// Northeast · 8–11 days
Atlantic Lighthouse Trail
Maine's Schoodic granite, Cape Cod dunes, and the Outer Banks barrier-islands.
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Stop 01AcadiaMaine · 2 days · best late summer–fallGranite headlands meet the Atlantic along Maine's rugged coast.
Cadillac Mountain sunriseJordan PondPark Loop Road
Stop 02Schoodic PeninsulaMaine · 1 day · best june–octoberThe mainland half of Acadia — surf-pounded pink granite without the Bar Harbor crowds.
Schoodic PointBlueberry HillSchoodic Head
Stop 03Cape Cod National SeashoreMassachusetts · 2 days · best june–septemberForty miles of dunes, salt marshes, and lighthouses curling into the Atlantic.
Race Point BeachMarconi BeachNauset Light- Stop 04Outer BanksNorth Carolina · 3 days · best april–june & september–october
Hatteras lighthouses, wild Spanish mustangs, and 200 miles of barrier-island Atlantic.
Cape Hatteras LighthouseCorolla wild horsesJockey's Ridge dunes
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