What is the best way to get from Maryland to Belfast, Me. avoiding driving through large cities?

I am going to Maine in August and want to avoid driving through cities (i.e. New York city, etc.) What is the best route to take that won't take alot of extra time?

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1. hi there,how about this route,it avoids new york,and other big cities! Start Maryland End Belfast, ME Travel 708 mi – about 19 hours 41 mins 1. Head north on Bromyard Ct toward Lake Braddock Dr 344 ft 2. Turn left at Lake Braddock Dr 0.1 mi 3. Turn right at Olley Ln 0.3 mi 1 min 4. Turn right at Guinea Rd 2.2 mi 5 mins 5. Turn right at Little River Turnpike/VA-236 E 0.3 mi 1 min 6. Turn left at Prosperity Ave/VA-699 2.0 mi 5 mins 7. Turn right at Arlington Blvd/US-50 E 8.6 mi 14 mins 8. Take the VA-27 E/Washington Blvd exit toward I-395/Pentagon 0.2 mi 9. Merge onto VA-27 S/Washington Blvd Continue to follow Washington Blvd Entering District of Columbia 2.3 mi 3 mins 10. Take the exit toward US-50 W 0.4 mi 1 min 11. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Arlington Memorial Bridge 0.5 mi 1 min 12. Slight right at Lincoln Memorial Circle SW 0.1 mi 1 min 13. Turn left at 23rd St NW 0.8 mi 4 mins 14. At Washington Circle NW, take the 3rd exit onto New Hampshire Ave NW 0.6 mi 2 mins 15. Turn right at Dupont Circle NW 0.1 mi 16. Turn right at New Hampshire Ave NW 0.5 mi 2 mins 17. Turn right at T St NW 394 ft 18. Turn left at 16th St NW Entering Maryland 5.3 mi 17 mins 19. Slight right at Colesville Rd 3.2 mi 9 mins 20. Continue on Columbia Pike/US-29 N 16.9 mi 22 mins 21. Turn right at Diamondback Dr 0.4 mi 1 min 22. Turn left at Mellenbrook Rd 0.4 mi 2 mins 23. Turn left at MD-108/Old Annapolis Rd Continue to follow MD-108 0.9 mi 2 mins 24. Turn right at Columbia Rd 2.3 mi 6 mins 25. Continue on St Johns Ln 1.4 mi 3 mins 26. Turn right at Baltimore National Pike/US-40 E Continue to follow US-40 E 10.2 mi 21 mins 27. Take the US-40 E ramp 207 ft 28. Continue toward US-40 E and merge onto US-40 E Partial toll road 45.0 mi 1 hour 13 mins 29. Turn left at MD-272 Entering Pennsylvania 8.4 mi 16 mins 30. Continue on Barnsley Rd/Chrome Rd Continue to follow Barnsley Rd 3.4 mi 6 mins 31. Slight right at Baltimore Pike 0.7 mi 1 min 32. Continue on S 3rd St 1.0 mi 2 mins 33. Continue on Limestone Rd/PA-10 8.4 mi 14 mins 34. Turn right at Gumtree Rd 4.2 mi 8 mins 35. Continue on Buck Run Rd 1.8 mi 3 mins 36. Turn left at Doe Run Rd 2.2 mi 5 mins 37. Continue on Strode Ave 0.6 mi 2 mins 38. Turn right at W Lincoln Hwy 0.4 mi 1 min 39. Turn left at N 1st Ave 0.2 mi 1 min 40. Continue on Manor Rd 4.6 mi 9 mins 41. Turn right at Culbertson Run Rd 1.5 mi 4 mins 42. Continue on Little Washington Lyndell Rd 1.7 mi 3 mins 43. Continue on Marshall Rd 2.3 mi 5 mins 44. Slight right at Little Conestoga Rd 0.4 mi 1 min 45. Continue on Styer Rd 1.4 mi 3 mins 46. Slight right at Greenridge Rd 0.7 mi 1 min 47. Turn right at Font Rd 0.3 mi 1 min 48. Turn left at Black Horse Rd 0.5 mi 2 mins 49. Turn left at PA-100/Pottstown Pike Continue to follow PA-100 30.7 mi 47 mins 50. Continue on Chestnut St/PA-29 2.6 mi 4 mins 51. Turn left at S Cedar Crest Blvd/PA-29 Continue to follow S Cedar Crest Blvd 3.9 mi 8 mins 52. Turn right at Hamilton Blvd/PA-222 N Continue to follow Hamilton Blvd 3.3 mi 9 mins 53. Turn left at N 6th St/PA-145 N 0.7 mi 3 mins 54. Turn right at W Tilghman St 1.0 mi 2 mins 55. Continue on Union Blvd 0.9 mi 2 mins 56. Turn left at Airport Rd 6.0 mi 12 mins 57. Turn right at Nor-Bath Blvd/PA-329/PA-987 Continue to follow PA-329/PA-987 1.9 mi 3 mins 58. Turn right at Mill St 0.2 mi 59. Turn left at PA-512/S Walnut St Continue to follow PA-512 13.6 mi 23 mins 60. Turn left at E Main St/PA-512 Continue to follow PA-512 1.1 mi 2 mins 61. Turn left at Bangor Jct Rd 0.7 mi 2 mins 62. Turn left to stay on Bangor Jct Rd 0.5 mi 1 min 63. Slight right at W Bangor Rd 1.1 mi 2 mins 64. Turn left at PA-191/Valley View Dr Continue to follow PA-191 7.2 mi 11 mins 65. Slight right at Main St/US-209-BR N Continue to follow US-209-BR N 2.4 mi 6 mins 66. Turn right at Milford Rd/US-209-BR Continue to follow Milford Rd 10.9 mi 18 mins 67. Continue on US-209 19.2 mi 28 mins 68. Turn right at US-206 Partial toll road Entering New Jersey 0.8 mi 2 mins 69. Turn left toward CR-521/River Rd 217 ft 1 min 70. Turn left at CR-521/River Rd Entering New York 6.9 mi 13 mins 71. Continue on CR-16/S Maple Ave Continue to follow S Maple Ave 0.8 mi 2 mins 72. Continue on CR-80/Neversink Dr 4.5 mi 5 mins 73. Turn right at US-209 56.6 mi 1 hour 20 mins 74. Continue on RT-199 E Partial toll road 4.4 mi 6 mins 75. Turn left at RT-199/RT-9G 1.9 mi 3 mins 76. Turn right at W Market St/RT-199 1.8 mi 3 mins 77. Turn left at N Broadway/US-9 Continue to follow US-9 14.7 mi 20 mins 78. Slight right at RT-23/RT-9H Continue to follow RT-9H 7.4 mi 11 mins 79. Slight right at RT-66 9.4 mi 14 mins 80. Slight right at Railroad Ave/RT-295 Continue to follow RT-295 9.7 mi 13 mins 81. Turn left at CR-5 4.2 mi 6 mins 82. Turn right at Columbia Pike/US-20 2.0 mi 4 mins 83. Columbia Pike/US-20 turns slightly left and becomes RT-22 N 5.5 mi 8 mins 84. Turn right at Provost Rd 0.3 mi 1 min 85. Turn right at RT-43 Entering Massachusetts 16.6 mi 29 mins 86. Turn right at Main St/RT-2 Continue to follow RT-2 5.7 mi 10 mins 87. Slight left at RT-8 Entering Vermont 3.6 mi 7 mins 88. Continue on Main Rd/VT-100/VT-8 Continue to follow VT-100/VT-8 7.9 mi 11 mins 89. Turn left at VT-8 5.2 mi 8 mins 90. Turn right at VT-9 26.1 mi 40 mins 91. Turn left at Main St/US-5/VT-9 Continue to follow US-5/VT-9 2.3 mi 5 mins 92. At Connecticut River Byway, take the 1st exit onto Chesterfield Rd/VT-9 Entering New Hampshire 0.2 mi 1 min 93. Continue on Franklin Pierce Hwy/RT-9 14.4 mi 20 mins 94. Turn left at RT-10/RT-12/RT-9 1.3 mi 4 mins 95. Take the RT-10 N/RT-9 E ramp to Newport/Concord 0.4 mi 1 min 96. Merge onto RT-10/RT-9 Continue to follow RT-9 40.9 mi 49 mins 97. Take the US-202 E/RT-9 E ramp to Vermont/I-89 N/Hopkinton 0.2 mi 98. Keep left at the fork to continue toward RT-9/US-202 0.2 mi 99. Slight left at RT-9/US-202 8.7 mi 19 mins 100. Turn left at N Main St/RT-9/US-202/US-3 0.3 mi 1 min 101. Turn right at Loudon Rd/RT-9 Continue to follow RT-9 10.1 mi 20 mins 102. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Dover Rd/US-202 E/US-4 E Continue to follow US-202 E/US-4 E 11.4 mi 17 mins 103. Turn left at Rochester Rd/RT-9/US-202 Continue to follow US-202 11.8 mi 18 mins 104. Continue on Washington St 0.8 mi 1 min 105. Turn right at RT-202A/Walnut St Continue to follow RT-202A 0.5 mi 2 mins 106. Turn left at Wakefield St 0.1 mi 1 min 107. Turn right at Summer St 0.3 mi 2 mins 108. Turn left at Kimball St 249 ft 109. Turn right at Eastern Ave 1.3 mi 3 mins 110. Turn right at RT-11/US-202 Continue to follow US-202 Entering Maine 17.6 mi 30 mins 111. Turn left at ME-4/Oak St/US-202 Continue to follow ME-4/US-202 7.9 mi 12 mins 112. Turn right at Main St/ME-4/ME-5/US-202 Continue to follow ME-4/US-202 16.0 mi 31 mins 113. Turn left at Gray Rd/ME-4/US-202 3.3 mi 7 mins 114. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on Gray Rd/ME-4/US-202 5.3 mi 10 mins 115. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on Gray Rd/ME-4/US-202 Continue to follow ME-4/US-202 23.5 mi 42 mins 116. Turn right at Court St/ME-11/US-202 Continue to follow ME-11/US-202 30.6 mi 50 mins 117. At Memorial Circle, take the 2nd exit onto ME-17 N/US-201 N/US-202 E 0.8 mi 3 mins 118. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Bangor St/ME-100 E/ME-9 N/US-201 N/US-202 E 0.6 mi 2 mins 119. Turn right at N Belfast Ave/ME-9/US-202 1.0 mi 2 mins 120. Turn right at ME-3/US-202 Continue to follow ME-3 41.9 mi 59 mins 121. Continue on Main St 0.7 mi 2 mins 122. Turn left at Church St 190 ft To: Belfast, ME hope you find this helpful,good luck. best wishes..