Connecticut State Route 169
National Scenic Byway 32 mi in Connecticut.
About the Connecticut State Route 169
Traverse one of the last unspoiled areas in the northeastern United States. This byway winds through history, passing colonial homesteads, churches, stone walls, 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.
Federal Highway Administration, America's Byways's own description, in its words. Byway page on America's Byways.
Camping along the byway
- Mile 1 · 4.2 mi offSalt Rock Campground (Salt Rock State Forest) · State park · 57 sites · reservable
- Mile 3 · 4.2 mi offHopeville Pond State Park · State park · 78 sites · reservable
- Mile 19 · 1.3 mi offMashamoquet Brook Campground (Mashamoquet Brook State Park) · State park · 17 sites · reservable
- Mile 20 · 0.9 mi offWolf Den Campground (Mashamoquet Brook State Park) · State park · 34 sites · reservable
- Mile 24 · 3.3 mi offWest Thompson Lake Campground · Army Corps of Engineers · 24 sites · reservable
Public campgrounds within 5 miles of the road as the crow flies, in order along the byway; each one's page has its facts, season and weather by month.
About this page's facts
The line is the Federal Highway Administration's scenic byways layer (HEPGIS, a snapshot of 2022-06-24, a US government work), cut at the state line and simplified for the map; the length is the line's. The designation is the program's own: the national tiers from FHWA's America's Byways roster, the rest from the layer's designation field. Road conditions, closures and seasonal gates change: check the agency's own page and the state's road conditions before you go.