Important: Wikitravel is exploring a license upgrade to CC by-sa 3.0, please give your consent or refusal here.

White River Junction

From Wikitravel

Jump to: navigation, search

White River Junction is in on the Connecticut River in eastern Vermont.

[edit] Get in

[edit] By car

White River Junction is located at the junction of Interstate 89 and Interstate 91.

[edit] By bus

  • Vermont Transit Terminal, Sykes Avenue Phone: +1 802 295-3011, [1]. Several motels nearby, 15 minute walk to the center of White River Junction.
  • Advance Transit, +1 802 295-1824, [2]. Serves the Upper Valley towns including Wilder, Norwich, Hanover, NH and West Lebanon, NH, Lebanon, Enfield and Canaan. All routes are free.

[edit] Get around

[edit][add listing] See

  • Get information about the area at the Tourist Information, located at the railway station.
  • Main Street Museum, 58 Bridge St. Open Thursday through Sunday. All kinds of biological, mineralogical and historical artifacts [3].

[edit][add listing] Do

  • See if you can follow along on a tour at the Center for Cartoon Studies, 94 South Main St. The CCS is a school that offers a two-year course of study that centers on the creation and dissemination of comics, graphic novels and other visual narratives. They have both a gallery and a library full of comics. To inform about the possibilities, call (802) 295-3319. [4]
  • Northern Stage Theatre, 58 N Main St, (802) 291-9009, Box Office: (802) 296-7000. A 245-seat theatre playing everything from one-person acoustic concerts to fully staged theatrical productions. [5]

[edit][add listing] Buy

[edit][add listing] Eat

  • China Moon Buffet, 42 Sykes Avenue, Phone: +1 802 291-9088.
  • Tip Top Cafe, 85 N. Main Street, Phone: +1 802 295-3312, [6].
  • AJ's Restaurant & Lounge‎, 40 Bowling Lane, 1+(802) 295-3071‎ Get an under $20 meal.
  • C&S Pizza, 104 S Main St.
  • There's a well stocked supermarket just across the bridge in Hartford. They have a nice salad bar at $5 per pound, great for a picknick.
  • There are a few diners on the other side of the river in West Lebanon, a 15 minute walk. Shyrl's Diner has an OK breakfast, but don't order more than two pancakes! They're huge.
  • Also in West Lebanon: Yama, 96 Main St., West Lebanon, (603) 298-5477. Nice Korean/Japanese cuisine. Average price $12.95 for a main course. Closed on Mondays.

[edit][add listing] Drink

  • CJ's @ Than Wheeler's Tavern, 6 S Main St. A simple sports bar with both well known and local beers from tap and bottle.
  • Tuckerbox, 1 S Main St. Open during daytime from Monday through Saturday. Get your coffee fix here: free wifi.

[edit][add listing] Sleep

  • Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites, 121 Ballardvale Road, +1 802 299-2700, [7].  edit
  • Hotel Coolidge, 39 S Main St, +1 802 295-3118, [8]. Standard Rooms $ 89.00 - $119.  edit. Good place to stay in the old center of town, though a bit thin-walled. Shops nearby.

[edit] Get out

This article is an outline and needs more content. It has a template, but there is not enough information present. Please plunge forward and help it grow!