With the majority of the summer weeks in our rear-view mirror, this is the time to really crack down on your summer vacation checklist. Though New England is known for the fall foliage, nothing really beats the summertime when you can enjoy the sandy beaches and premiere restaurants and seaside bars. Click through the slideshow to see our summer checklist of the places you need to visit in the Hamptons, Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, Cape Cod and more!

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Hamptons• Nantucket• Summer• Surf Lodge• Montauk• Newport• Travel• The Surf Lodge• Martha's Vineyard• Destination• Boom Boom Room• Vermont• Cape Cod• Clarke Cooke House• Kennebunkport• Cisco• Rhode Island• Galley Beach• Crescent Beach• Block Island• Ballards Beach Club• Ballards• The Frederick J. Benson Pavillion• The Crow's Nest Inn• Chatham• New England• Burlington• summer destinations• new england beaches• new england restaurants• new england bars• Lighthouse beach• Squire• Chatham Squire• Twenty-Eight Atlantic• Black Pearl• Lookout Tavern• Nancy's Donovan's Reef• Donovan's Reef• Norton Point Beach• Winfield's Restaurant• Brand Point Grill• North Beach• Vermont Pub and Brewery• Sweetwaters• Colony Hotel• Goose Rocks Beach• Stripers Waterside Restaurant• Breakwater Inn & Hotel• Ditch Plains Beach• Crow's Nest Restaurant• The Crow's Nest Inn and Restaurant