 11-12
DISTANCE: 315 mi – about 5 hours 22 mins (up to 6 hours 20 mins with traffic)

Provincetown, MA
Get grizzly at P-town’s Bear Week.
BEST WEEKEND TO GO: July 11-18
DISTANCE: 297 mi – about 5 hours 22 mins

Baltimore, MD
No TVs necessary to catch this round of footie.
BEST WEEKEND TO GO: July 24-26
DISTANCE: 189 mi – about 3 hours 18 mins (up to 4 hours with traffic)

Rockland, ME
Pull out your captain’s hat—it’s time for lobster and seafaring adventure.
BEST WEEKEND TO GO: July 29-August 2
DISTANCE: 394 mi – about 6 hours 57 mins

Jamestown, NY
Celebrate Lucille Ball’s birthday in kitsch country.
BEST WEEKEND TO GO: AUG 7-9
DISTANCE: 395 mi – about 6 hours 32 mins

Bethel, NY
Go back to the future for the 40th anniversary of Woodstock.
BEST WEEKEND TO GO: August 15-16
DISTANCE: 103 mi – about 1 hour 58 mins (up to 2 hours 30 mins with traffic)

Bridgehampton, NY
Immerse yourself in preppy culture and sand.
BEST WEEKEND TO GO: August 21-23
DISTANCE: 97.1 mi – about 2 hours (up to 2 hours 50 mins with traffic)

Saratoga Springs, NY
Make like a high roller at the Travers Stakes.
BEST WEEKEND TO GO: August 28–30
DISTANCE: 180 mi - about 3 hours 7 min

Buffalo, NY
Summer’s nearly over and so is your diet. Act accordingly.
BEST WEEKEND TO GO: Sept 5-7
DISTANCE: 376 mi – about 6 hours 31 mins

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