---
id: "2451"
name: Connecticut State Route 169
distance: "32"
duration: Take one hour to drive without stopping or one full day to visit places along the byway.
description: 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.
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attractions:
  - url: https://www.scenicdrivesusa.com/scenic-drives/connecticut-state-route-169/
    name: Scenic Drives USA
  - url: https://www.fws.gov/refuge/stewart-b-mckinney
    name: Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge
designations:
  - National Scenic Byway
  - Connecticut State Scenic Byway
states:
  - CT
ll:
  - -72.01802800000002
  - 41.604720999999984
bounds:
  - - -72.01828799999993
    - 41.604720999999984
  - - -71.948174
    - 42.026958000000036
books: "978-1426219054"

---

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.