This represents the most popular Weekend Getaways and Day Trips in North America. Use this list to plan your next vacation or getaway trip. Select a state and/or an activity from the pull-down lists below to find even more top getaway ideas.
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The Adirondacks Getaway Weekend GetawayThe Adirondack Park is the largest forest preserve in the United States, larger than Glacier, Olympic, Yosemite, and Yellowstone parks ... 
Lake Placid, NY - Daytrips and Getaway Weekends in the Mid-Atlantic States
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Lake Geneva: Luxury and the Lake Weekend Getaway If you’re the kind of traveler who doesn’t like to shave on the weekend, you may perceive Lake Geneva to be too tony for your tastes. ...
Lake Geneva, WI - Quick Escapes: Chicago
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Lake Erie Islands: Island Idyll Weekend Getaway It doesn’t take long to reach the Lake Erie Islands—just a short ferryboat ride from Port Clinton or Sandusky—but you’ll swear you’ve ...
Port Clinton, OH - Quick Escapes: Detroit
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Door Country: Cape Cod of the Midwest Weekend Getaway You can easily spend a month in Door County, the finger of land that juts out from Wisconsin into Lake Michigan and Green Bay, so ...
Sturgeon Bay, WI - Quick Escapes: Chicago
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Long Island Getaway Weekend GetawayLong Island offers a microcosm of a much larger region, with distinct areas, ranging from the mansions of the “Gold Coast,” old whaling ...
Cold Spring Harbor, NY - Daytrips and Getaway Weekends in the Mid-Atlantic States
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California Travel Guide by Fodor's Weekend Getaway This travel guide is a chapter on California excerpted from the book "Fodor's USA." It covers the entire state of California region ... 
Sacramento, CA - Fodor's USA
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Carmel and Pebble Beach Weekend Getaway Imagine a village so quaint it has no parking meters along its narrow, shaded streets and no neon signs advertising its many chic ... 
Pebble Beach, CA - Driving the Pacific Coast: California
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Anderson Ferry, OH, & Belleview, Rabbit Hash, Big Bone Lick, & Warsaw, KY, & Vevay, IN Weekend Getaway If you’re in a hurry to get out of town, here’s your ticket. Just about fifteen minutes west of downtown Cincinnati is Anderson Ferry—the ...
Vevay, IN - Day Trips from Cincinnati
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Montauk and the Hamptons: Long Island Beaches Weekend Getaway Sun-bleached beaches. Platters piled high with spanking fresh lobster. Seabreeze-swept verandas. These are just some of the images ...
Montauk, NY - Quick Escapes: New York City
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Kerr House Spa: Oasis in Ohio Weekend Getaway It’s hard to believe that a spa with the high quality of the Kerr House could lie just over an hour from Detroit. It has no desert ...
Grand Rapids, OH - Quick Escapes: Detroit
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Oklahoma's Kiamichi Country: Ouachita National Forest, Beavers Bend State Park, Broken Bow Lake, Talimena Scenic Drive Weekend Getaway The lush, southeastern corner of Oklahoma is nothing short of stunning. The Ouachita (pronounced WASH-ee-taw) Mountains, which rise ...
Broken Bow, OK - Quick Escapes: Dallas/Fort Worth
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park Scenic Drive This park is close to major population centers, but its lush greenery and pleasantly rounded peaks create a soothing aura of tranquillity. ... 
Gatlinburg, TN - Great American Wilderness: Touring America's National Parks
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New Jersey Getaway Weekend Getaway Although some people think of New Jersey in terms of the megalopolis viewed from the New Jersey Turnpike, there is another, quiet ...
Cape May, NJ - Daytrips and Getaway Weekends in the Mid-Atlantic States
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Starved Rock State Park: Take a Hike Weekend Getaway Starved Rock, one of the state’s most popular attractions, now includes a complex that could compete with some of the best luxury ...
Utica, IL - Quick Escapes: Chicago
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Chicago, Illinois Weekend Getaway Chicago has everything for city lovers: culture, commerce, historic buildings, public transportation, ethnic neighborhoods, chic boutiques, ...
Chicago, IL - Fodor's Great American Vacations
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Bimini, Bahamas: The Complete Escape Weekend Getaway Though you often hear the Bimini Islands called simply “Bimini,” they are really a group of several islands and cays stretching for ...
Alice Town, BF - Quick Escapes: Florida
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New York City Getaway Weekend Getaway For an overview of the city, visitors can choose a bus tour, helicopter ride, cruise ship, or a skyscraper observation deck. We managed ...
New York, NY - Daytrips and Getaway Weekends in the Mid-Atlantic States
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Crossing the Red River: Lake Texoma and Lake Murray, Turner Falls, and the Arbuckle Mountains Weekend Getaway Leaving concrete, expressways, and prairie behind, escapists looking for some watery adventures can find them on the Red River. Driving ...
Pottsboro, TX - Quick Escapes: Dallas/Fort Worth
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A Grand Island City: Galveston Weekend Getaway In its heyday, during the mid-nineteenth century, Galveston was called the Wall Street of the Southwest. Cotton was king, and this ...
Galveston, TX - Quick Escapes: Dallas/Fort Worth
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Bayfield and Madeline Island: Sailboats and Superior Scenery Weekend Getaway It’s no surprise that Bayfield, Wisconsin, was named the “Best Little Town in the Midwest” by the Chicago Tribune. Bayfield is about ...
Bayfield, WI - Quick Escapes: Minneapolis/St. Paul
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