Difference between revisions of "White River Junction"

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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

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• 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].
• Tupelo Music Hall, 188 S. Main Street, ☎ 802-698-8341, [4].  edit

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• 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. [5]
• 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. [6]

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• China Moon Buffet, 42 Sykes Avenue, Phone: +1 802 291-9088.
• Tip Top Cafe, 85 N. Main Street, Phone: +1 802 295-3312, [7].
• 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 picnic.
• 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.
• Elixir Restaurant and Lounge, 188 South Main Street, ☎ 802-281-7009, [8].  edit
• Tuckerbox, 1 South Main Street, ☎ 8023594041, [9].  edit

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• 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.

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• Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites, 121 Ballardvale Road, ☎ +1 802 299-2700, [10].  edit
• Hotel Coolidge, 39 S Main St, ☎ +1 802 295-3118, [11]. Good place to stay in the old center of town, though a bit thin-walled. Shops nearby. Hostel beds $32+, standard rooms $89-$119.  edit

[edit] Get out

Routes through White River Junction

Saint Johnsbury ← Norwich ←

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→ Hartford → Junction → Brattleboro