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Route 169 through the Quiet Corner

Designated in 1991 and Connecticut's other National Scenic Byway, Route 169 runs north to south through the state's north-east corner, overlapping Routes 171, 44 and 138 along the way. Five towns, none of them large. The route data here is the Connecticut Department of Transportation's scenic roads layer; the corner's nickname is not the state's.

  1. Roseland Cottage
    Woodstock, Connecticut: A Pink Cottage on Route 169

    Woodstock, Connecticut

    The northern end, where the designated stretch begins near the Massachusetts line.

  2. First Congregational Church of Pomfret
    Pomfret, Connecticut: The Wolf Den and a Hilltop Vineyard

    Pomfret, Connecticut

    South of Woodstock, where Route 169 overlaps US 44.

  3. General Israel Putnam Monument
    Brooklyn, Connecticut: A General's Grave and America's Oldest Fair

    Brooklyn, Connecticut

    The middle of the byway, and not the Brooklyn most people mean.

  4. Prudence Crandall House
    Canterbury, Connecticut: Prudence Crandall's School

    Canterbury, Connecticut

    One of the longer stretches, running south toward the Quinebaug.

  5. Newent Congregational Church
    Lisbon, Connecticut: A Railroad Tunnel and a Rural Synagogue

    Lisbon, Connecticut

    The southern end, where Route 169 meets Route 138.

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