Route 169, a designated National Scenic Byway, can be accessed from the Hartford area via Routes 6 or 44, or from points north or south via Route 395. Traverse one of the last unspoiled areas in the northeastern U.S. This byway winds through history, passing colonial homesteads, churches, cemeteries, stonewalls, meeting houses and private schools, as it connects classic New England towns. Views include maple and pine stands and glacially deposited rocks and boulders that lie strewn throughout fields.

 

Distance: 32 miles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nearby or en route:

Mansion at Bald Hill B&B, Woodstock (dining) Roseland Cottage, Woodstock Woodstock Orchards Inn at Woodstock Hill, Woodstock (dining) Mrs. Bridges Pantry, Woodstock (Tea Room) Woodstock Merchants Assn./Shops Vanilla Bean Café (dining) Pomfret Proprietors/Shops CT Audubon Center, Pomfret

Lapsley Orchards, Pomfret Golden Lamb Buttery, Brooklyn (dining nearby) Brooklyn Historical Society Museum Burgis Brook Alpaca Farm, Canterbury Prudence Crandall Museum, Canterbury Heritage Trail Vineyards, Lisbon Lonesome Dove B&B, Lisbon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fall Foliage Update Click here to see how the leaves are doing this fall season.

 

 

 

 

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