[ghfromaltonbay]

I've been driving up from northern NJ (Clifton) since the early 1970's and have used all the routes suggested in earlier posts. The 495 to Rt. 16 route adds more than 10 miles to the trip. Here is the route I would use to get to Moultonborough:

Garden State Parkway to Tappan Zee Bridge take 287 East
Exit 9N to Merritt Parkway which brings you to 91N in Meriden Ct.
91N to 84 East in East Hartford
84 to Mass. Tpke in Sturbridge - on weekends, get off Mass Pike at Exit 10 in Auburn and take Rt. 290 to 495N. Take 495 to Exit 35 and take Route 3 north in Chelmsford into Nashua NH. You are on the Everett Tpke. which takes you into 93N in Hooksett.
93N to Exit 23 (Route 104) into Meredith (approx. 6 miles). Make a left at light onto 3 North and then make the right at the light at Mill Falls onto 25E.

I stay in Alton Bay which is 305 miles from Clifton. Leaving at 5 am I usually arrive in Alton Bay by 10:30 using this route. If travelling during the week, I don't take 290 thru Worcester, but stay on the Mass Pike to Exit 11A and get directly onto 495N from the pike.

Once I get above Hartford on 84 East, I tune into 1030 AM (WBZ radio) as they give regional traffic reports every 10 minutes on the 3's.