13 destinations within about 6 hours' drive of Boston, nearest first. The closest is Swift River, about 1 hr 50 min away. Below them, the state trout maps for Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maine and Vermont.
Drive times are to each destination's main access point without traffic, from downtown Boston.
Rainbow troutStocked rainbows and browns, wild brook troutBelchertown and Ware, Massachusetts · USA
Fly into BDL, 1 hr
About 1 hr 50 min from Boston · 139 km
Fish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
Striped bassStriped bass, bluefish, false albacoreBrewster, Chatham, Monomoy · USA
Fly into BOS, 1.5–2 hr
About 2 hr from Boston · 140 km
Fish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
Brown troutWild and stocked browns, rainbows, brook troutRiverton, Connecticut · USA
Fly into BDL, 40 min
About 2 hr 50 min from Boston · 203 km
Fish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
Brown troutBrown, rainbow and brook troutCharlemont, Massachusetts · USA
Fly into BDL, 1 hr 15 min
About 2 hr 50 min from Boston · 179 km
Fish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
Brown troutStocked and holdover browns, rainbows; smallmouth bassFalls Village to Cornwall Bridge, Connecticut · USA
Fly into BDL, 1.25 hr
About 3 hr 10 min from Boston · 228 km
Fish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
Rainbow troutWild rainbows, browns, native brook trout in the headwatersBig Indian to Phoenicia and Mount Tremper, New York · USA
Fly into SWF, 1 hr
About 4 hr 30 min from Boston · 319 km
Fish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
Brook troutNative brook trout, landlocked salmonRapid River and Kennebago, Maine · USA
Fly into PWM, 2.5 hr
About 4 hr 40 min from Boston · 353 km
Fish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
Brown troutWild browns; brook trout and browns above the reservoirClaryville and Neversink to Bridgeville, New York · USA
Fly into SWF, 1 hr
About 5 hr 10 min from Boston · 402 km
Fish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
Rainbow troutStocked rainbows, browns and brook trout; some wild brook and brown troutStokes State Forest to Walpack, New Jersey · USA
Fly into EWR, 1.5 hr
About 5 hr 10 min from Boston · 400 km
Fish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
Brown troutBrown, rainbow and brook troutRoscoe, Catskills, New York · USA
Fly into EWR, 2–2.5 hr
About 5 hr 20 min from Boston · 428 km
Fish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
Rainbow troutStocked rainbows, browns and brook trout; some wild browns and brookiesHackettstown to Bloomsbury, New Jersey · USA
Fly into EWR, 1 hr
About 5 hr 40 min from Boston · 429 km
Fish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
Rainbow troutStocked rainbows and browns, holdovers, some wild browns and brook troutCalifon and Ken Lockwood Gorge to High Bridge, New Jersey · USA
Fly into EWR, 1 hr
About 5 hr 50 min from Boston · 430 km
Fish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
Brown troutWild brown and rainbow troutHancock, New York / Pennsylvania · USA
Fly into EWR, 2.5 hr
About 5 hr 50 min from Boston · 467 km
Fish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.