Skip to content
George Greenman House 2, Mystic Seaport Museum📷 Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0

Road trips in Connecticut

2 road trips and 12 hand-picked places in Connecticut, with routes, stops and practical tips for driving and camping.

Trip guides
2
Places
12

Campsites in Connecticut 151

Trip guides

Road trips through Connecticut

Connecticut’s Litchfield Hills: covered bridges and Kent Falls – People walking on the old Bulls Bridge. This is one of the famous old covered bridges of New England, having been built in 1842. - panoramio© olekinderhook · CC BY 3.0
7
Scenic byways

Connecticut’s Litchfield Hills: covered bridges and Kent Falls

98 mi8 stops2 days
Connecticut, Rhode Island and Montauk – Montauk Lighthouse National Historic Site© Anthony Montemurro · CC BY-SA 3.0
1
Coast & island drives

Connecticut, Rhode Island and Montauk

207 mi6 stops3 days
RouteSuggested daysDistanceDrivingStops
Connecticut’s Litchfield Hills: covered bridges and Kent Falls298 mi1 h 45 min8
Connecticut, Rhode Island and Montauk3207 mi3 h 41 min6
Editor's picks

Places worth the detour in Connecticut

George Greenman House 2, Mystic Seaport Museum© Beyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0
Editor's pick
History

Mystic Seaport Museum

Mystic, CT
Nature

Lake Waramaug State Park

New Preston, CT
Kent Falls State Park© Brianegge · CC0
Nature

Kent Falls State Park

Kent, CT
People walking on the old Bulls Bridge. This is one of the famous old covered bridges of New England, having been built in 1842. - panoramio© olekinderhook · CC BY 3.0
History

Bulls Bridge

Kent, CT
West Cornwall Covered Bridge – Cornwall Covered Bridge© Mds08011 · CC BY 4.0
History

West Cornwall Covered Bridge

West Cornwall, CT
Gillette Castle State Park – Gillette Castle Railroad Remains© Nathan Dimartino · CC BY-SA 4.0
Oddities

Gillette Castle State Park

East Haddam, CT
20250719 osprey hammonasset beach state park PD200173© Paul Danese · CC BY-SA 4.0
Nature

Hammonasset Beach State Park

Madison, CT
Chapman Falls, Devil's Hopyard – Devils Hopyard Falls - panoramio© Jeff Bellinger · CC BY-SA 3.0
Nature

Chapman Falls, Devil's Hopyard

East Haddam, CT
Shore Line Electric Railway causeway in Essex Village, December 2017© Pi.1415926535 · CC BY-SA 3.0
History

Essex Village

Essex, CT
Litchfield Green – Litchfield Jail Rehabilitation - South Walkway© Mggrew · CC BY-SA 4.0
History

Litchfield Green

Litchfield, CT
Yale University Campus – 20170420 Beinecke Rare Book Library Interior Yale University New Haven Connecticut© Michael Kastelic · CC BY-SA 4.0
History

Yale University Campus

New Haven, CT
The Sun Sets on the Mark Twain House and Museum© TrigPhotography · CC BY-SA 3.0
History

Mark Twain House

Hartford, CT

FAQs

What are the best road trips in Connecticut?

Popular routes include Connecticut’s Litchfield Hills: covered bridges and Kent Falls and Connecticut, Rhode Island and Montauk. CampingSpirit has 2 trip guides that pass through Connecticut, each with a stop-by-stop itinerary and a route map.

Which places in Connecticut are worth a detour?

Our editors recommend Mystic Seaport Museum.

Nearby

Rhode Island 2Massachusetts 7New York 14New Jersey 4Vermont 2New Hampshire 3Delaware 2Pennsylvania 6