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template: byway.jade
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."
contact: "**Quinebaug-Shetucket Heritage Corridor, Inc.**  \r\n 860-963-7226  \r\n 866-363-7226 (toll free)  \r\n [Send E-mail](mailto:quinebaug.shetucket@snet.net )  \r\n\r\n"
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websites: 
  - url: "http://www.celebrationsshoppes.com/"
    name: "Celebrations Inn, a festive Bed and Breakfast"
  - url: "http://www.historicroads.org/"
    name: Historic Roads
  - url: "http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=53546"
    name: Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge
  - url: "http://www.visitconnecticut.com/"
    name: "Visit New England - Connecticut"
designations: 
  - National Scenic Byway
states: 
  - CT
ll: 
  - -72.01802800000002
  - 41.604720999999984
bounds: 
  - - -72.01828799999993
    - 41.604720999999984
  - - -71.948174
    - 42.026958000000036

---

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.